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A record number of players for an EPT event in Prague was set yesterday with the total number of entrants standing at 998. With registration still open until noon today we could still break the magic four figures.
Amir Lehavot from the USA, who finished third in the WSOP Main Event in November this year, is the clear chip leader finishing at the top of the pack on Day 1b with 239,300. He is ahead of Day 1a leader Tiberu-Florian Georgescu who has 191,100, followed closely behind by Sigurd Eskeland (184,600) and Ari Engel (172,800).
Team PokerStars Pros have made a very strong showing so far in the Main Event and leading the way for them is Luca Pagano with 137,600 chips. Pagano really had to tough it out yesterday but came through strongly in the end to remain in contention. Other remaining Team PokerStars pros are Player of the Year Daniel Negreanu (74,600), Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier (79,700), Christophe De Meulder (40,100), Matthias De Meulder (25,200), Eugene Katchalov (81,900), Dag Palovic (79,900), and Jonathan Duhamel (16,100).
Some of the other well know players that we’ll be keeping an eye on include former EPT Prague champion Martin Finger (58,600), Ireland’s Steve O'Dwyer (60,200), Shannon Shorr (40,400), Juha Helppi (34,400), Max Silver (87,100), and rising star Sergio Aido (81,200).
We begin with 549 players who have made it through to Day 2 and they face six levels of play today. There will be no dinner break, so it will be a relatively early night. There’s sure to be some interesting dynamics early on as the big stacks seek to exert some pressure, and the short stacks look to get an early double up to give themselves a chance of staying ahead of those ever increasing blinds.
Join your PokerNews reporting team right here for all the updates throughout the day as we bring you bust outs, drama, interviews and more. You can also follow live action from the feature table with commentary from the dynamic duo James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton at Pokerstars.tv.
. The original raiser checked, Mateos bet 3,400, and Lakhov called. The under-the-gun player folded and it was heads-up action to the 
, which both players checked.
completed the board on the river, Mateos checked and then folded to a bet of 8,000 by Alexander Lakhov.
flop and then both players checked the 
completed the board on the river, Lakhov led out for 2,100 and Mateos folded.
and was racing the 
of Jelassi. The flop was dealt 
and it was all looking pretty rosy for Jelassi, but the turn 
shot Georgiev into the lead. No salvation on the river as the 
sealed his fate and there was to be no repeat victory for the Swedish PokerStars player.
rainbow Alekberovas lead out for 4,000. The initial raiser made the call and Baumann raised it up to 12,000.
as the turn. After two checks Baumann shoved all in for her remaining 23,000. Alekberovas looked her up showing 
. Baumann needed a king but wouldn't get one on the river.
into a set on 
. The up and down straight draw didn't materialize for the Season's 8 winner which made his twenty minute break into a break as long as he wanted it to be.
on the flop and Lacay bet out 20,000. That bet didn't faze Rettenmaier though, who didn't need much time before calling. The turn brought the 
into play and Lacay checked. Rettenmaier bet out 33,200 and Lacay thought about it for awhile before announcing to be all in. Rettenmaier looked a tiny bit concerned but called almost immediately anyway. Lacay showed his 
hit the felt. The dealer began counting Lacay's stack but it was clear from the get go to the players involved that Lacay (130,000) had more than Rettenmaier (110,000).
) and Levi (
) covered. The 
board didn't improve anybody and Von Kriegenbergh was stacking chips for some time.
and Golob checked for a third time. Williams thought about it, but eventually checked behind.
