Day 2 of $50,000 EPT Super High Roller Kicks Off at 12:30 p.m.
The action continues today at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Cyprus with Day 2 of the $50,000 EPT Super High Roller at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa.
Paulius Plausinaitis of Lithuania bagged the chip lead last night, finishing with 1,193,000, worth just under 200 big blinds to start the day. He is most closely followed by previous EPT champion Ognyan Dimov of Bulgaria who bagged 1,080,000.
Plausinaitis is already on a roll so far at this series, having taking down the second $25,000 high-roller event for $264,690. He will undoubtedly be aiming to ride that momentum towards a second EPT Cyprus high-roller victory in today's event.
Other notables still in contention include previous EPT Champions Artur Martirosian, Steve O'Dwyer and Adrian Mateos as well as Alexandre Vuilleumier, Alex Kulev, Leon Sturm and Mikita Badziakouski.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulius Plausinaitis | Lithuania | 1,193,000 | 199 |
| 2 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | 1,080,000 | 180 |
| 3 | Quan Zhou | China | 947,000 | 158 |
| 4 | Alexandre Vuilleumier | Switzerland | 936,000 | 156 |
| 5 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 864,000 | 144 |
| 6 | Vicente Delgado | Spain | 700,000 | 117 |
| 7 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 609,000 | 102 |
| 8 | Maher Nouira | Tunisia | 600,000 | 100 |
| 9 | Francisco Benitez | Uruguay | 537,000 | 90 |
| 10 | Jules Dickerson | United Kingdom | 467,000 | 78 |
Day 1 saw a total of 39 entrants create an initial prize pool of $1,849,890. That number will certainly increase with late registration and reentries being open until the start of play today. Notables who busted before the end of Day 1 who may choose to fire another bullet include Lewis Spencer, Sam Greenwood and PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton.
The action will begin at 12:30 p.m. local time with blinds at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 60-minutes in length and there will be a 20-minute break every two levels. Information pertaining to the prize pool, potential dinner break and number of levels played today will be available shortly after the start of the day.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air today until a winner is crowned during tomorrow's Day 3.