310 players returned for Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final Main Event, and 11 players entered before the start of the day, creating a prize pool of €5.640.000. The winner will take home €1.082.000, and there are still a lot of big names in the field chasing the title, including Ole Schemion, who finished as the chip leader, Christopher Frank, Jason Mercier, Vanessa Selbst, Isaac Haxton and more. There are 121 players left, the plan for the day is to play five 90-minute levels and to reach the paying spots, check out the live stream in the article!
A total of 564 players registered this year for the EPT Grand Final Main Event, including several superstars who joined the field at the beginning of Day 2. Daniel Negreanu, Igor Kurganov, Max Altergott and Dzmitry Urbanovich all started with a 30,000 stack at the 400/800 blind level. Phil Ivey was scheduled to play in the event aswell, but decided to unregister shortly before start.
Negreanu didn’t last long, he was eliminated after roughly 1,5 hours, he called all-in with K-K on a board of T-6-2-J-A with a busted flush draw. Unfortunately for him, Astapau showed J-J for a turned set.
Liv Boeree, Fatima Moreira De Melo, Jake Cody, Martin Jacobson and Jean-Noel Thorel were also eliminated, but a lot of big names also advanced to Day 3, including Vanessa Selbst, Isaac Haxton, Jason Mercier, Johnny Lodden.
121 players advanced to Day 3, play will continue today from 12:00, the plan is to play five 90-minute levels and for players to reach the paying spots. Check out the live stream below!
Top 10 stacks:
Ole Schemion – 477.700
Christopher Frank – 465.100
Jose Carlos Garcia – 461.200
Thomas Popov – 413.500
Jason Mercier – 296.400
Joao Simao – 294.300
Frederik Pedersen – 292.100
Anatoly Chen – 291.200
Vanessa Selbst – 285.000
Sergio Aido – 276.600
Other noteables:
Dario Sammartino – 255.300
Isaac Haxton – 221.300
Jason Wheeler – 210.700
Stephen Chidwick – 205.300
Pierre Neuville – 200.800
Scott Clements – 199.500
Tom Hall – 198.300
Joao Barbosa – 176.500
Liviu Ignat – 176.200
Dzmitry Urbanovich – 158.100
Adrian Mateos – 156.300
Fabrice Soulier – 155.000
Connor Drinan – 150.400
Andre Akkari – 146.900
Ami Barer – 146.700
Mustapha Kanit – 146.000
Artur Koren – 142.000
Max Altergott – 132.200
Ludovic Geilich – 129.100
Dan Smith – 113.900
Maria Ho – 112.800
Nicolas Chouity – 112.600
Johnny Lodden – 109.000
Bryan Paris – 106.500
David Peters – 105.800
Dimitar Danchev – 96.900
Brian Roberts – 92.300
Felix Stephensen – 90.000
Eugene Katchalov – 71.200
Steve O`Dwyer – 60.100
Dan Heimiller – 46.200
Payouts:
1. €1.082.000
2. €679.000
3. €486.000
4. €379.000
5. €297.250
6. €233.500
7. €174.300
8. €120.700
9. €95.300
10-11. €78.400
12-13. €66.500
14-15. €58.100
16-17. €51.350
18-20. €45.700
21-23. €40.050
24-27. €34.400
28-31. €29.900
32-39. €26.500
40-55. €23.125
56-71. €20.900
72-79. €19.175
