Day 2 Awaits, 6 Levels Scheduled

Day 2 of the 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta €5,300 Main Event starts at 12, or in about 90 minutes. Another 6 75-minute levels are scheduled for today as the big separation will start. There will be no dinner break, play should be done around 20:15. The money stage of the tournament will not be reached, only thing players have to do today is stay alive.

On Day 1a a total of 184 players signed up. Yesterday's Day 1b was a lot busier with 460 entrants. That makes for a combined 644 players, but registration is open till start of play today so that number might just increase a little. Of the 644 that already paid their €5,300 entrance fee, 386 remain at this point.

Leading the charge is Day 1a chipleader Carmelo Crucitti with 163,000 in chips. Last nights chipleader Jaroslaw Sikora is right on his heels with 153,700. Frenchman Ludovic Riehl (150,000) and German Jens Lakemeier (138,000) are not too far behind. Byron Kaverman (5,100) and Andrew Chen (4,900) both cashed in the €25,000 High Roller here in Malta, but are the shortest stacks in the Main Event.

Some players might be a bit sleepy today, as there was late night action last night. Steve O'Dwyer won the €10,000 One-Day High Roller for €327,030 around 3:30 in the morning, but is expected again in the tournament room at 12 noon to spin his 90,600 Main Event chips up to another final table worth stack.

Check back here at PokerNews for all your updates from the EPT 12 Malta Main Event, starting at noon. In the meantime, check out Sarah Herring catching up with John Juanda and getting his initial reaction to the announcement that he is officially in the Poker Hall of Fame.

Day 2 Main Event structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
9	400	800	100
10	500	1,000	100
20 minute break
11	600	1,200	200
12	800	1,600	200
20 minute break
13	1,000	2,000	300
14	1,200	2,400	300