France's Michael Kolkowicz claimed the overnight chip lead with 1,445,000 after Day 3 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino €5,300 Main Event®.
Start-of-day chip leader Nick Petrangelo bowed out early after losing a couple of big hands in short succession
Also out were Daniel Negreanu and Patrik Antonius.
On Day 3, a field of 143 players were reduced to just 45 hopefuls.
Each of them will be back tomorrow with eyes set on the first-place payout of €500,800, which will be handed out to the victor of the first European PokerStars Championship Main Event this Friday night in "Le Sporting" at Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort.