EPT Grand Final in Monte-Carlo
15 May 2009 Vegas Casino ONLINE. $500 WELCOME BONUS! Play NOW!Lee Nelson is leading after 1А day. Final tournament of the fifth season European Poker tournament has finally started in Monte-Carlo.
About 400 players took part in this competition and it has exceeded last year indicators. Traditionally more players take part in 1B. If their quantity will exceed 446 persons, the record for final tournament will be fixed.
More than fifty Russian players will takes part in tournament. Among them such outstanding public figures, as owners of bracelets WSOP Alexander Kravchenko and Vitaly Lunkin, Ivan Demidov, Edward Kapitonov, Nikolay Losev, Andrey Zaichenko, Nikolay Kapitonov, Sergey Rybachenko and Cyril Rabtsov.
At the end of 1А competitions 223 from 396 participants will stay in game.
Unfortunately such famous poker players as Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Patrick Antonius, Roland De Wolfe and Michael McDonald left competition.
New Zealander Lee Nelson, PokerStars team member, heads tournament.
So, here is the list of EPT Grand Final Monte-Carlo leaders:
1. Lee Nelson - 253 600
2. Luca Pagano - 169 600
3. Anthony Venturini - 160 000
4. Thiago Nishijima - 159 000
5. Faraz Jaka - 155 900
6. Michael Tureniec - 146 600
7. Diaz Gilbar - 141 900
8. Sami Kelopuro - 133 500
9. Andrey Zaichenko - 131 300
10. Stephen Haughey - 124 400
