Antonius, Chidwick Among Big Names Heading to Day 2 in EPT €5,300 Main Event
Day 2 of the €5,300 Main Event here at the PokerStars and Barcelona?Casino European Poker Tour in Spain will kick off at noon local time with 720 remaining.
Leading the way Ireland's Stephen Kehoe with a stack of 331,500, who bagged the overall chip lead on Day 1b after Andre Moreira Marques finished Day 1a at the top of the counts.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS | |
| 1 | Stephen Kehoe | Ireland | 331,500 | |
| 2 | Anthony Cierco | France | 322,000 | |
| 3 | Andre Moreira Marques | Portugal | 315,000 | |
| 4 | Youness Ait Hssain | France | 297,000 | |
| 5 | Dimitrios Angelakos | Greece | 296,000 | |
| 6 | Paulo Rodrigues | Portugal | 283,000 | |
| 7 | Felipe Fontoura | Brazil | 282,500 | |
| 8 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 282,500 | |
| 9 | Tien Dung Pham | Vietnam | 281000 | |
| 10 | Enrico Mosca | Italy | 278,000 |
There were no shortage of big poker names in the record-breaking field of 2,234 runners and many of them survived the two starting flights to see Day 2, including high stakes crusher Stephen Chidwick, longtime veteran Patrik Antonius and PokerStars ambassadors Benjamin Spragg, Sam Grafton, Alejandro Lococo and Andre Akkari, who is fresh off of a ninth-place finish in the €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller.
Others who will be in the Day 2 field include Gaelle Baumann, Chino Rheem, Adrian Mateos and defending champion Simon Brandstrom.
Day 2 will kick off on Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/1,500/1,500 and will last for six 90-minute levels with 20-minute breaks at the end of each level. There will also be a dinner break at the discretion of the tournament directors.
The trophy and the lion's share of the €10,834,900 prize pool still await the eventual champion in the €5,300 Main Event. Stay tuned as PokerNews is on-site and ready to bring you Day 2 updates.