EPT Dublin Day One (B) Recap

Day One (B) at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dublin, being held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, attracted 132 players for a combined total of 221 entrants. The €7,700 buy-in (with €300 registration fee) created a total prize pool of €1,701,700, and 122 players return today for day two.

Among those taking to the felt yesterday were Mickey Wernick, John Tabatabai, George McKeever, Julian Thew, Katja Thater, Annette Obrestad, Thomas Wahlroos, Liam Flood, Roy Brindley, Thor Hansen, Juha Helppi, Roland De Wolfe and Ram Vaswani.

De Wolfe and Vaswani were early casualties. Brindley exited late in the evening, as did Wernick, and when the dust settled, three local players were among the chip leaders.

The top 10 in chips going into day two are:

1. Ludovic Lacay (France) - €85,225
2. Liam Flood (Ireland) - €75,750
3. Tronde Eidsvig (Norway) - €70,475
4. Mike McDonald (Canada) - €67,250
5. Philip Hardy (Ireland) - €62,600
6. Dave Colclough (Wales) - €59,350
7. Michael Martin (USA) - €57,950
8. Mark Roland (USA) - €56,625
9. Phidias Georgiou (Cyprus) - €55,475
10. Barry McGrath (Ireland) - €54,625

Twenty-four players will get paid from the prize pool and will receive:

1. €532,620
2. €297,800
3. €178,680
4. €127,630
5. €105,510
6. €83,380
7. €66,370
8. €47,650

• Ninth and 10th - €30,630
• 11th and 12th - €23,820
• 13th and 14th - €20,420
• 15th and 16th - €15,320
• 17th to 24th - €10,210

Play recommences at 2 p.m. GMT. Check back with CardPlayer.com for a recap tomorrow.

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