15 of 34 players made it through Day 4, moving one step closer to the final table. Team PokerStars Johnny Lodden started the day with 728k and finished with 2,293,000, which means that he's the chip leader heading to Day 5. The Norwegian finished third in this event two seasons ago for €467,000, he now sits in a great position to top that result.
Here are the remaining players of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event:
Johnny Lodden, Norway, 2,293,000
Markus Ross, Germany, 1,815,000
Adrian Mateos, Spain, 1,635,000
Koichi Nozaki, Japan, 1,582,000
Hady El Asmar, Lebanon, 1,530,000
Muhyedine Fares, Senegal, 1,280,000
Ole Schemion, Germany, 1,178,000
Lyndon Basha, United Kingdom, 1,070,000
Dmitry Ivanov, Russia, 994,000
Anton Astapau, Belarus, 896,000
Romain Paon, France, 782,000
Christopher Frank, Germany, 645,000
Jose Carlos Garcia, Poland, 523,000
Juan Martin Pastor, Argentina, 450,000
Tom Hall, United Kingdom, 249,000
Aparently this is the first time players from Japan (Koichi Nozaki - 1,582,000) and Senegal (Muhyedine Fares - 1,280,000) make it this far in an EPT Main Event. "This is the first time that we have had players from Japan and Senegal this deep in an EPT Main Event, so the neutrals should get behind them. It's about time for an Asian and African poker boom, and their success could secure that," said PokerStars blogger Howard Swains.
source: pokerstarsblog
