Londra – come vi avevamo anticipato – ha in serbo una serie di tornei di poker per tutti i gusti per festeggiare l’arrivo dell’autunno, e così dopo il World Series of Poker Europe è il prestigioso circuito dell’European Poker Tour a fare tappa nella città del Big Ben.
Insieme ai numerosi Side Events, ieri è iniziato anche l’evento principale, che per il Day 1A ha attirato sui tavoli dell’Hilton Metropole hotel ben 339 poker players, di cui 13 italiani.
Al termine della giornata hanno superato lo scoglio del primo giorno di gare soltanto 146 giocatori, di cui appena 4 rappresentanti del Bel Paese: Pietro Mormina, Gustavo Zito, Daniele Vesco e Gianni Giaroni.
Niente da fare invece per altri volti celebri come celebri Luca Pagano, Claudio Piceci e Niccolò Caramatti, che non sono riusciti ad approdare al Day 2.
Di seguito, il chip count dei giocatori ancora in gara al termine del Day 1A:
1. Soheb Porbandarwala USA PokerStars qualifier 218.600
2. Konstantin Bucherl Germany 187.900
3. Thomas Bichon France Team PokerStars Pro 185.000
4. John O’Shea Ireland 184.400
5. Joep van den Bijgaart Netherlands Team PokerStars Pro 167.600
6. Dominique Franchi France 152.800
7. Adrian Bussman Sweden 152.700
8. Craig Stevens UK 149.300
9. Steven Levy USA 145.400
10. Daniel Da Silva Pacheco Portugal 144.900
11. Adham Beainy Lebanon PokerStars qualifier 144.000
12. Asim Mumtaz UK 130.500
13. Barry Shulman USA 129.200
14. William Thorson Sweden EPT Omaha Player of the Year 125.600
15. Chance Kornuth USA 124.800
16. Patrick Carron USA PokerStars qualifier 123.300
17. Benjamin Spindler Germany PokerStars player 120.100
18. Jeff Sarwer Canada 118.800
19. Rumit Somaiya UK PokerStars qualifier 116.400
20. Eric Haik France 116.100
21. Mattias Lannermark Sweden PokerStars qualifier 113.400
22. Jamie Burland UK UKIPT winner 112.100
23. Jasper Te Selle Netherlands PokerStars qualifier 112.100
24. Alex Kravchenko Russia Team PokerStars Pro 111.000
25. Thomas Marchese USA 110.200
26. Tommy Westerlund Sweden 109.000
27. Greg Raymer USA Team PokerStars Pro 105.200
28. Ryan Franklin USA PokerStars qualifier 105.200
29. David Trigg UK PokerStars qualifier 105.100
30. Marton Czuczor Hungary 103.600
31. Nicky Lee Evans UK 103.400
32. Michel Abecassis France 103.000
33. Robin Keston UK 102.000
34. Jorg Niepenberg Germany 97.200
35. Jake Cody UK 94.400
36. Keven Stammen USA 94.100
37. Shannon Shorr USA PokerStars qualifier 93.600
38. Richard Salomon USA 93.500
39. Pusztai Balint Hungary 91.500
40. Mclean Karr USA 90.700
41. Masaaki Kagawa Japan 90.200
42. Arnaud Mattern France Team PokerStars Pro 89.400
43. Will Failla USA 89.000
44. Kevin MacPhee USA PokerStars qualifier 88.900
45. Jan Heitmann Germany Team PokerStars Pro 86.800
46. Joao Baumgarten Brazil 85.700
47. Jason Dewitt United States PokerStars qualifier 84.600
48. Peter Gould UK 83.000
49. David Steicke Australia 80.200
50. Victoria Coren United Kingdom Team PokerStars Pro 79.700
51. Jimmy Ostensson Swden 79.700
52. Femi Fakinle Ireland UKIPT winner 78.000
53. Yury Esaulov Russia 77.400
54. Jason Gray Australia 76.800
55. Christopher Moore USA 76.200
56. Talal Shakerchi UK 74.200
57. Jarred Solomon South Africa 74.200
58. John Juanda USA 71.400
59. Kimmo Kurko Finland 71.100
60. Rafal Michalowski USA PokerStars qualifier 70.600
61. Arjanit Kondaj UK PokerStars qualifier 70.300
62. Pim De Goede France PokerStars qualifier 69.100
63. Jonathan Weekes UK 67.800
64. Matt Marafioti Canada PokerStars player 67.100
65. Michael Graydon Ireland PokerStars qualifier 66.400
66. Andrew Scott Australia 66.200
67. Huang Xun UK 65.500
68. Alexander Debus Germany PokerStars qualifier 65.400
69. Ivan Demidov Russia Team PokerStars Pro 65.000
70. Salman Behbehani USA 64.800
71. Christopher Seeger USA 64.700
72. David Paredes USA PokerStars qualifier 62.700
73. Tomas Macnamara UK 62.200
74. Derek Leach UK 58.700
75. Patrik Selin Sweden 57.900
76. Gabriel Alarie Canada 57.500
77. Robert Willis Canada PokerStars qualifier 56.500
78. Teddy Sheringham UK Friend of PokerStars 56.400
79. Deividas Kulboka Lithuania PokerStars qualifier 56.400
80. Nikolay Losev Russia PokerStars qualifier 56.300
81. Jim Collopy USA 56.000
82. Marcel Van Klinken Netherlands PokerStars qualifier 56.000
83. Bernhard Braumandi UK 55.900
84. Yongfu Cao China 55.500
85. Artur Wasek Poland PokerStars qualifier 55.100
86. Craig Hopkins UK PokerStars qualifier 54.300
87. Toni Pettersson Finland 52.100
88. Robert Trevor Akery UK 51.200
89. Jason Senti USA PokerStars sponsored player 51.000
90. Percy Ward UK 50.000
91. Ran Azor Israel 50.000
92. Patrick Renkers Netherlands PokerStars qualifier 50.000
93. Cathy Hong Korea 49.500
94. Cherif Zacca France 47.700
95. Yasuhiro Waki Japan 47.000
96. David Rawnsley UK 44.900
97. Piero Mormina Italy 44.200
98. Gustavo Zito Italy 43.800
99. Bassam Elnajjar Lebanon 43.100
100. Raymond Wu Taiwan Team PokerStars Pro 41.900
101. Bruce Atkinson UK 41.500
102. Lothar Meier Germany PokerStars qualifier 40.400
103. Charles Clark UK 38.700
104. Pierre Neuville Belgium Friend of PokerStars 38.400
105. Daniele Vesco Italy 38.300
106. Leon Campbell UK 38.000
107. Frank Kassela USA 37.600
108. Laurence Houghton United Kingdom PokerStars qualifier 37.500
109. Richard Grace New Zealand 36.900
110. Thomas Middleton UK PokerStars qualifier 36.700
111. Mickey Petersen Denmark PokerStars qualifier 36.600
112. Steffen Lameli Germany PokerStars qualifier 35.900
113. Guy Gorelik Israel 34.000
114. Claudio Quagliata Argentina 33.600
115. Scott Fischman USA 32.700
116. Joseph Mouawad Lebanon 32.700
117. Christian Grundtvig Denmark PokerStars qualifier 32.700
118. Allan Baekke Denmark 32.000
119. Quentin Krueger Canada PokerStars qualifier 31.600
120. Fernando Brito Portugal 30.800
121. Hans Heideman Sweden 30.800
122. Nick Binger USA 30.700
123. Matthias Neu Germany PokerStars qualifier 30.000
124. Jose Carlos Da Silva France PokerStars sponsored player 29.900
125. Marcel Bjerkmann Norway 28.700
126. Benjamin Roberts UK 28.000
127. Gianni Giaroni Italy 27.800
128. Eddie Tasbas Sweden PokerStars qualifier 26.300
129. Tim Kahlmeyer Germany 25.400
130. Mikulik Taras Ukraine PokerStars player 24.800
131. Vladislav Varlashin Russia 23.900
132. Peter Stuart Akery United Kingdom PokerStars qualifier 23.900
133. Ziv Caspi Israel 23.600
134. Neil Channing UK 23.300
135. Johannes Heldens Germany 22.100
136. Almira Skripchenco France 21.900
137. Allen Cunningham USA 21.500
138. Jakob Carlsson Sweden 21.100
139. Stephane Albertini France 18.900
140. Mark Crocker UK 17.200
141. Andrew Chen Canada PokerStars qualifier 17.100
142. Barry Greenstein USA Team PokerStars Pro 15.800
143. Asa Smith UK 15.200
144. Vanessa Rousso USA Team PokerStars Pro 14.300
145. Darren Kramer South Africa 12.000
146. Frank Mariani USA 9.600
