The traditional kick-off words have just been spoken, and the 173 players are back in action in Day 3 of the partypoker Million North America. They will play through another 8 levels of 75-minutes before going on break onto Day 4, and we can expect to reach the money-bubble in the levels to come.
The top 119 will earn a spot in the payouts, with the min-cash set at $10,000. Locking in a seat at the official 8-handed final table will secure a prize of at least $80,000, with the top 7 earning a 6-figure payday and a massive $1,000,000 reserved for the eventual tournament champion. Full prize-pool and payout information available here.
James Romero returns to the felts as the chip leader with 19,655,000, and is followed closely by a handful of players. The field is still loaded with top poker pros, including but not limited to Sam Trickett (12,200,000), Darren Elias (10,305,000), Christian Harder (10,185,000), Jason Koon (10,120,000), Vojtech Ruzicka (9,505,000), Ari Engel (9,250,000), Samuel Chartier (6,515,000), Mike McDonald (4,910,000), Daniel Coleman (3,685,000), Anthony Zinno (3,070,000), Jake Schwartz (1,645,000) and Tony Dunst (1,195,000), to name a few. Click here to view the seating draw with counts for Day 3.
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Good luck to the remaining players!