EPT Grand Final: Sbrissa, Kurganov & Negreanu flying high [Live Stream]
Some of the biggest names in poker were out in force on Day 1B of the EPT Grand Final. You can watch the Day 1 live stream from 13:30 CET right here.
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| Victor Sbrissa |
The second starting day of the EPT Grand Final dwarfed the previous day, as around 423 players bought in for day 1B.
The official numbers and payouts are yet to be confirmed by PokerStars, but the final figure is expected to be 523 (Quite a drop on last year's 665).
Leading the overall chip counts is Victor Sbrissa, Noah Schwartz and Calvin Anderson - all of whom have a around 200,000; a significant edge over the biggest stack on Day 1A, Dan Smith, who had 136,500.
Also enjoying a good first day we had Andrew Lichtenberger, Victor Ramdin, Igor 'lechuckpoker' Kurganov, David Kitai and Daniel Negreanu.
They will be joined on Day 2 by some big names including Noah Boeken, Benny 'psychobenny' Spindler, Luke Schwartz, Annette Obrestad, Tobias pokernoob' Reinkemeier, Jason Mercier and John Juanda.
The list of exits also reads like a who's who or world poker, and includes Elky, David Williams, Phil Ivey, Leo Margets, Dominik 'aceontheriver' Nitsche, Aaron Lim, Scott Seiver, Sam Trickett, Martin Jacobson, Viktor Blom, Gus Hansen, Vanessa Selbst, Oliver Busquet, Gaelle Baumann, Shaun Deeb, Ivan Demidov, Lex Veldhuis, Michael Mizrachi and Eugene Katchalov.
The action restarts again today at 12:00 CET, with the live stream expected to start around 13:30 CET.
Watch the live stream from 13:30 CET
EPT Grand Final
End of Day 1B Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Victor Sbrissa | 224,800 | ||
| 2nd | Noah Schwartz | 204,600 | ||
| 3rd | Calvin Anderson | 198,100 | ||
| 4th | Oleksii Kovalchuk | 145,000 | ||
| 5th | Andrew Lichtenberger | 137,800 | ||
| 6th | Danilo Donnini | 137,800 | ||
| 7th | Victor Ramdin | 134,400 | ||
| 8th | Marcin Horecki | 134,100 | ||
| 9th | Igor 'lechuckpoker' Kurganov | 127,900 | ||
| 10th | Ekrem Sanioglu | 126,200 | ||
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| - | David Kitai | 88,800 | ||
| - | Daniel Negreanu | 88,600 | ||
| - | Alex Kravchenko | 81,500 | ||
| - | Noah Boeken | 74,800 | ||
| - | Steve O'Dwyer | 73,500 | ||
| - | Benny psychobenny' Spindler | 61,000 | ||
| - | Luke Schwartz | 60,000 | ||
| - | Annette Obrestad | 56,800 | ||
| - | Tobias pokernoob' Reinkemeier | 48,400 | ||
| - | Jason Mercier | 48,200 | ||
| - | Fatima Moreira de Melo | 45,100 | ||
| - | John Juanda | 44,750 | ||
| - | Antonio Esfandiari | 28,500 | ||
| - | Randy Lew | 25,600 | ||
| Blinds: 300/600/75 | Players: 268 (531) Average Stack: 59,440 | Prize pool: TBD |
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