Day 1b of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event Starts Now!

The second and final starting day for the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event will go off on the grounds of the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort beginning at 12 p.m. local time today.

Yesterday's first flight drew 286 entries, and with a bumper crop of online qualifiers and top pros expected, organizers are readying themselves for an even bigger field today. They plan to play eight 75-minute levels, and all who survive through them will join the 167 who bagged up chips on Day 1a for Day 2 Monday.

Adrian Mateos beat a field of 564 to earn €1,082,000 and the title here last year. The Spaniard is expected to show up and defend the prestigious title today, and will surely be joined by some of the biggest names in the game hunting European Poker Tour glory.

Plans are to take a 20-minute break every two levels and a dinner break after the end of level six, with tons of poker action in between. The day should wrap up around midnight local time and the PokerNews live reporting team will be here from now, until a winner is crowned on May 6th.

Just sit back and take it all in as Day 1b of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event should be legendary.

Previous EPT Grand Final stops at a glance

Season	Year	Place	Players	Champion	Country	Prize
1	2005	Monaco	211	Rob Hollink	Netherlands	€635,000
2	2006	Monaco	298	Jeff Williams	United States	€900,000
3	2007	Monaco	706	Gavin Griffin	United States	€1,825,010
4	2008	Monaco	842	Glen Chorny	Canada	€2,020,000
5	2009	Monaco	935	Pieter de Korver	Netherlands	€2,300,000
6	2010	Monaco	848	Nicolas Chouity	Lebanon	€1,700,000
7	2011	Madrid	686	Ivan Freitez	Venezuela	€1,500,000
8	2012	Monaco	665	Mohsin Charania	United States	€1,350,000
9	2013	Monaco	531	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	€1,224,000
10	2014	Monaco	650	Antonio Buonanno	Italy	€1,240,000
11	2015	Monaco	564	Adrian Mateos	Spain	€1,082,000

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