The plan for Day 3 of the partypoker World Poker Tour (WPT) National UK London Main Event<\/b> seemed ambitious at best: whittle the 164 players down towards the final table. Some thought the floor staff of the Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City had lost the plot when they suggested such a feat was achievable, but their experience shone through as only 13 players had chips in front of them as the curtain came down on Day 2\u2019s play.<\/p>\n
Each of the 13 players who return to their seats on Sunday will do so safe in the knowledge that they have each locked up a payout of at least \u00a31,210<\/b>, which isn\u2019t a bad result for a couple of day\u2019s work. However, with a final table appearance being worth \u00a32,030<\/b> and a massive \u00a320,250 reserved for the tournament\u2019s champion<\/b>, none of the players will be happy to pick up that amount.<\/p>\n
Leading the way going into Day 3 is John Ventre<\/b> and his colossal stack containing chips worth 2,243,000. Ventre has one previous cash to his name, a 26th place finish in a \u20ac1,000 tournament in Barcelona back in 2011. That particular result banked Ventre \u20ac2,500, an amount he will beat if he finishes eighth or higher in this spectacular event.<\/p>\n
The only other player to bag up a seven-figure stack was Michael Chaffe<\/b> from Dartford. Chaffe has won almost $25,000 in 2013 and is now looking to win even more in the WPT National<\/a> UK London Main Event. Chaffe starts Day 3 with 1,496,000 chips.<\/p>\nWPT National UK London Main Event Day 3 Chip Counts<\/h3>\n