Day 3 About to Begin at party poker WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus

Day 3 at the party poker WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus is about to begin with the final 79 players returning to play deep down into the money in the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel & Casino.

The chip leader at the start of play is Antonio Buonanno with 428,000. Dmitri Kataev (377,000), Alexander Bogdanov (367,000), Nicolas Chouity (361,500), Seref Anar (335,000) and Oliver Price (318,000) are also in contention.

Other notables in the field include Sam Trickett, Toby Lewis, Sofia Lovgren, and Champions Club members Dmitry Gromov and Andrey Pateychuk.

People are going to get paid today. Just how much they earn will depend on their balance of skill and running hotter than lava.

So stay tuned; in less than 90-minutes the WPT Live Updates team will be bringing you all of the action in live updates, chip counts, and photos.

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