The next stop of the EPT is already in full swing, and all eyes are on the legendary Le Casino Monte Carlo these days. Several spade trophies have already been handed out here, but the most valuable one, associated with a reward of €890,000, is still waiting for its new owner. What did the second playing day of the Main Event bring and what else awaits us in it?
The very beginning of the second day brought a truly unique moment - an additional 35 latecomers, who jumped directly into day 2 of the tournament, closed the final number of entries at 1,098, so the exact same number as the previous record from 2016. This number meant the prizepool worth €5,325,300, which began to be divided among the top 159 players.
The long-awaited moment of bursting the bubble did not happen this year without a proper story, which was taken care of by Yasuhiro Waki. As a short on the bubble, he found pocket aces with which he got all-in against Q J.Two clubs on the flop brought a plot that was finalized by the river 2 . While cracked aces sent this player home unpleasantly, the other 159 participants could applaud and rejoice by the €8,700 prize.
By the end of the day, the number of players was reduced to 126, and among them we can find many famous names. Such is certainly the closely watched chess champion Magnus Carlsen, who fulfilled his dream yesterday and reached ITM in the EPT Main Event for the first time. He even managed to survive until the end of the day, and so he packed a 127,000 stack into day 3, which will be 25bb at the start of the day.
The Estonian Markkos Ladev is currently at the head of the peloton, but in the top 10 we also find names like Mike Watson, Ramon Colillas and Juan Pardo. Among the survivors are still names like Orpen Kisacikoglu, Daniel Dvoress, Parker Talbot, Harry Lodge, Davidi Kitai and Sylvain Loosli.
The third game day will start again at noon, and from 12:30 a live stream will be ready for you, which will again guide you through five 90-minute levels. They start at blinds of 2,000/5,000, but everyone jumps into them with a guaranteed €9,850 cashout. How many players will survive the next sieve, and who will see next to pack his stacks?
Source: PSlive, PokerNews
