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After a total of four days of action at the European Poker Tour San Remo (including two starting flight days), Chris McClung has taken the lead with just over 1.2 million chips. The Day 3 starting field of 144 was whittled down to just 64 players, with the top 128 finishers receiving money prizes.

The money bubble finally broke in a hand that pitted eventual leader McClung against Christian Troger. The flop came down 10-7-4 rainbow, with McClung betting 13,000 and Troger raising to 26,000. McClung raised again, forcing Troger to call all-in. McClung showed K-K offsuit while Troger displayed A-7 of spades. A jack and 8 on the turn and river provided no help to either player, knocking out Troger in 129th and ensuring a cash prize for all remaining players.

Joseph Cheong, the Day 2 chip leader, had a roller coaster day, taking bad beats and winning large pots while eliminating William Thorson and ultimately finishing with 833k chips. On the key hand, Cheong completed a straight on the river and Thorson folded without showing a card.

Team PokerStars Pro has done remarkably well in this event so far. Johnny Lodden, John Duthie, Lex Veldhuis and Vanessa Selbst will all return on Day 4, along with PokerStars Team Online Pro Luca Moschitta. Elio Fox, winner of the 2011 WSOPE Main Event, is standing strong as well with 652k chips. Noted pros Alessio Isaia and Daniel Neilson will bring deep stacks of 818k and 853k, respectively, to Day 4 as well.

Of course, the final 64 didn’t have room for every big-name pro poker player. Kyle Johnson, Steve O’Dwyer, Taylor Paur and Toby Lewis were among those who headed to the cash cage before they would’ve liked.

Although the pace of play has varied considerably over the course of EPT San Remo, it’s possible that a final table could be decided on Day 4.