Blinds: 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante

Players Remaining: 3 out of 1,734

Average Chip Count: 4,335,000

Chip Counts:

1. Thomas Middleton – 5,000,000
2. Hassan Babajane – 4,000,000
3. mikhail Lakhitov – 3,600,000

Eliminations:

4th. Thomas Miller – $219,885
5th. Eddy Sabat – $160,949

Eddy Sabat Eliminated in 5th Place ($160,949)

Eddy Sabat started the day fourth out of fifth in chips and after Thomas Miller doubled through him with J – 10 against A – 7, Sabat was left with just 70,000. On the next hand, Sabat raised all in from the small blind and Thomas Middleton called from the big blind.

Middleton lead with A Q against Sabat’s K 7.

The board came A J 2 9 7, giving Middleton top pair on the flop. Eddy Sabat was the fist one eliminated this afternoon in 5th place ($160,949).

Thomas Miller Eliminated in 4th place ($219,885)

Thomas Miller raised to 200,000 before the flop, Mikhail Lakhitov reraised to 500,000, Miller moved all in and Lakhitov called.

Lakhitov turned over Q Q for the lead while Miller showed A J for the draw.

The board came K 9 6 3 2, no help for Thomas Miller who was eliminated in 4th place ($219,885).

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NOTE: Play ended for the night with the conclusion of Level 30 and the remaining five players will return tomorrow at 2:30pm to resume play and continue until a winner is determined.

Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante

Players Remaining: 5 out of 1,734

Average Chip Count: 2,601,000

Chip Counts:

1. Thomas Middleton – 4,030,000
2. Mikhail Lakhitov – 2,705,000
3. Hassan Babajane – 2,365,000
4. Eddy Sabat – 2,030,000
5. Thomas Miller – 1,885,000

End of Day 3, Middleton Leads
Action slowed down towards the end of the night, but both Hassan Babajane and Eddy Sabat were able to double up in the last level and give themselves some breathing room heading into Day 4.

Babajane got it in bad before the flop with K Q against Mikhail Lakhitov’s A 7, but managed to flop a king and double up.

Sabat on the other hand got it in good before the flop with 5 5 against Thomas Miller’s 4 4. The board missed both players and Sabat doubled up to about 3 million that hand. He would go on to lose some of those chips before play ended for the night, finishing with around 2 million.

Thomas Middleton is the one to beat as he takes the overnight chip lead with 4.03 million, so be sure to check back 2:30pm for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 6 out of 1,734

Average Chip Count: 2,167,500

Chip Counts:

1. Mikhail Lakhitov – 2,815,000
2. Thomas Miller – 2,640,000
3. Hassan Babajane – 2,250,000
4. Eddy Sabat – 1,750,000
5. Thomas Middleton – 1,705,000
6. Matthew Berkey – 1,700,000

Thomas Middleton Doubles Through Matthew Berkey

Thomas Middleton started the level as the short stack and after getting chipped away at for a bit, he got it all in pre-flop with A 9 against Matthew Berkey’s A Q.

The board came J 9 3 3 2, giving Middleton middle pair on the flop to win the pot. Middleton doubled up to about 1.7 million that hand while Berkey dropped down to under 1 million.

Matthew Berkey Doubles through Thomas Miller

Shortly after shipping half his stack to Thomas Middleton in a previous hand, Matthew Berkey was able to double up through Thomas Miller to gain some ground back. Berkey got it all in before the flop with A 4 against Miller’s 7 7.

The board came A K 3 Q K, giving Berkey top pair on the flop to win the pot. Berkey doubled up to over 1.7 million that hand, though still on the short stack at the moment.

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Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 8 out of 1,734

Average Chip Count: 1,625,625

Chip Counts:

1. Thomas Miller – 2,760,000
2. Mikhail Lakhitov – 2,400,000
3. Matthew Berkey – 2,310,000
4. Hassan Babajane – 1,650,000
5. Thomas Middleton – 1,500,000
6. James St. Hilaire – 1,210,000
7. Eddy Sabat – 905,000
8. Conrad Monica – 420,000

Eliminations:

9th. Kent Padgett – $53,173

Kent Padgett Eliminated in 9th Place ($53,173)

Kent Padgett came to the official nine-handed final table as the short stack and was eliminated shortly after in 9th place. On his final hand of the night, Thomas Middleton raised from the cutoff, Kent Padgett moved all in from the button and Middleton called.

Middleton lead with A 10 against Padgett’s A 2.

The board came 9 8 4 3 Q, giving Middleton a flush on the river. Kent Padgett was the first one to go in 9th place ($53,173).

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The 39 remaining players in the $2,500 no-limit hold’em event are guaranteed at least $12,860, but all are gunning for the bracelet and the top prize of $749,610.

Leading the way is Thomas Miller, who has more than double his next closest opponent, Randy Dorfman. Other notables still in contention include Eddy Sabat, Thomas Middleton, Dwyte Pilgrim, Nam Le, Lars Bonding, Tom Marchese and David Pham.

Here’s a look at the chip counts.

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