Day 1b Delayed
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Good afternoon and welcome back to the grand old Casino San Remo, perhaps the loveliest stop on the EPT circuit. Yesterday we saw 438 players do battle, with 2010 EPT Berlin side event winner Leonid Bilokur coming out on top at the end of play on 187,900. We are unlikely to beat last year's field of 1,240, but this is still looking to be a very fine turnout and we're probably looking at a total field of around a thousand.
Among those expected to take to the felt today are reigning champion Liv Boeree, along with her fellow Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Luca Pagano and Dario Minieri, EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee and 2010 World Champion Jonathan Duhamel.
After yesterday's long delay in starting the tournament following a rather slower than usual registration process (and you may notice that noon has been and gone) the official start time has been pushed back to a projected 1.30pm - although it could yet prove to be later still. We'll keep you posted on any further developments, but whatever happens we're going to see a great Day 1b commence at roughly lunchtime. See you then.