Hasta Mañana

It took ten long hours of poker to whittle the field down from 83 players to 18, setting the stage for Friday's Day 4 race to the final table.

Day 3 saw plenty of highs, such as the rise of Kosmas Dratsas, the resilliance of Steven Topakas who battled from the short stack all day to reach Day 4, a rare bubble hand that pitted aces over kings with both spiking sets, and the remarkable play of two very talented females in Annette Obrestad and Jessica Dawley, who both made it through to Day 4. As for the lows... I think we'll just end on a positive note and leave them be for now.

Your overnight chip leader is Dratsas, following closely behind by Betfair ringers Obrestad and Sorel Mizzi.

Here's a quick look at your final 18, in chip stack order:

Kosmas Dratsas - 1,792,000
Annette Obrestad - 1,711,000
Sorel Mizzi - 1,695,000
[Removed:297] - 1,626,000
Stephen Shelley - 1,241,000
Dan Shak - 1,144,000
Frederik Jensen - 1,144,000
Tyron Krost - 953,000
Jens Kerper - 886,000
Peter Jetten - 642,000
Steven Friedlander - 494,000
Elliot Smith - 334,000
Pierre Aoukar - 310,000
Jessica Dawley - 295,000
Joel Dodds - 242,000
Steve Topakas - 191,000
Fouad Chaptini - 183,000
Kosta Varoxis - 183,000

We'll release Day 4's starting seat assignments as soon as they are made available to us.

Play is scheduled to resume at 12:30 p.m. local time, when the final 18 begin the home stretch toward the final table. Join us then for our continued coverage of the 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event, from Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.

Until then, good night and good luck!