A Mercifully Early End to Day 3
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The action was fast and furious from the word "go" on Day 3, with two players -- David Lee and Jimmy Wong -- busting out on the very first hand. The ranks continued to thin out as the blind relentlessly increased. No player was ever able to take an overwhelming chip lead, although a few flirted with cruising past the 2,000,000-chip mark. At the end of the night, Antonio Fazzolari found himself with the chip lead, having amassed 1,775,000 chips.
The home team is well-represented at the final table, with seven of the nine seats reserved for Australian players. The other two will be filled by a Canadian and a Pole. The seat assignments and chip counts for the nine who waded their way through this field of 477 to one of the final nine spots are:
Seat 1: Martin Rowe - 995,000
Seat 2: Jason Gray - 1,188,000
Seat 3: Tony Basile - 863,000
Seat 4: Timothy English - 945,000
Seat 5: Daniel Kowalski - 959,000
Seat 6: Frank Saffioti - 790,000
Seat 7: Tom Rafferty - 1,101,000
Seat 8: Antonio Fazzolari - 1,775,000 (chip leader)
Seat 9: Hai Bo Chu - 781,000
Play will resume tomorrow at 1:30pm local time, a change from the 12:30pm starting time we've used each of the last five days. 15:14 remains in Level 22. PokerNews will have table-side access to the final table and will provide live coverage of the final table as it happens, from the first flop to the last river and the crowning of the final APPT Season 2 champion. See you tomorrow!