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The PokerStars European Poker Tour Sanremo Main event is down to a final table of 8. Inge Forsmo, the Day 2 and 3 chip leader from Norway, is not among the finalist. He lost 2 big pots at the beginning of Day 5 and was eliminated in 23rd place. Jason Tompkins, the winner of Day 4, made it to the final table, though. Tompkins will bring 3.6 million chips (third place) to the final table.

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Jason Tompkins, an online grinder with about $400k in live tournament earnings, is the new chip leader of the EPT Sanremo main event. The Irishman was among the first players to break the million mark, then it didn't take long before he had 1.5 million before finishing the day with an impressive 2,423,000 stack. The two-day chip leader Inge Forsmo also survived Day 4. He will sit down with 2,025,000 chips today in second place. Many poker stars were unfortunately among the 42 players who hit the rail during Day 4. Just to mention a few of them:

26. Isaac Haxton €19,000
36. Justin Bonomo €16,000
48. Shaun Deeb €14,000
59. Mike Watson €12,000
62. David Vamplew €12,000

A total of 24 players will return to the tables in a few hours. All of them are now guaranteed to walk away with at least €23,000 each. The winner of the tournament will take home €800,000!

The third Day of the EPT Sanremo main event is in the books. The day kicked off with 163 players and the player-field was narrowed down to 66 throughout the day. Day 2 chip leader Inge Forsmo, from Norway, will bring a stack of 1,021,000 chips to play today - about 160k more than his closest opponenets: Charly Maracchione, Angelo Recchia and Caremlo Vasta.

For those not familar with the names above, Shaun Deeb, Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo, David Vamplew (just to mention a few) are great, well-known players who made it through Day 3 and still have the chance of reaching the final table where a €800,000 first place prize is up for grabs.

Check back tomorrow for another update!

A total of 797 players signed up for the EPT Sanremo Main Event this time. Today the third day of the tournament will be played and 162 players are chasing the first prize of €800,000. Inge Forsmo (picture), from Norway, is the chip leader with a stack of 606,100 and big names such as David Vamplew, Shaun Deeb, Isaac Haxton, Ana Marquez, Chris Moneymaker, Liv Boeree and Pius Heinz are among the players that will join Forsmo at the tables today.

Day 3 will begin at 14:00 CET (08:00 ET) today. We will be back with another update tomorrow morning! Stay tuned!