Pantaleo in Charge as Day 3 Comes to a Close
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We were not expecting the road from 112 players down to 24 to fly by so fast, but here we are, barely past suppertime, and we have our final three tables ready to go.
Chip leader as we head into the penultimate day is German online qualifier Giuseppe Pantaleo. He lurched into the lead after that double up through Kristoffer Thorsson, and cemented his lead when he knocked out Thomas James Finneran on the last hand of the night. He heads into the business end of this tournament on 2,309,000.
Also still in with a shot at the title are WSOP bracelet winner Konstantin Puchkov, online qualifier Domink Nitsche, and Amsterdam Master Classics winner Kristoffer Thorsson - although the latter is rather short following that nastiness with Mr. Pantaleo.
Curiously, this is the first EPT in a while where we have had no former EPT winners still in the running at this stage of the tournament. We are therefore guaranteed to be crowning a brand new winner here in Barcelona by the end of the week.
We'll be back here at the Casino de Barcelona tomorrow from noon, when we'll be playing right down to a final table. We look forward to your virtual company then.