€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Good morning and welcome back to the sunless confines of the Casino Barcelona. Outside the weather's beautiful, but down in the casino basement we're about to get down to serious business as we attempt to cut our 72 runners down to 24.

After we unexpectedly made the money in record time yesterday, all our remaining players are in the black for this EPT already -- but there's a world of difference between the €12,000 they get for 72nd place and the €850,000 on offer for first place. Young Canadian Matt Lapossie leads, but a whole host of well-known names, including Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Marc Goodwin and Mike "Timex" McDonald, are hot on his tail. Battle will commence shortly...