European Poker Tour Berlin Day 1B
The EPT is turning out to be a cracking event if just a little overfull with poker players. In fact there are almost a thousand of them in total and although there seems to be quite a variation in their skill levels, altogether this must represent the largest collective poker intelligence ever seen in Germany if not in Europe. The Main Event buy in was €5,000, though it seems that a fair number of the participants have qualified online.
The number of players who eventually turned up for day 1B was 557 which raised the total to 945 and set the total prize pool at €4,725,000 with the first prize being €1,000,000.
Out of that 557, 228 players made it through to the end of the day and these will join up with the 196 survivors of day 1A to do battle on Day 2.
At the top of the Day 1B chip count was Tu Tuan To from Germany (who goes by the nickname of Little Buddha) and who bagged up 212,600, which was just a few less than the top Day 1A chip count of 213,500 chips collected by Kfir Yamin. In second place was Marc Inizan of France with 177,000 chips.
Some familiar faces who also made it through the day were David Paredes last seen at the Venetian NAPT where he finished in fifth place a week ago, Fatima Moreira de Melo, and Boris Becker.
Day two is about to start and the field is getting closer to the money. In fact all of the final 144 players will be in the cast with a minimum payout of €7,000. Some exciting action is anticipated.
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