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EPT 8 Tallinn: Days 1A and 1B Over

On 2nd August Season 8 of the <em><a href="http://www.rakerace.com/poker-rooms/pokerstars/" title="PokerStars Room Review"><strong>PokerStars</strong></a> European Poker Tour</em> kicked off in Tallinn, Estonia. Main Event Days 1A and 1B are now over, and here is a report on the players, survivors and chipcounts.
author-picture Admin - 2011. August 04.

EPT Season 8

A total of 282 players entered the first two event days of the €4,250 Tallinn Main Event, the first stop of the 8th Season of the PokerStars European Poker Tour. Only 92 of them, however, were dealt into the first hand of Day 1A, including Arnaud Mattern, Pierre Neuville, David Vamplew, Praz Bansi, Martin Jacobson, Joe Ebanks, JP Kelly and Luca Pagano.

68 players survived the day with WPT Vienna 2nd finisher Maksim Kolosov in the chiplead (102,725). Top 10 finishers of the day are the following:

EPT8 Tallinn Day 1A Top10 Survivors

The 190 players who paid the buy-in for Day 1B included yet another set of international poker celebrities: EPT7 Tallinn champion Kevin Stani, John Eames, Per Linde, Toby Lewis, Annette Obrestad, Dmitry Stelmak, Michael Tureniec, Sami Kelopuro and Jani Sointula, among others.

Oscar Lima
Oscar Lima

Spanish Oscar Lima managed to build the largest stack, both on the event day and overall. He leads the field of the remaining 198 players at the beginning of Day 2 with 132,000 in chips. Top 10 Day 1B finishers are below:

EPT8 Tallinn Day 1B Top10 Survivors

The total prize pool of the event is €1,071,600, the first prize is €275,000 and the top 40 finishes pay.

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