4:59pm: Break time

Level 24 having concluded, the rest players at the moment are taking their second break of the day. For continuing updates from Day 3 picking up with Level 25, click here.

4:46pm: Floretin felted; Nakache knocked out

Shortly after the redraw to a few tables, Enrico Florentin was eliminated in 24th. Only a moment later Patrick Nakache was all in with A♠3♣ versus the K♦5♦ of Florian Decamps.

Nakache was ahead before the flop, however the cards ran out J♥5♥2♠7♠K♠ to provide Decamps two pair and knock Nakache out in 23rd.

4:28pm: Redraw to final three tables

They at the moment are all the way down to 24, and are pausing for a little while with a purpose to redraw for brand new seats across the final three tables.

4:35pm: Gordillo gets more

The Pablo Gordillo train keeps rolling, as he's earned one more knockout after flopping a suite of treys and sending Muhamet Perati railward in 25th place. He's up around 2.5 million now, putting him prior to Sebastien Supper and Manuel Martinez who've also built considerable stacks in this level. Jose Besalduch could also be within close range of the leaders at present.

4:29pm: Treusch out

The start-of-day-2 chip leader Frederik Treusch have been eliminated in 26th.

4:25pm: Right down to 26

Charbel Salloum (31st), Paul Delavache (30th), and Luca Dal Cerro (29th) have each hit the rail, followed shortly thereafter by Marius Cazacu (28th) and the last woman within the event, Daniela Parotti (27th).

3:56pm: Level 24 begins (12,000/24,000/3,000)

With 32 players left a brand new level has begun.

3:54pm: 32 remain

A spate of eliminations has cut the sphere all the way down to 32, following the knockouts of Sylvain Berthelot (35th), Francis Alfred Klar (34th), and Joao Brito (33rd).

Joao Brito

3:43pm: Detournel done; Solosna surges

Xavier Detournel has met his end here during Level 23 following a large hand against Manuel Martinez.

A preflop raising war between the pair ended with a five-bet shove from Martinez and a decision from Detournel, the latter setting up nearly 800,000 by the point they were done.

Detournel had A♦Q♣ and had to improve against Solosna's J♦J♠. However the board came 9♦2♣K♠4♥2♥ and Detournel is out. Meanwhile Martinez jumps to about 1.9 million and the obvious chip lead at present.

3:21pm: Parotti perservering

With 35 players remaining, Italy's Daniela Parotti is the last woman among those left. She's survived a few situations today after putting her short stack in danger and winning her all-ins. Parotti has plenty of cashes in low buy-in events over the past several years, including one in an IPT Main Event at Campione.

Daniela Parotti

3:09pm: Suppa sent off; Monin mowed down

Two more eliminations begin the level, those of Raffaele Suppa (37th) and David Monin (36th).

2:56pm: Level 23 begins (10,000/20,000/3,000)

2:55pm: Updated chip counts (37 remain)

Pablo Gordillo (Spain) -- 1,800,000Jose Besalduch (Spain) -- 1,600,000Dean-Henri Taibi (France) -- 1,600,000Romain Bier (France) -- 1,500,000Sergio Braga (Brazil) -- 1,300,000Sebastian Supper (Germany) -- 1,150,000Manuel Martinez (UK) -- 1,105,000Xavier Detournel (France) -- 1,080,000Muhamet Perati (Italy) -- 900,000Luca Moschitta (Italy) -- 770,000

Sylvain Berthelot (France) -- 700,000Gilles Silbernagel (France) -- 700,000Guillaume Branellec (France) -- 650,000Frederik Treusch (Germany) -- 550,000Michael Ferrari (USA) -- 545,000Alessandro Bardaro (Italy) -- 540,000Enrico Fiorentin (Italy) -- 530,000Charles Vidal (France) -- 520,000Alexandre Rivero (Brazil) -- 500,000Florian Decamps (France) -- 490,000

Joao Brito (Portugal) -- 475,000Julien Valentin (France) -- 470,000Evangelos Kokkalis (Greece) -- 460,000Luca Dal Cerro (Italy) -- 400,000Joseph Mouawad (USA) -- 400,000Charbel Salloum (Lebanon) -- 380,000Marius Cazacu (Romania) -- 380,000Lionel Lacolas (Italy) -- 330,000Daniela Parotti (Italy) -- 315,000Amerigo Santoro (Italy) -- 280,000

Sergio Castelluccio (Italy) -- 270,000Pierre Malfay (France) -- 245,000Patrick Nakache (France) -- 230,000David Monin (France) -- 225,000Francis Alfred Klar (Germany) -- 200,000Paul Delavache (France) -- 200,000Raffaele Suppa (Italy) -- 115,000

Pablo Gordillo's leading stack

2:32pm: Break time

They've reached the primary break of the day with 37 players now remaining. Back soon with updated chip counts on those who find themselves left.

2:28pm: Hung-Tu Wang out

Hung-Tu Wang was knocked out in 38th.

Hung-Tu Wang

2:23pm: Schaeffer sunk, Aghazada gone

Wilfried Schaeffer has gone out in 40th, followed thereafter by Umid Aghazada in 39th.

After a quick start early, Aghazada's fortunes swiftly turned. His day is now done after having bluffed big on a six-high flop with J♦8♥ only to run into Xavier Detournel's pocket sixes for a collection. Aghazada is out while Detournel is as much as 1.4 million.

2:04pm: Nanev knocked out

Rumen Nanev was eliminated after putting the last of his chips in peril with Q♦7♦ versus Marius Cazacu's K♣Q♠. A 5♥J♠3♥3♦J♦ board ended Nanev's day in 41st place, while Cazacu continues to be below the common with about 425,000.

1:54pm: Sigh for Sy -- Abou runs ace-queen into ace-king, is eliminated

La Maison Du Bluff star Abou Sy's impressive run has come to an end early in today's second level after losing the last of his chips to Pablo Gordillo.

Sy's fall came shortly after Quentin Pasdelou went out in 43rd. Following a Gordillo open, Sy shoved all in from the cutoff for his last 180,000 and when it folded back around Gordillo called. Sy had A♦Q♦, but had run into Gordillo's A♥K♠. The flop came 2♠7♦K♣ to pair Gordillo, and by the 9♥ turn Sy was already drawing dead to complete in 42nd.

Abou Sy

1:44pm: Franco falls, Besalduch bounds as much as 2 million

Sonny Franco just lost an enormous hand versus Jose Besalduch that began as a three-way affair, then saw Franco all in at the flop with top pair of queens versus the 2 pair (queens and jacks) of Besalduch.

The latter's hand held, and as Franco goes out in 44th place Besalduch is now up around 2 million to snatch the present chip lead.

1:32pm: Level 22 begins (8,000/16,000/2,000)

There are 44 players remaining. Start-of-day leader Dean-Henri Taibi now sits with about 1.45 million, even though it looks as if Umid Aghazada has moved past him into first position at the present with about 1.5 million.

1:27pm: Kurdin cut down, Brinkenhoff busts

Vasily Kurdin have been ousted in 46th.

Vasily Kurdin

Shortly after Kurdin's bust, Michael Brinkenhoff fell in 45th in a hand versus Dean-Henri Taibi.

After opening from late position, Brinkenhoff watched Taibi reraise from the blinds, then after thinking a little while pushed all in excessive for his last 270,000 or so.

Taibi considered a half-minute then called, turning over 9♠9♣. Brinkenhoff had two overs with K♥T♣, but a J♣6♣8♦3♥5♦ board brought no help for him and the Californian departs in 45th.

1:21pm: Mattern moves on

EPT4 Prague champion Arnaud Mattern was eliminated after falling in a hand versus Hung-Tu Wang. Mattern started the day with a brief stack, then finally found a hand worthy of risking it with ace-king. He had to improve against Wang's pocket queens, however the board brought no help and Mattern is out in 47th place near the top of the day's first level.

Arnaud Mattern

Wang moves as much as about 900,000 after that hand.

1:20pm: More eliminations

Several more have fallen in rapid order: Cedric Louard (54th), Sergey Kudryavtsev (53rd), Jean-Michel Ploch (52nd), Emmanuel Murgia (51st), Anthony Mathieu (50th), Faustus Korn (49th), and Aleksandr Denisov (48th).

1:07pm: Short stacks surviving

The previous couple of all-ins have produced several double-ups.

Alexasandr Denisov has doubled through Umid Aghazada after his pocket sevens held versus the latter's A♠K♠.

Sylvain Berthelot managed to outlive with K♥T♣ against Vasily Kurdin's A♦Q♠ when a king came a number of the community cards, pushing Berthelot back up just about 300,000 and knocking Kurdin down under 100,000.

And Wilfried Schaeffer has doubled through Frederik Treusch. Schaeffer's A♦J♦ proved best against Treusch's two black kings when an ace flopped and the hand held.

12:53pm: Early knockouts

Three short stacks have already been eliminated throughout the first couple of orbits today -- Reynald Trunsard (57th), Fadi El Hany (56th), and Chrisophe Malaurie (55th).

Malaurie fell in a hand versus Sonny Franco after shoving his last 200,000 or so with pocket nines and running into Franco's pocket tens. Now 54 players remain.

12:32pm: Level 21 begins (6,000/12,000/2,000)

Cards are within the air!

Day 3 of the FPS Monaco Main Event begins

12.29pm: Shuffle up and deal

The 57 remaining players have taken their seats around eight tables within the far corner of the principle tournament room, with Dean-Henri Taibi the chip leader (1.325 million). Jose Besalduch (1.218 million), Romain Bier (1.198 million), and Sergio Braga (1.183 million) are Taibi's nearest challengers to begin the day.

Key FPS Monaco Main Event Facts:- The tournament is scheduled to minimize to the eight-handed final table- Click here for a whole list of chip counts a number of the 57 players starting Day 3- The highest 143 finishers are cashing; click here for an updated list of payouts

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Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

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