End of Day 1b
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It has been a long two days but finally EPT Deauville Day 1 has finished.
Over the past two days, 891 poker players from around the world have descended upon this little town in Normandy hoping to get through to Day 2. Yesterday, 250 achieved their goal and this morning another 472 people tried to follow suit. Unfortunately we do not have chip counts yet so we cannot tell you who the official chip leader is, but Chamoun Lioui, Basil Yaiche, Patrick Bruel, Fabrice Soulier and Mathew Frankland all had stacks in excess of the 130,000 mark at the last time of counting. Roughly 270 players made it through the day.
Joining that prestigious pack is one of the most notable names in the game, Team Pokerstars Pro Viktor "Isildur1" Blom. His battles with Almira Skripchenko and Jean Noel Thorel were some of the highlights of the day.
As soon as we get the end of day counts through from the organisers we will update the blog but in the meantime we will see you back here tomorrow at noon.