Andras "probirs" Nemeth Bags Big Heading Into Day 2 of the EPT Online 11: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Return of Arena Championship], 1M Gtd - Trophy Event #5 on PokerStars
Day 1 is in the books for the EPT Online 11: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Return of Arena Championship], 1M Gtd - Trophy Event #5 on PokerStars.
Leading the pack heading into Day 2 is “india4life” (4,848,413), followed closely behind by Andras "probirs" Nemeth (4,220,459) and Casimir "Ceis25" Seire (4,211,984).
There were 1205 entries into this two-day event, generating a prize pool of $1,205,000. There were 175 players paid a minimum of $2,263 and first place will take home $189,501.
Some of the best online poker players in the world came to play. Some of those who played and fell short of the money were Ben "Spraggy" Spragg, Sam ''SamSquid'' Grafton, Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis, Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski and Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang burst the money bubble when his set of deuces sent "SinkedShrimp" out holding top pair. Vogelsang will return to Day 2 with 1,487,307 in chips.
A few of the players to make the money, but not advance to Day 2 include
Hristivoje "All In PAV" Pavlovic (83rd - $3,156), Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy (85th - $3,156), Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood (144th - $2,263) and Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani (129th - $2,673).
Some others to advance to Day 2 tomorrow include Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot (3,615,120), Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura (3,487,479), Thorsten "juicetus" Legit (2,476,590) and Bernardo "Machadada RS" Rocha (2,416,604).
Players will return Monday, Dec 13 at 1:05 ET and will play down to a winner
PokerNews will be there until a winner is crowned tomorrow for the EPT Online on PokerStars.