429 players signed up for Day 1b of the EPT Deauville Main Event. The field included some really big names, just to mention a few of them, Peter Eastgate, Greg Raymer, Betrand "Elky" Grospellier, Freedy Deeb, Luca Pagano and Ludovic Lacay. All of the players above, except Greg Raymer, made it to Day 2 of tournament. Luca Pagano (picture) had the best possible start in Day 1b and has accumulated a [...] Read more » EPT Deauville: Luca Pagano & Peter Eastgate are through to Day 2
Joined: Jan '09
Location: New Zealand
Age: 38 (M)
Posts: 463
That is a lot of money in the prize pool but i assume the buyin must have cost quite a bit. The prize structure seems to reward the winner the most :O. I guess it gets people to try and win the tourney outright instead of people trying to just make into the money
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Lithuania
Age: 45 (M)
Posts: 2805
good one some pro take the seat and going to clime big pot prise this year alot off tourneys goes and prises bigger then in the 2009 year so the poker playing occupied all the world good luck all
Joined: Nov '09
Location: Canada
Age: 50 (M)
Posts: 302
almost a million for the first wow thats a lot of money wonder how much was the entry fee tournaments are getting bigger and bigger just getting better and better
Joined: May '09
Location: India
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 4873
nice prize pool for the tournament, and as expected a lot of pros turned up on day 1b so its gonna be a tough game for amateurs from day 1 but lately they been playing well against the pros.