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EPT Monte Carlo 2013 : 215 survivors for the Day 2
Last Monday, the saison X program of the European Poker Tour was revealed whereas in the other side, players rushed in Monte Carlo for the EPT Grand final. This event which closes the season IX includes two major tournaments, to know the 10,000 Main Event and the 100,000 buy-in Super High Roller. The Main Event opened the EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final and the two departure days registered the participation of 531 players. The crowd was certainly less important than that of last year, 655 participants but as usual, the challenge was present in this major poker tournament. 108 players took the start of the Day 1A and among the registered, there are many poker personalities such as Marvin Rettenmaier, Isaac Haxton, Sorel Mizzi, Jonathan Duhamel, Dan Smith, Boris Becker, Elio Fox, Erik Seidel, Justin Bonomo, Freddy Deeb as well as some French representatives like David Benyamine or Bruno Fitoussi. But at the end of this first day, 53 players were qualified for the Day 2.
423 players registered in the Day 1B following the example of Phil Ivey, Viktor Blom, Eugene Katchalov, Daniel Negreanu, ElkY, Fabrice Soulier, Bruno Lopes, Michael Mizrachi, Antonio Esfandiari, Davidi Kitai, Vanessa Selbst, Liv Boeree, Gus Hansen, Jason Mercier, Patrick Antonius and many other well known poker players, most of whom were eliminated during the day. 215 players survived with Victor Sbrissa as chip leader. Players like Noah Schwartz, Jake Cody,Calvin Anderson, Arlo Dotson, Oleksii Kovalchuk, Andrew Lichtenberger, Freddy Deeb, Victor Ramdin, Igor Kurganov, Paul Volpe, Jan Bendik, Dmitrii Grinenko or El Khazen Youssef are still in the race for the title and will return in the poker room for the rest of the tournament.
Source: Jack SMITH
Sunday, 12 May 2013
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