End of Day 1a
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With 28 players, the tournament staff have decided to finish for the day at the end of this level, one hour earlier than originally planned. The remaining players are currently coloring up some of the chips as otherwise there will not be enough green 25 chips to go around for Days 1b and 1c.
The reigning champion of this event, JP Kelly made a late surge towards the end of the day, and he has made it through as one of the few survivors from the 202 players that entered today. Other players who made it through include Keith "The Camel" Hawkins, EPT Copenhagen winner Anton Wigg, and November Niner Matthew Jarvis. The chip leader at the end of the day, however, is Jeppe Bisgaard with 49,000 chips.
Today's field included a swarm of prior bracelet winners including Marty Smyth, Lawrence Gosney, Antonio Esfandiari, John Juanda, James Dempsey, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Jason Mercier. They're just spectators tonight, though, as nary a one of that list were able to make it through the day.
Tomorrow, we're expecting an even bigger field given that it is the weekend; with Sunday's Day 1c additions, we could even see a new record set for the biggest field in a major UK tournament.
Day 1b will start on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. local time. See you then!