Day 2 Almost Ready To Go
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2012 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville. Tuesday's Day 1a drew 339 players and combined with yesterday's 550 on Day 1b, a total of 889 players took to the felt with hopes of capturing EPT glory, as well as the first-place prize of €875,000. After eight levels of play, 546 players remain.
Team PokerStars is well represented as Nacho Barbero (106,200), Vanessa Rousso (96,400), and Fatima Moreira de Melo (81,000) each enjoyed excellent Day 1's. Several other members of Team PokerStars will return to action today as well.
Here are the top nine chip counts to emerge from the two Day 1 flights:
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amir Salhani | 191,100 |
| 2 | Toufik Ouirini | 166,800 |
| 3 | Kristijonas Andrulis | 162,600 |
| 4 | Philippe Ma | 162,200 |
| 5 | Bartosz Kocinski | 142,000 |
| 6 | Elie Payan | 102,500 |
| 7 | Aurelien Guiglini | 133,700 |
| 8 | Raphael Kroll | 132,000 |
| 9 | Jannik Moser | 131,400 |
Play is scheduled to continue at noon local time, a little more than an hour from now, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day for live updates.