Groundhog Time
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Good morning and welcome back to EPT Prague. While the city freezes outside, things are heating up here at the Hilton as Day 1b is about to get underway.
Yesterday we got 191 runners; 85 made it through the day with Frenchman Elias Brussianos in the lead. Also through to Day 2 are EPT Player of the Year frontrunner Fernando Brito, online qualifier Jonathan Weekes, Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki, EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee and serial WSOP go-deeper Matt Affleck.
Today we're expecting a rather larger field, although we're probably not going to beat last year's overall field of 586. Nevertheless, this tournament is going to give 2009 a run for its money. Expected to take their seats at the tables today are Team PokerStars Pros Johnny Lodden, Marcel Luske and Martin Hruby. Also, we understand that following a curious wager between Hruby and Dag Palovic, the latter will be dying his hair red and decorating it with the PokerStars logo for our amusement this afternoon. It's going to be a good day.
Play is due to start around about noon. We'll be on the floor from then to bring you all the action.