The first day of the first ever European Poker Tour Main Event in Malta has come to an end. Approximately 260 players turned up for Day 1A, and 153 remained after eight 75-minute levels of play in the Grand Masters Suite of the Portomaso Casino.
EPT winner Michael Tureniec became the first player ever to be eliminated from an EPT Main Event in Malta, and Greece's Evangelos Tsairis, who finished in 18 place at the 2015 EPT Deauville Main Event, bagged up the chip lead (18,3000) at the end of play. Here are a few other notables that made it through Day 1A:
Dominik Panka 66,700
Theo Jorgensen 52,900
Daniel Dvoress 49,200
Jack Salter 73,600
Jan Heitmann 75,600
Ruben Visser 44,600
Dimitar Danchev 40,200
Ole Schemion 36,200
Sam Greenwood 25,600
Martin Finger 20,200
The number of participants should increase significantly today when Day 1B kicks off around noon local time. According to pokerstars blog, Vanessa Selbst, Steve O'Dwyer, Jonathan Duhamel, Isaac Haxton, Jake Cody and George Danzer, among other big names, will enter the tournament today.
We will be back with another update tomorrow morning. Stay tuned!
