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Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Total Entries
848
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 848
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It was a pretty extraordinary field to start with - there wasn't a single table this morning without at least a couple familiar faces lurking at the felt. Indeed, just the list of folks who busted today reads like a who's who of international poker - Erick Lindgren, Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda, Tony G, ElkY, Andy Black, Boris Becker and reigning champion Pieter de Korver were among the A-listers who took their shot at EPT glory but failed to make the grade.
On the other hand, just look at who's left! Joe Cada, Shaun Deeb, Isabelle Mercier, Marcel Luske and Joe Hachem will all be coming back to the Salle des Etoiles tomorrow to battle it out with the Day 1a-ers for Grand Final dominance.
Way out in front as we head to Day 2 is Brazilian Thiago Nishijima - the number on his bag as he headed back to his hotel was 264,200, meaning that he will be overall chip leader at kickoff tomorrow. Somewhere in the region of 400 players will be returning for Day 2 though, so whatever happens, there's going to be some serious action.
We'll be back at noon CET, but until then, this is PokerNews at the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final, signing off for the night.
The flop came
and Lacay checked, Baisi bet 3,000 before Lacay check-raised to 11,000. Baisi thought before making a call and both checked the 
turn.On the river Lacay now fired out 15,500 and Baisi tanked for several minutes. Lacay called the clock but Baisi made the call and showed
which was good against the wily Frenchman.
We missed the action, but the hands looked like so:
Thew:
Coren:
Player 3:
Kings held up, and Coren looks really rather pleased with herself, and who can blame her.
Berende:
Player A:
Player B:
The board ran out
and the table was two players lighter and Berende's stack was quite a few chips healthier.
and he was waiting on his opponent to make a decision. After some checking and rechecking of his cards, his opponent mucked, and Nenad took the chips from the pot.
against Chrisophe Gross' raise and Marko Neumann's flat-call.Gross folded but Neumann made the call with
but couldn't manage to spike against the young Englishman.Rutter is up to 60,000 while Neumann is crippled.
for a rivered boat on a 
board. The busto player said he had pocket aces, and the player busy paying Gomes was extremely unhappy to lose with a queen-high flush. Gomes is near the top of the counts now with over 110,000.
