The second Day 1 event of the first stop of EPT 7 took place yesterday with a number of renowned players once again. Among the 239 people entering the day were Betrand ‘ElkY’ Grospieller, bracelet winners Dario Minieri and Richard Ashby as well as EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee.
The day, as the one before, saw 9 levels with stacks rising from 50/100 with no ante to 500/1000 with ante of 100. While 89 players survived Wednesday, about 130 were eliminated during Day 1B, making up a total of around 190 participants to enter Day 2 today. For the race with the €400,000 first prize 420 players have registered, which is a record number in the history of Estonian tournaments, according to PokerNewsDaily.com. What is more, it is truly an international filed, as opposed to US tourneys: no one nation gives more than 13% of the field, the top countries represented being Russia and Finland with 53-53 players.
In the end, Perica Bukara, who placed 6th in Prague at the Unibet Open, became chip leader of the day and he even took the overall lead from Ali Tekintamgac with his stack of 210,600. Top 10 Day 1B chip counts are as seen below:
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