The poker world has once again descended on the Czech winter wonderland for the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €1,650 PS Open Main Event.
A massive field of 3,024 players took their shot over six starting flights, but just 454 remain when Day 2 begins at 11 a.m. local time inside the Hilton Hotel Prague. Vincent Nordeman holds the chip lead with 821,000, followed by Scott Margereson (757,000), Menikos Panagiotou (742,000), Artemios Fournaris (737,000), and Modar Alsoud (721,000).
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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| 1 | Vincent Nordeman | Sweden | 821,000 | 164 |
| 2 | Scott Margereson | United Kingdom | 757,000 | 151 |
| 3 | Menikos Panagiotou | Cyprus | 742,000 | 148 |
| 4 | Artemios Fournaris | Greece | 737,000 | 147 |
| 5 | Modar Alsoud | Germany | 721,000 | 144 |
| 6 | Aleksei Vandyshev | Russian Federation | 721,000 | 144 |
| 7 | Johannes Heise | Germany | 708,000 | 142 |
| 8 | Petar Kalev | Bulgaria | 651,000 | 130 |
| 9 | Aren Bezhanyan | Armenia | 627,000 | 125 |
| 10 | Spyros Karathanos | Cyprus | 620,000 | 124 |
Other top stacks include EPT Barcelona PS Open runner-up Mengshi Tian (600,000), Patrik Jaros (473,000), EPT Malta champion Tomasz Brzezinski (414,000), and Fahredin Mustafov (330,000). Further down the leaderboard are Antoine Saout (259,000), Aliaksandr Shylko (230,000), EPT Monte Carlo champion Aleksandr Shevliakov (228,000), Tobias Peters (210,000), Yulian Bogdanov (181,000), and Barny Boatman (107,000).
All remaining players are already in the money, with the official list of payouts being announced shortly after play begins. The action picks up with 40 minutes remaining in Level 16 with blinds of 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante. Each subsequent level will be 60 minutes long. The day will conclude following Level 22.
Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action and provides live updates as another edition of the popular winter EPT stop begins.
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Aleksandr ShevliakovAleksei VandyshevAliaksandr ShylkoAntoine SaoutArtemios FournarisBarny BoatmanFahredin MustafovMengshi TianMenikos PanagiotouModar AlsoudPatrik JarosScott MargeresonTobias PetersTomasz BrzezinskiVincent NordemanYulian Bogdanov
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