Day 1b of the €1,100 FPS Main Event, running as part of PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino?, has now concluded. The event ran into the early hours of the morning with 38 players out of the 254 entries making it through to Day 2.
Way out in front was Recep Aydemir of Turkey, with 560,000 chips. He is the only player from Day 1a and Day 1b to finish with over 500,000 and will head into Day 2 with a significant chip advantage.
Omar Del Pino finished the flight second in chips with 460,000 and Alessandro Siena finished in third place with 398,000. Serge Badel and Ionut Decher round out the top five.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recep Aydemir | Turkey | 560,000 |
| 2 | Omar Del Pino | Spain | 460,000 |
| 3 | Alessandro Siena | Italy | 398,000 |
| 4 | Serge Badel | Switzerland | 365,000 |
| 5 | Ionut Decher | Romania | 337,000 |
| 6 | Georgios Karakousis | Greece | 324,000 |
| 7 | Ewen Trevidy | France | 318,000 |
| 8 | Murad Akhundov | Azerbaijan | 315,000 |
| 9 | Karim Kaladjou | France | 286,000 |
| 10 | Gonzalo Serrano Ranero | Spain | 268,000 |
There are two more starting flights to come in the FPS Main Event. Day 1c will commence at 11 a.m. local time, while Day 1d, which has a turbo structure, will get underway at 6 p.m.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates on the action for both of those flights and the rest of the event, brought to you straight from the tournament floor.
