The plan for Day 2 was to play six 90-minute levels of poker, but the tournament director had to stop the action earlier when only 36-players remained. Ludovic Lacay (2012 EPT San Remo winner) finished day with the chip lead (351,400) and Mike Sexton (241,500) and Marvin Rettenmaier (187,700) also made it through the day with big stacks. Besides the players mentioned above, Kara Scott, Matt Salsbe[...] Read more » WPT Venice: Ludovic Lacay leads the way to Day 3
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He is well known Winamax pro, winner of last year's EPT San Remo main event, he bagged up 351,400 after a dominant day at the felt to sit a good 60k ahead of second-place Lauri Pesonen.
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Phil Hellmuth arrived at the casino on a gondola dressed in a traditional Venetian costume. Despite his flamboyant entrance, Phil's display was less impressive and after just one level he'd surrendered his chips to the man who would finish the day on top: Fernando Cimaglia.
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It will be hard for Lacay to handle the lead, being such a tight field in terms of stacks. I guess the lead may change a lot of times as battles that rich all-ins may happen between many different players along the way.