Day 3 begins at 1pm, race to the Final 8

Main Event Day 3 kicks off at 1pm today. The plan is to go from 52 players down to the Final 8. With three players already paid last night, we should be seeing early shoving action from the short stacks looking to double up. Here’s a look at all the important info:

Opening round: Level 17 Blinds 2000-4000 ante 500
Average stack: 156,153
Chips in play: 8,120,000
Players: 52 remaining
Total entries: 325
Prize pool: Php15,7652,500
Payouts: 55 players
1st place: Php2,674,900

Top 10 in chips
Nguyen Hoang Bach – Vietnam – 434,000
Gyeong Byeong Lee – Korea – 406,500
Hiroyuki Yoshimura – Japan – 346,500
Lee Chin Yong – Malaysia – 344,500
Soojo Kim – Korea – 324,000
Victor Chong – Malaysia – 309,500
Lester Edoc – Philippines – 288,000
Yo Hwan Lim – Korea – 279,000
Dylan Kii – Australia – 254,500