Kolosov Leads EPT Tallinn After Day 1a
Day 1a of the European Poker Tour Tallinn Main Event is now in the books after seven levels of play here in the luxurious Swissotel in the heart of Estonia.
A total of 92 players exchanged €4,250 for 30,000 chips and an hour long clock and by the time play drew to a close 68 of them still had chips in front of them. Leading the way is Maksim Kolosov of Russia who bagged up 102,725 chips, almost 20,000 more than his nearest rival and EPT Prague winner Roberto Romanello on 83,175
Amongst the 92 starters were five former EPT Champions, Arnaud Mattern, David Vamplew, Kent Lundmark, Rupert Elder and the aforementioned Romanello. Joining them was Joe Ebanks who won his first World Series of Poker bracelet this summer in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed Championship event. All six of these fantastic players are safely through to Day 2 on Thursday.
Other notable players who managed to navigate their way through the stormy waters of Day 1a include Team PokerStars Pros Richard Toth (37,325) and Marcin Horecki (21,925), Mathew Frankland (70,475), Martin Jacobson (74,000) and Praz Bansi (73,975).
Day 1b will start on Wednesday at 1200 noon local time and we are expecting a bumper crowd, possibly more than 200 runners! Amongst them will be Team PokerStars Pros Dario Minieri, Ville Wahlbeck, Luca Pagano, Sebastian Ruthenberg and JP Kelly, whilst John Eames, EPT Grand Final winner Ivan Freitez and Annette Obrestad are all listed to play.
Join us again from 1200 noon for all the action, as it happens, from EPT Tallinn Day 1b.