European Poker Tour San Remo -- Day 1B

Day 1B of the PokerStars European Poker Tour San Remo attracted 549 players, creating a total field, over both starting days, of 987 from 57 countries. This in turn created a prize pool of €4,786,950 with €930,000 for the winner, plus a Shamballa Jewels bracelet worth more than €16,000, a seat in the EPT Grand Final, and a seat in the Champion of Champions tournament.

By end of play 549 had become 249, and leading the way was Dutch Team PokerStars pro Ruben Visser. Visser topped a pro-heavy field with 233,400 to wrap up the day and become overall chip leader beating day 1A’s Leonid Bilokur from Russia, who had 187,900. However Visser is followed closely by EPT Grand Final champ Nicolas Chouity (233,400), fellow team member Victor Ramdin (190,500), and EPT London hero David Vamplew (166700).

Others doing well outside the top 10 include Alain Roy (165,300), Vanessa Selbst (161,500), Carter Phillips (145,800), Joe Cada (135,500), Max Lykov (108,400), and John Eames (103,800).

Here is the top 10 in chips at end of day 1B:

Ruben Visser (Netherlands) 251,500
Nicolas Chouity (Lebanon) 233,400
Stefano Alberto Servalli (Italy) 202,400
Jean Laurent Comparetto (France) 192,000
Victor Ramdin (USA) 190,500
Diego Bolzoni (Italy) 188,700
Juri Pietroboni (Italy) 184,600
Yuriy Nesterenko (Mongolia) 179,000
Thomas Traboulsi (Germany) 170,300
David Vamplew (UK) 166,700

One player who will not be among the 460 returning for day 2 is last year’s winner Liv Boeree. She left just after dinner break, as did Kevin MacPhee, Sandra Naujoks, and Michael Tureniec. Other names to hit the rail throughout the day were recent champ Ben Wilinofsky, Dario Minieri, Luca Pagano, Johnny Lodden, Jonathan Duhamel, and Bertrand Grospellier.

Only 144 from the 460 returning for day 2 will be getting paid, but here is what they are fighting for:

1. €930,000
2. €600,000
3. €360,000
4. €290,000
5. €220,000
6. €170,000
7. €125,000
8. €81,950
9-10. €50,000
11-12. €40,000
13-14. €35,000
15-16. €30,000
17-24. €25,000
25-32. €22,500
33-40. €20,000
41-48. €17,500
49-64. €15,000
65-80. €13,000
81-96. €11,000
97-120. €9,000
121-144. €7,500

For all the poker action as it happens why not check out the live feed or else catch tomorrow’s recap here at CardPlayer.com as the Casino San Remo heats up on day 2.

All photographs courtesy of Neil Stoddart and PokerStars.

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