Table 12 is our official Table of Doom, being the home to Mathew Frankland, Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck, the man second in chips Jani Sointula, Praz Bansi and a short-stacked Johan van Til, but those sitting there now can breathe a little easier as Wahlbeck has just been eliminated.
He entered a preflop raising war with Russian Kirill Zapletin that resulted in Wahlbeck being all in and at risk of elimination.
Wahlbeck:
Zapletin:
The board ran out and with that Wahlbeck's tournament was over and done with.
Christopher Ulsrud and Nicolo Calia were the first two players eliminated today. They both lasted less than five minutes of play. News of a bigger-name elimination coming right up.
In a little over one hour, 198 players from all over the world will take their seats on the 6th floor of the Swissotel to continue their quest for EPT glory.
Leading the pack will be Oscar Lima who bagged up 132,000 chips yesterday. Just behind Lim are Jani Sointula (123,950), Anatolii Ozhenilok (108,125) and day 1a chip leader Maksim Kolosov (102,725).
Other notables still in the field trying to claw their way to the top prize of €275,000 are Roberto Romanello (83,175), European Poker Tour award winner Martin Jacobson (74,650), Praz Bansi (73,975) and reigning champion Kevin Stani (19,750). PokerStars are well represented with Team Pros Ville Wahlbeck (52,675), JP Kelly (52,450), Richard Toth (37,325), Dario Minieri (34,425) and Arnaud Mattern (20,225) joined by Team Online Pro Anders Berg (62,675) and SportsStar Pro Fatima Moreira de Melo (58,325).
So make sure you are here with us to follow all of the action at noon, Estonian time!
and with that Wahlbeck's tournament was over and done with.
