41 scored paydays ranging from $27,000 - $60,000, which means that the 39 remaining players are guaranteed to take home at least $60K.
Professional poker player and former magician Antonio Esfandiari turned 121,400 chips into well over 1.1 million yesterday and enters Day 4 leading his closest opponent (Robin Keston of the UK) by almost 300,000. Fellow pros Johnny Lodden and Henrik Gwinner join Esfandiari and Keston in the top ten to start the day, with 623,000 and 487,000 respectively.
Play resumes this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. local time (7:00 a.m. EST) and will continue until a final table is decided. Check back then for more live updates, chip counts, photos and videos direct from the tournament floor.
, both Freddy Deeb and Jonathan Dwek checked. The turn was the 
. Dwek led out for 20,000 and got a call. The river was the 
. Dwek checked, Deeb bet 40,000 and Dwek called. Deeb showed K-J and took it down with top pair.
and a relieved Hachem raked in the 370,000 pot - not a bad way to start the day!
. Brolin flipped 
and was looking in good shape for a double up.
gave "The Magician" the lead and Brolin was left needing one of three kings to survive. The turn was the 
and Tomas Brolin was eliminated from the tournament, as Esfandiari's stack continues to swell.
