€5,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

01-27-2014 13:21 UTC+2

Some Familiar Faces

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Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

There are still a lot of empty spots, but also a lot of familiar faces already. Some of the players arriving right on time:

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Watts	30,000	30,000
Jamila Von Perger	30,000	30,000
Jake Cody	30,000	30,000
JP Kelly	30,000	30,000
Manig Loeser	30,000	30,000
Luca Pagano	30,000	30,000
Noel Gaens	30,000	30,000
Stephen Chidwick	30,000	30,000
Antonio Matias	30,000	30,000
Govert Metaal	30,000	30,000
Walid Bou Habib	30,000	30,000
Konstantin Puchkov	30,000	30,000
Sofia Lövgren	30,000	30,000
Martin Staszko	30,000	30,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

01-27-2014 12:36 UTC+2

At noon the tournament will start its second starting day. Yesterday was a rather easy going day with just 234 players in action. Exactly a hundred wouldn't make it through the eight 75-minute levels and had to forfeit their chips early.

Today should be a lot busier. Last year Remi Castaignon triumphed over a 782 other players, if this years PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Main Event wants to beat those numbers we'll need at least 548 players today. The tournament room can handle those numbers, but will the players be here?

A lot of familiar names are in attendance here in Deauville today. Team PokerStars Pro's Jake Cody and Luca Pagano will play today, last years runner up Walid Bou Habib (2nd for €475,000) will start with 30,000 in chips and Niels Van Leeuwen, yesterdays French Poker Series winner, will start. And then there's Patrick Bruel, the accomplished French singer, actor, and professional poker player will make his appearance today. Not to sing a nice little intro song, but to gather all of the chips in the room.

PokerNews' live reporting starts in just under half an hour. Follow the action right here, from start to finish - what should be around midnight.