Day 4 Set to Begin
Welcome back for Day 4 of the 2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event.
The field is down to just 18 players after 45 battled yesterday to make the money. The bubble burst when Elias Brussianos hit the rail in 19th place. Today the plan is to play down to six players for tomorrow's televised final table. Mathieu Clavet leads the way for Day 4 with 650,000 chips. He's the only player above 600,000, but there are a group of players not too far behind including Zsolt Vasvenszki (561,000), Hakan Dalokay (527,000), and Georges Hanna (454,000).
Plenty of the big names dropped yesterday. Joe Cassidy, Bruno Stefanelli, John Dolan, and Kandis Harris all hit the rail. Those still left include Kelly Kim, Van Marcus, David Benyamine, and short-stacked Eric Mizrachi.
Play kicks off at 2:00 pm local time, about a half hour from now. PokerNews will be live from the tournament floor then. See you then!