When the 34 remaining players in the €10,300 High Roller took their seats, they had a decision to make before play even began.
In a need to have the tournament finish before 3am (in order to empty the main tournament room for packing down), the tournament director presented the players with two options:
1. Shorten the levels to 50 minutes from the get go.
2. Play six one-hour levels, then shorten the levels to 45 minutes thereafter.
Option number two was the most popular, so there’s hope we’ll find a winner and a new millionaire (barring any deals) before 2am tonight.
Ronny Kaiser is the chip leader coming into the day with a stack of 2.69 million and blinds at 10K/20K with a 3K ante. Click here for a recap of all of yesterday’s action.
Here’s a peek at the final day seat draw:
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sergio Cabrera | Spain | 846,000 | 42 |
| 1 | 2 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 1,343,000 | 67 |
| 1 | 3 | Davide Marchi | Italy | 716,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 4 | Quan Zhou | China | 1,189,000 | 59 |
| 1 | 5 | Marc-Olivier Perrault | Canada | 375,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 6 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 1,033,000 | 52 |
| 1 | 8 | Timur Margolin | Israel | 255,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | Joaquin Walter | Uruguay | 310,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | Jakub Michalak | Poland | 579,000 | 29 |
| 2 | 3 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 739,000 | 37 |
| 2 | 4 | Francis-Nicolas Bouchard | Canada | 157,000 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | Jens Lakemeier | Germany | 695,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 7 | Parker Talbot | Canada | 1,358,000 | 68 |
| 3 | 1 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 824,000 | 41 |
| 3 | 2 | Ronny Kaiser | Switzerland | 2,696,000 | 135 |
| 3 | 4 | JC Alvarado | Mexico | 840,000 | 42 |
| 3 | 5 | Stefan Schillhabel | Germany | 230,000 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 | Markus Durnegger | Austria | 1,258,000 | 63 |
| 3 | 7 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 498,000 | 25 |
| 3 | 8 | Tomi Brouk | Finland | 747,000 | 37 |
| 4 | 1 | Jake Cody | United Kingdom | 1,080,000 | 54 |
| 4 | 2 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 381,000 | 19 |
| 4 | 4 | Alexandre Reard | France | 340,000 | 17 |
| 4 | 5 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 806,000 | 40 |
| 4 | 6 | Luis Rodriguez Cruz | Spain | 1,893,000 | 95 |
| 4 | 7 | Pascal Hartmann | Germany | 531,000 | 27 |
| 4 | 8 | Emil Patel | Finland | 1,222,000 | 61 |
| 5 | 1 | Christopher Kruk | Canada | 510,000 | 26 |
| 5 | 2 | Shawn Buchanan | Canada | 383,000 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | Marius Gierse | Germany | 1,292,000 | 65 |
| 5 | 5 | Franz Ditz | Germany | 605,000 | 30 |
| 5 | 6 | Fabrice Maltez | France | 184,000 | 9 |
| 5 | 7 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 658,000 | 33 |
| 5 | 8 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 1,370,000 | 69 |
Play has just got started, so keep checking back with the PokerStars Blog as the day goes on. In the meantime, here are some things to keep you occupied:
Main Event Final Table coverage – can Andre Akkari pull off a ‘five-big-blind to champion’ comeback?
Jake Cody interview – the Team Pro talks all about the cash game action in Macau.
Jeff Gross interview – we caught up with the Vlogging and Twitch expert.
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