Day 1a All Done
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Day 1a has gone by in a blur of super-aggressive Scandi action, but it is a Canadian who has come out on top. Barring any last-minute shenanigans unseen by bloggers' eyes, Andrew Pantling remains our chip leader as the Day 1a-ers take a well-earned break, and the magic number on his bag as the chips went in was 155,800.
Although a fair few notables have dropped out of the running during the course of today's play - Martin Kabrhel, Jeff Sarwer and Thomas Bichon spring to mind - there remain some well-known faces in the field. Annette Obrestad, Dario Minieri, Johnny Lodden and Arnaud Mattern will all be coming back for more on Day 2.
Before then, though, there's the small matter of Day 1b. Peter Eastgate, ElkY, Noah Boeken, William Thorson and Luca Pagano are among the folks who'll be taking their shot at EPT glory tomorrow. Be sure to join us back here at PokerNews for all the action from that, but until 2pm tomorrow, it's over and out.