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The bubble bursting sees an abrupt end to Day 2 here at the Casino Gran Madrid - the hour long wait for the field (which started today at 299) to drop from 105 to 104 players finally coming to an end during the 2,500/5,000 blind level.
Leading the field is impossibly youthful-looking Ole [Removed:332], who has amassed 726,000 chips, busting players from his table with calm Norwegian abandon. Just behind him lies Swede Kristoffer Thorsson with 701,500, and there are a dozen stacks on or above the half million chip mark waiting to take the leaders on tomorrow.
Among those still very much in contention are Daniel Weinman (676,500), Hugo Lemaire (658,000) and earlier leaders Melanie Weisman, Surinder Sunar, and David Sonelin.
The first person to be eliminated on Day 3 will receive €15,000, and play will continue until 24 players remain. At this point the final table, now a distant goal, will be much closer, and no one still left in needs reminding that the ultimate prize on offer at the EPT Grand Final is a cool €1,500,000.
Join us tomorrow from midday local time as the last 104 from 686 total entrants battle to the last three tables.
