Day 2 of the PokerStars EPT Online 14: $215 NLHE [EPT Online Cup] resumes at 7:05 p.m. CET with 130 players out of 2,833 entries returning to the tables to battle it out for a bigger share of the $566,600 prize pool. All players have secured $716 already but will all be eyeing up the $82,093 that comes with the EPT Spade trophy and the bragging rights that come with finishing in first place.
Coming back with the chip lead on Day is the UK's "Harn1" with 4,064,369. They are followed by "kosilkO" (3,268,591), Roman "Roma-Tilt" Korenev (2,623,637), Matheus "mpZancan" Zancan (2,555,546), and "gytav420" (2,442,732) in the top five.
But with 130 players left in the tournament, there are still many familiar names left in the field. Players like Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold, Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov, Andre "99Palanke" Luis, Carter "cswidler" Swidler, Luis "luis_faria" Faria, Tomasz "Sphinx87" Cybulski, Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio, Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis, Bruno "SOUFODAMS" Medlaha, and Aleksei "laallaala" Istomin all finished in the top 50 at the end of Day 1.
When the players return, they will finish the remainder of Level 25 which has a small blind of 12,500, a big blind of 25,000, and a running ante of 3,250. Level duration will remain at 20 minutes throughout and play will continue until a winner has been crowned.
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for Nitsche to hold with the higher kicker to bust "Warrior25409".
for Swidler to flop top pair, turn trips, and improve to a full house on the river to bust Smith.
