€2,000 NLHE Update: Alain Roy Leads EPT Barcelona €2k w/ Three Remaining
In EPT Barcelona side event news....
French pro Alain Roy is leading the EPT 10 Barcelona €2k event with just three players left. Also still in: Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel and Hungarian whizz kid Marton Czuczor. EPT regular Roy, 47, who hails from Monpellier and won the 2008 Partouche final for €1 million in 2008, has a huge lead over the other two with 2,610,000. There were 363 entries in to the event, generating a €704,220 prize pool. The winner will get €136,600.
Although some (if not all) of the three remaining players are likely to be playing today’s €10k EPT High Roller event, they have scheduled play out the €2k at 2pm. A bunch of big names made the money including EPT champions Frederik Jensen (Madrid), Nicolas Chouity (EPT Grand Final) and Alex Bilokur (PCA High Roller), Norwegian poker legend Thor Hansen, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Yury Gulyy, Ismael Bojang, Kristijonas Andrulis, Philippe Ktorza, Ayaz Manji, Simon Ravnsbaek and Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
The chip counts are:
Alain Roy, France 2,610,000
Marton Czuczor, Hungary 915,000
Jonathan Duhamel, Canada, Team PokerStars Pro 815,000