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The Triton ONE Main Event in North Cyprus heads into Day 3 with 24 players left from 1,006 entries. Germany's Mahmoud Bedoui is third in chips with 22,275,000, according to PokerNews live coverage. China's Yiwen Yuan leads, and Mohamed El-Wely of Mauritania is second with 22,800,000.
Fellow German Thore Boedefeld is also alive with 5,125,000 chips (17 big blinds). Mikita Badziakouski, a five-time Triton champion, lost a big pot late and has the short stack at 1,450,000. Damir Gabdullin, who led after the starting days, went out in 25th against Mehmet Samsa.
PokerExklusiv reports that 191 players began the day and 159 places paid. Yernur Kurbanov burst the bubble in 160th. Manuel Fritz took $27,000 for 34th and Sebastian Gähl the same for 35th. Paul Phua earned $19,400 in 63rd and Isaac Haxton $23,000 in 50th.
This is the first Triton ONE Tour Main Event in Europe. The organizers say 439 players and 567 re-entries produced a prize pool of $7,316,638, with players from 62 countries. The champion receives $1,320,000.
Day 3 starts Saturday at 12:00 local time with blinds of 150,000/300,000 and plays down to a final table of six. All 24 players have $37,000 guaranteed and the last six at least $235,000. The final day is Sunday, November 15.
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