State of Play
Much like the first event here at the 2010 WSOP Europe, the players are dropping very quickly here in Event #3. The antes have kicked into play, but the structure isn't too blame for the massive dropoff of players we've seen through the first few levels. If you've managed to hang onto your starting stack, you'd still have 15 big blinds to work with. From the 202 that began the day, the field is now down to 70. The tournament staff has begun moving players around in order to get all of the tables down to nine players instead of ten. That should also help to pick pace up a slight bit.
The plan is to play a full ten levels today or down to 15% of the starting field so that there is no scare of reaching the money. That 15% would be just about 30 players, so if we get down that low, play will be ending for the night.