The Penultimate Day Starts at 12

Just 15 players remain in the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event, all eying that first place prize of just over one million euros. That largest of cheques won't be handed out today though, but a ticket to still fight for the big money can be earned today.

The goal is to play down to 6 players, or five full 90-minute levels. A final table at the European Poker Tour consists of 8 players, but play will most likely continue even if the final table is reached, just to make sure the final day won't take too long. Last years final took till 9 in the morning, something the organization has tried to prevent from happening again ever since.

There's still some 40 minutes left in level 23 (10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante). PokerStars Team Pro Johnny Lodden starts out as the chip leader with 115 big blinds. His neighbor on his left is Ole Schemion with 59 big blinds.

Both of them have impressive records. Lodden has cashed 5 out of the 7 EPT Grand Final's he played, and finished third here two years ago for the biggest score of his live tournament career (€467,000).

Ole Schemion was the EPT Season 10 player of the year, has had multiple million dollar scores, and is arguably the best tournament poker player in the world at the moment.

We imagine that table being picked as the feature table today, so get ready for some action! PokerNews will be your one stop shop today, with all the big hands, interviews and photos from the Main Event and the €25,000 High Roller.

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Koichi Nozaki	Japan	1,582,000	79
1	2	Lyndon Basha	United Kingdom	1,070,000	54
1	3	Jose Carlos Garcia	Poland	523,000	26
1	4	Muhyedine Fares	Senegal	1,280,000	64
1	6	Johnny Lodden	Norway	2,293,000	115
1	7	Ole Schemion	Germany	1,178,000	59
1	8	Romain Paon	France	782,000	39

2	1	Adrian Mateos	Spain	1,635,000	82
2	2	Hady El Asmar	Lebanon	1,530,000	77
2	3	Anton Astapau	Belarus	896,000	45
2	4	Christopher Frank	Germany	645,000	32
2	5	Tom Hall	United Kingdom	249,000	12
2	6	Dmitry Ivanov	Russia	994,000	50
2	7	Juan Martin Pastor	Argentina	450,000	23
2	8	Markus Ross	Germany	1,815,000	91