The home team is well-represented on Day 3, with thirty nine of the forty eight combatants claiming Australia as their country of origin. The overnight chip leader, Frank Saffioti, is one of those thirty nine. They are joined by two New Zealanders, two Americans, and one player from each of the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Canada and the Netherlands.
At this stage of the tournament, the average stack is just shy of 200,000 chips. With the bubble having burst at roughly 2am local time last night, we expect that the severe short stacks will be only too happy to get their chips in the middle and collect a minimum of A$8,400 in prize money.
That should speed up the pace of play in the early going. With the final forty eight players playing down to a final table of nine, today promises to be a much shorter day than yesterday. We'll see if that promise holds true when the players hit the tables in about a half hour's time. See you then!
, Wong shipped in the rest of his chips. Fazzolari made an easy call with 
for two pair. Wong showed only one pair, 
. He couldn't find a king or a queen on the 
turn or 
river. He is the first casualty of the day
was up against chip leader Frank Saffioti's 
. Saffioti made top pair on the 
missing Bechara to end his tournament in 46th place.
and Putt doubles to 58,000 with Lee back to 150,000.
. Mendel flopped a flush on a board of 
, ending the hand and the tournament for Kim. When the board completed 
, Kim headed to the payout table.
