We are entering Day 3 of the Main Event with 59 players on the hunt for a Final 8 berth. Action resumes at 1pm. Leading the race is China’s Wang Meng with 518,000 in chips. Japan’s Yoichi Uesugi trails in second position with 470,500.
Today opens at Level 17 with blinds at 2000-4000 ante 500. There are 9,425,000 chips in play. Average stack is 159,745. Everyone is in the money with four players paid last night. Prize pool is HKD 3,619,200 with the eventual winner earning the big kahuna HKD 587,000 first place purse.
As always, we will have Live Updates ongoing throughout the day for everyone to keep up with the action. See you all back here at 1pm!