373 Players Return for EPT National Day 2

The 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour €1,100 National attracted a bumper field of 2,486 players, eclipsing the mark of 2,117 from the same time last year.

Heading into Day 2, that number has been whittled down to just 373, all of whom are in the money. The exact payouts are yet to be confirmed, but rest assured that PokerNews will bring them to you as soon as they are made available to us.

As is to be expected in such a big field at such a major poker festival, there are some big names in the field, including Day 1c chip leader Jasper Meijer Van Putten who starts today second in chips. Van Putten won the last EPT Main Event to be held in Prague back in 2016 for €699,300.

The overall chip leader is Harpreet Padda who topped Day 1b. Here are the top three chip counts from each flight.

Flight	Name	Country	Chip Count
Day 1a	Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu	Romania	954,500
	Danilo Velasevic	Serbia	745,000
	Olgun Ercan	Turkey	598,000
Day 1b	Harpreet Padda	Canada	994,500
	Florian Duta	Romania	887,000
	Terje Alvseike	Norway	775,000
Day 1c	Jasper Meijer Van Putten	Netherlands	956,000
	Per Wikstrom	Sweden	840,000
	Jan-Eric Schwippert	Germany	666,000

Other big names still in contention include Czech bracelet winners Martin Kabrhel (651,000) and Lukas Zaskodny (443,000), along with fellow Czech pros Vojtech Ruzicka (396,000) and Martin Staszko (139,000).

There is plenty of international interest, with Jan Schwippert (666,000), Arthur Conan (580,000), Walter Treccarichi (482,000), Jean-Noel Thorel (487,000), Alexandre Reard (450,000), Sofia Lovgren (392,000), former EPT Main Event champion Sebastian Malec (381,000), Bryan Paris (304,000), William Kassouf (272,000), Antoine Labat (271,000), Martin Finger (251,000), Charlie Carrel (235,000), Ari Engel (215,500), Giuliano Bendinelli (196,500), Harry Lodge (195,500), Parker Talbot (108,000), Ivo Donev (82,000), Dimitar Danchev (69,500) and Gaelle Baumann (20,500) all having locked up a Czech flag already and are looking for more.