James Mitchell Leads EPT London After Day 3

Day 3 of the European Poker Tour's popular London stop is complete. The first two days saw former gamer Benny ‘psychobenny’ Spindler dominate play and surge to a nice chip lead. On Day 3 the momentum shifted to James Mitchell who finished as the only player over one million chips. Day 3 started with 159 players of the original 691 trying to make the money bubble of the top 104 players. The day finished with 62 players remaining.

Notables still playing for a big payday include Barny Boatman, Humberto Brenes, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom's older brother Sebastian, Roberto Romanello, and Benny Spindler.

Notables making the money on Day 3, but busting included Doyle Brunson (77th), Toby Lewis (78th), Bryn Kenney (89th), and Jeffrey Sarwer (95th). Three big names made Day 3 but didn't make the money; Jason Mercier, Jake Cody and November Niner Eoghan O’Dea.

Top 10 players after Day 3:

1. James Mitchell – 1,071,500
2. Sam Macdonald – 860,000
3. Martins Adeniya – 786,800
4. Basile Yaiche – 756,500
5. Matthijs Remie – 732,500
6. Benjamin Jenkins – 7,21,000
7. Adria Balaguer – 710000
8. Sandor Demjan – 691,000
9. Neil Pearce – 690,500
10. Kevin Iacofano – 623,500

Payouts for final 62:

1. £750,000
2. £465,000
3. £265,000
4. £200,000
5. £155,000
6. £120,000
7. £86,350
8. £64,000
9-10. £45,000
11-12. £35,000
13-14. £27,000
15-16. £22,000
17-24. £19,000
25-32. £16,000
33-48. £13,000
49-64. £11,000

Play resumes Tuesday with the blinds at 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante. The average stack is 334,500.