Here Comes Day 4
David Frieling was the last player sent home in 19th place before the bunch that was left bagged up their chips. Frieling made a move against Sorel Mizzi with a lot of back-up outs had he been called. Mizzi was up to the task and stuck the chips in with just a pair of aces on the turn. After the river blanked, Frieling was sent to the rail.
Mizzi finished third on the leaderboard. He was only a handful of chips behind his Betfair counterpart Annette Obrestad, who finished in second place. Topping the leaderboard is Kosmas Dratsas. His field-leading chip stack is officially 1,792,000.
One must not forget about Canadian Elliot Smith. Smith may only have 334,000 chips, but he final tabled this very event last year, finishing in third place. He also has three WSOP cashes to his name and one cash at the 2009 PCA.
If there's one player that was the crowd favorite coming into Day 4, that's be The Big Show, Mr. Steve Topakas. Topakas was on the brink of elimination a multitude of times yesterday, but survived each one before ending the day with 191,000 chips. With a couple more double ups, Topakas could easily find himself behind a big stack with plenty of home-field momentum. And that will surely get the crowd roaring.
Tournament director Mike Tarr has informed us that the final table will be seven handed this year. There's 11 minutes left in Level 18 and play will continue all day and night until the magic number is reached. Buckle up, grab a beer and get some popcorn because this looks to be a long day filled with plenty of action!