£4,250 Main Event Dia 1b | 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Georgios Zisimopoulos	171,500 15,500	15,500
Leo Nordin	169,100 4,100	4,100
Nicolas Chouity	152,700 47,700	47,700

Bertrand Grospellier	147,900 37,900	37,900

Pablo Gordillo	145,000 145,000	145,000
Marco Caza	142,400 28,400	28,400
Tom-Aksel Bedell	125,000
Christopher Swaminathan	121,600 13,600	13,600
Artur Koren	117,900
Jordan Kaplan	115,300
Victoria Coren Mitchell	115,000 46,000	46,000

Frederik Jensen	108,900 -15,100	-15,100

Adam Reynolds	108,700
John Gale	108,600
Jens Lakemeier	108,200 108,200	108,200
Javier Tazon	106,700 106,700	106,700
Steven Watts	106,000 -5,000	-5,000
Dori Yacoub	105,300
Christian Favale	105,200 105,200	105,200

Pizzo Romano (Romano Pizzo)	104,600
Nick Rampone	104,000
Liv Boeree	102,400 7,400	7,400

Kristoffer Edberg	100,900
Sam Greenwood	99,500 35,500	35,500
Frei Dilling	94,700

Jogador

Fichas

Progresso

Georgios Zisimopoulos

171,500

15,500

Leo Nordin

169,100

4,100

Nicolas Chouity

152,700

47,700

Bertrand Grospellier

147,900

37,900

Pablo Gordillo

145,000

Marco Caza

142,400

28,400

Tom-Aksel Bedell

125,000

Christopher Swaminathan

121,600

13,600

Artur Koren

117,900

Jordan Kaplan

115,300

Victoria Coren Mitchell

115,000

46,000

Frederik Jensen

108,900

-15,100

108,700

108,600

108,200

106,700

106,000

-5,000

Dori Yacoub

105,300

Christian Favale

105,200

Pizzo Romano (Romano Pizzo)

104,600

Nick Rampone

104,000

Liv Boeree

102,400

7,400

Kristoffer Edberg

100,900

Sam Greenwood

99,500

35,500

Frei Dilling

94,700

A huge field of over 440 players descended into rainy London this Monday as the Day 1b field was almost double the size of the first start. This means that even before the final number of players has been tallied, this is the biggest EPT London Main Event since 2011, although it has also been helped by the reduction of the buy-in from £5,000 to £4,000 in an effort to keep parity with the other EPTs.

At the end of eight 75-minute levels, Georgios Zisimopoulos finished the day as the chip leader with 171,500 in chips, ahead of Leo Nordin (169,100) and Nicolas Chouity (152,700). The Greek player made a late charge at the end of the day to eclipse Nordin, with the latter having been chip leader for most of the day after knocking a player out within 10 minutes of the start of play.

Yesterday saw every single member of Team PokerStars Pro that played make it through into Day 2, and the hope had been that many more would be joining them through today. In fact, for the second consecutive day every Team Pro made it into Day 2.

Former EPT Sanremo champion Liv Boeree finished with 102,400 after winning a huge four-bet pot early on. The only two-time EPT winner Victoria Coren Mitchell (115,000) also had a profitable day, winning several pots against the talented Ole Schemion. This allowed her to breeze through the later levels without much difficulty. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (147,900) and Theo Jorgensen (87,800) also made it through.

PokerStars Team Online saw Vicente Delgado fall, but both Marc-Andre Ladouceur (80,300), Mickey Petersen (83,100), and Mikhail Shalamov (14,300) advanced, while PokerStars' Mind Sport Ambassador, Jennifer Shahade (67,300), also reached Day 2.

Other notables surviving included former champions Fredrik Jensen and Davidi Kitai, while last year's champion Robin Ylitalo made it through with 22,200 after entering the tournament in Level 6. Also through was Leo McClean, last year's Cinderella story. The Englishman had qualified for just £82, which he turned into a cool quarter of a million pounds after he finished third on the final table. He ended Day 1b this year on 48,500, and will be no doubt hoping for a repeat performance.

Not everyone faired quite so well. Olivier Busquet, who won the £2,000 UKIPT High Roller last night for £107,000, busted just after the dinner break in the EPT London Main Event, but he will be eyeing up the £10,000 High Roller that starts on Thursday. Others who failed to make it included Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, David Peters, Ludovic Geilich, Griffin Benger, Philipp Gruissem, Bryn Kenney, Tom Middleton, and Martin Finger.

On Tuesday, all surviving players will return at midday as this tournament continues with six 75-minute levels. No dinner break is expected, so be sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting team for continued, nonstop coverage as EPT London continues on towards a champion.

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2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

End-of-Day Chip Counts (Completo)

Georgios Zisimopoulos Leads at the End of Day 1b