European Poker Tour -- Berlin Day 1B

Day 1B of the PokerStars EPT Berlin no-limit hold’em main event was more crowded than the previous day of action. After 315 players entered on day 1A, an additional 458 entrants took a seat to play on day 1B. Play came to a close for the second starting day field with only 202 players still alive. Among them was Sander Berndsen, of Holland, who bagged up a tournament leading 242,900 in chips. Day 1A chip leader Cristian Dragomir sits in second place on the overall leaderboard with 205,500 in chips.

But the field is still full of dangerous players eying the championship. The final tally is 773 entrants, of which 353 remain in the hunt. A prize pool of €3,865,000 has been created by the field, with the top 120 finishers getting paid. The winner will take home €825,000.

Notables who did well on day 1B included 2008 WSOP main event champion Peter Eastgate (110,200), and several Team PokerStars Pros such as Johannes Strassmann (132,000), Sebastian Ruthenberg (126,400), Joep van den Bijgaart (120,300) and many others.

Roberto Romanello was also off to a good start, much like he had just days ago when he won the WPT Bratislava championship for €140,685. The Welshman also claimed the EPT Prague main event title for €640,000 this past December. He ended day 1B of EPT Berlin with 152,400 in chips, which is well above the average chip stack of 65,694.

Day 2 kicks off at noon local time tomorrow with the final 353 players taking their seats. You can follow along with all of the action on the PokerStars blog feed. Card Player will provide a summary of the action when day 2 ends.

Day 1B Top Chip Counts

Day 1B Notable Eliminations:

Last year’s winner Kevin MacPhee, last year’s runner-up Ilari Tahkokalio, Liv Boeree, Marcin Horecki, Dario Minieri, Luca Pagano, Johnny Lodden, JP Kelly and ElkY Grospellier.

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