Pierre Calamusa Leads The EPT Grand Final After Day 2, Randy Lew in Strong Contention
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The second day of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final was filled with excitement, and Pierre Calamusa bagged up the overnight chip lead with 580,800 in chips.
Early on Day 2, the tournament saw Leo Margets, Gaelle Baumann, Felipe Ramos, Igor Kurganov, Salman Behbehani, and Niall Farrell hit the rail. Team PokerStars players Liv Boeree, Yaxi Zhu, Jason Mercier, Betrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Naoya Kihara, Lex Veldhuis, and Celina Lin were all knocked out on Day 2 as well, but there are still plenty of players left representing the red spade.
PokerStars team pro Vanessa Selbst had a stellar start to her day, but in the end she dropped some to finish with 206,700. EPT Deauville winner and fellow PokerStars team pro Jake Cody bagged up 150,100, while Team Online member Randy Lew and SportsStar Fatima Moreira de Melo are among the biggest remaining stacks in the tournament.
Lew chipped up consistently on Day 2 to end on 385,800, and the same could be said for Moreira de Melo. The Dutch three-time Olympic medalist bagged up 357,200, as she looks for her second main event cash this season, following a 240th-place finish in Barcelona.
The No. 3 player on poker's all-time money list, Erik Seidel, with $26.5 million in career live tournament earnings, had a very strong day. Seidel stayed under the radar for most of play on Day 2, but bagged up 368,400.
Former EPT champion Aaron Gustavson (374,400) and Davidi Kitai (113,000) are still in the hunt, along with Dimitar Danchev and other big stacks like Marcin Chmielewski (493,500), Erwann Pecheux (413,800), Albert Daher (375,100), and Matthew Davenport (349,100).
Once registration closed, the 12th EPT season's finale drew a total of 1,098 participants, creating a prize pool worth €5,325,300 that will pay the top 159 places. First prize is worth €961,800, and with 205 players remaining the money will be reached on Day 3, as another five levels are slated to be played.
Play will recommence on Tuesday at 12 p.m. noon and PokerNews.com will be right there with all the coverage.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Usman Siddique | UK | 151800 |
| 1 | 2 | Jullian Feriolo | France | 96700 |
| 1 | 3 | Kyosti Isberg | Finland | 70700 |
| 1 | 4 | Arne Coulier | Belgium | 269900 |
| 1 | 5 | Michel Dattani | Portugal | 312200 |
| 1 | 6 | Marcin Chmielewski | Poland | 493500 |
| 1 | 7 | Stephan Zesiger | Switzerland | 151600 |
| 1 | 8 | Benjamin Philipps | UK | 150000 |
| 2 | 1 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 128100 |
| 2 | 2 | Bruno Lopes | France | 95400 |
| 2 | 3 | Fabio Sperling | Germany | 300100 |
| 2 | 4 | Massimiliano Patroncini | Italy | 31800 |
| 2 | 5 | Frank Werder | Germany | 60200 |
| 2 | 6 | Alexandre Luneau | France | 177400 |
| 2 | 7 | Erik Van Hoek | Netherlands | 156700 |
| 2 | 8 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 55100 |
| 3 | 1 | Pierre Tilmant | Belgium | 174200 |
| 3 | 2 | Sam Chartier | Canada | 283300 |
| 3 | 3 | Laurent Polito | France | 118000 |
| 3 | 4 | Yannick Del Curto | Switzerland | 157700 |
| 3 | 5 | Vincent Gueneau | United Arab Emirates | 41500 |
| 3 | 6 | Matthew Davenport | UK | 349100 |
| 3 | 7 | Georges Hallak | Canada | 87700 |
| 3 | 8 | Marko Neumann | Germany | 90100 |
| 4 | 1 | Mikael Guenni | France | 127400 |
| 4 | 3 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 375100 |
| 4 | 4 | Simon Deadman | UK | 135000 |
| 4 | 5 | Bertrand Guenoun | France | 188400 |
| 4 | 6 | Kenneth Hicks | USA | 21200 |
| 4 | 7 | Apostolos Bechrakis | Greece | 136000 |
| 4 | 8 | Gerard Sanches | France | 156000 |
| 5 | 1 | Thi Xoa Nguyen | France | 140000 |
| 5 | 2 | Denys Shafikov | Ukraine | 158600 |
| 5 | 3 | Philippe Wettstein | Switzerland | 58600 |
| 5 | 4 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 57000 |
| 5 | 5 | Marco De Vincenti | Italy | 46500 |
| 5 | 6 | Jinfeng Huo | China | 201700 |
| 5 | 7 | Massimo Mauri | Italy | 242800 |
| 5 | 8 | Fernando Brunca Garcia | Brazil | 258600 |
| 6 | 1 | Hani Bahna | Canada | 20500 |
| 6 | 2 | Povilas Zavistanavicius | Lithuania | 113300 |
| 6 | 3 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 209900 |
| 6 | 4 | Albert Sebag | France | 260000 |
| 6 | 5 | Jimmy Guerrero | France | 250000 |
| 6 | 6 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | 284700 |
| 6 | 7 | Marco Giulini | Italy | 79400 |
| 6 | 8 | Markus Durnegger | Austria | 145200 |
| 7 | 1 | Ilan Boujenah | France | 112000 |
| 7 | 2 | Mike Barsnick | Germany | 260900 |
| 7 | 3 | Nicholas Galtos | Australia | 66900 |
| 7 | 4 | Jason Gray | Australia | 109400 |
| 7 | 5 | Yusuke Okada | Japan | 72400 |
| 7 | 6 | David Susigan | France | 351900 |
| 7 | 7 | Natan Chauskin | Belarus | 271900 |
| 7 | 8 | Jeremy Palvini | France | 320000 |
| 8 | 1 | Andreas Vlachos | Greece | 227000 |
| 8 | 2 | Ruediger Weber | Germany | 139500 |
| 8 | 3 | [Removed:365] | Israel | 26400 |
| 8 | 4 | Emin Aghayev | Monaco | 30800 |
| 8 | 5 | Arnaud Peyroles | France | 105600 |
| 8 | 6 | Samu Riihela | Finland | 113300 |
| 8 | 7 | Fabio Cortes Gago | Spain | 51000 |
| 8 | 8 | Randy Lew | USA | 385800 |
| 9 | 1 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 223800 |
| 9 | 3 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 152400 |
| 9 | 4 | Ivan Soshnikov | Russia | 271400 |
| 9 | 5 | Mikhail Nikolaev | Latvia | 25000 |
| 9 | 6 | Jan Bendik | Slovakia | 289300 |
| 9 | 7 | Alp Tosuncuoglu | Switzerland | 61300 |
| 9 | 8 | Clemente Malheiro Carreira | Portugal | 125000 |
| 10 | 1 | David Lascar | France | 140500 |
| 10 | 2 | Koichi Nozaki | Japan | 154300 |
| 10 | 3 | Fatima Moreira de Melo | Netherlands | 357200 |
| 10 | 4 | Herve Boulan | France | 127300 |
| 10 | 5 | Igor Pihela | Estonia | 256400 |
| 10 | 6 | Andreas Hoivold | Norway | 186900 |
| 10 | 7 | Tina Andersen | Denmark | 50000 |
| 10 | 8 | [Removed:2] | Lebanon | 105800 |
| 11 | 1 | Jack Salter | UK | 198700 |
| 11 | 2 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | 333000 |
| 11 | 3 | Frank Romanello | UK | 237100 |
| 11 | 4 | Nikolas Menke | Germany | 350300 |
| 11 | 5 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 224900 |
| 11 | 6 | Felix Lambertz | Germany | 50700 |
| 11 | 7 | Enver Abduraimov | Germany | 64800 |
| 11 | 8 | Oren Rosen | Israel | 213300 |
| 12 | 1 | Erik Seidel | USA | 368400 |
| 12 | 2 | Vanessa Selbst | USA | 206700 |
| 12 | 3 | Oleh Cherepianyi | Ukraine | 116400 |
| 12 | 4 | Ouri Cohen | France | 37700 |
| 12 | 5 | Andres Jeckeln | Argentina | 164500 |
| 12 | 7 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 115200 |
| 12 | 8 | Asan Umarov | Kazakhstan | 211700 |
| 13 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 220400 |
| 13 | 2 | David Peters | USA | 57800 |
| 13 | 3 | Paolo Compagno | Switzerland | 173600 |
| 13 | 4 | Andrei Boghean | Romania | 330000 |
| 13 | 5 | Ben Fitzgerald | UK | 67700 |
| 13 | 6 | Omar Lakhdari | France | 212000 |
| 13 | 7 | Kiryl Radzivonau | Belarus | 190700 |
| 13 | 8 | Loc Tu | Canada | 184400 |
| 14 | 1 | Paul Hoefer | Germany | 152300 |
| 14 | 2 | Mael Lepage | Belgium | 179200 |
| 14 | 4 | Pierre Huter | Switzerland | 200000 |
| 14 | 5 | Joseph Prichard | UK | 114300 |
| 14 | 6 | Davide Settecasi | Italy | 202500 |
| 14 | 7 | Andjelko Andrejevic | USA | 98700 |
| 14 | 8 | Kamran Aliyev | Azerbaijan | 108600 |
| 15 | 1 | Alexios Zervos | Greece | 185000 |
| 15 | 2 | Dirk Gerritse | Netherlands | 276600 |
| 15 | 3 | Mike Watson | Canada | 76400 |
| 15 | 4 | Enzo Del Piero | UK | 348000 |
| 15 | 5 | Juan Etcheverry | Argentina | 196800 |
| 15 | 6 | Yann Pineau | France | 115800 |
| 15 | 7 | Thiago Nishijima | Brazil | 251400 |
| 15 | 8 | Knut Karnapp | Germany | 82500 |
| 16 | 1 | Ariel Celestino | Brazil | 241200 |
| 16 | 2 | Iacopo Brandi | Italy | 29500 |
| 16 | 3 | Mike Andreassen | Denmark | 42700 |
| 16 | 4 | Aleksei Platonov | Russia | 108600 |
| 16 | 5 | Alejandro Perez Torres | Spain | 240900 |
| 16 | 6 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 113000 |
| 16 | 7 | Freddy Darakjian | France | 183000 |
| 16 | 8 | Steven van Zadelhoff | Netherlands | 210000 |
| 17 | 1 | Tomas Chudomsky | Czech Republic | 79500 |
| 17 | 2 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 37200 |
| 17 | 3 | Andrea Rocci | Italy | 339500 |
| 17 | 4 | Ophir Nadav | Israel | 99900 |
| 17 | 5 | Antonio Rutigliano | Italy | 170000 |
| 17 | 6 | Peter Akery | UK | 276800 |
| 17 | 7 | Adrien Allain | France | 347000 |
| 17 | 8 | Willliam Arruda | Brazil | 109200 |
| 18 | 1 | Neil Strike | UK | 160100 |
| 18 | 2 | Jeremy Routier | France | 144100 |
| 18 | 3 | Nikita Nikolaev | Russia | 188800 |
| 18 | 4 | Arno del Curto | Switzerland | 37300 |
| 18 | 5 | John Gale | UK | 267500 |
| 18 | 6 | Yucel Eminoglu | Turkey | 137500 |
| 18 | 7 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 36700 |
| 18 | 8 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 580200 |
| 19 | 1 | Miguel Silva | Portugal | 304100 |
| 19 | 2 | Zoltan Szabo | Hungary | 196600 |
| 19 | 3 | Max Silver | UK | 56200 |
| 19 | 4 | Joseph Mouawad | USA | 127600 |
| 19 | 5 | Jan Bengelmann | Germany | 243700 |
| 19 | 6 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 153400 |
| 19 | 7 | Diego Ventura | Peru | 141900 |
| 19 | 8 | Pascal Faivre | Canada | 55700 |
| 20 | 1 | Dermot Blain | Ireland | 64000 |
| 20 | 2 | Evangelos Terzoudis | Greece | 227800 |
| 20 | 3 | Ramzey Idriss | Lebanon | 69600 |
| 20 | 4 | Sebastien Lebaron | France | 211900 |
| 20 | 5 | Roman Verenko | Ukraine | 326800 |
| 20 | 6 | Nicolas Le Floch | France | 78000 |
| 20 | 7 | Bao Phu | Canada | 43100 |
| 20 | 8 | Ranno Sootla | Estonia | 192000 |
| 21 | 1 | Anders Tangen | Sweden | 169100 |
| 21 | 2 | Youssef Finianos | Lebanon | 57500 |
| 21 | 3 | Antoine Saout | France | 109300 |
| 21 | 4 | Salvatore Bonavena | Italy | 100000 |
| 21 | 5 | Paul-Francois Tedeschi | France | 194900 |
| 21 | 6 | Ivan Deyra | France | 193300 |
| 21 | 7 | Chris Dowling | Ireland | 171000 |
| 21 | 8 | Laurent Ciup | France | 161100 |
| 22 | 1 | Rintaro Kagawa | Japan | 224700 |
| 22 | 2 | Jean Koja | France | 125500 |
| 22 | 3 | Franck Kalfon | France | 30700 |
| 22 | 4 | Patricio Rojas Parra | Chile | 173300 |
| 22 | 5 | Rene Schneider | Switzerland | 70500 |
| 22 | 6 | Ariel Mantel | Argentina | 209800 |
| 22 | 7 | [Removed:119] | France | 88700 |
| 22 | 8 | Michel Abecassis | France | 151100 |
| 23 | 1 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 346600 |
| 23 | 2 | Tobias Reinkemeier | Germany | 146200 |
| 23 | 3 | Diego Zeiter | Switzerland | 136700 |
| 23 | 4 | Erwann Pecheux | France | 413800 |
| 23 | 5 | [Removed:37] | France | 38000 |
| 23 | 6 | Isabel Baltazar | France | 87600 |
| 23 | 7 | Maksim Kolosov | Russia | 240000 |
| 23 | 8 | Nariman Yaghmai | United Arab Emirates | 335500 |
| 24 | 1 | Mahomed Aissani | France | 152900 |
| 24 | 2 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 210000 |
| 24 | 3 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 101300 |
| 24 | 4 | Aaron Gustavson | USA | 374400 |
| 24 | 5 | Luigi Grisa | Switzerland | 204300 |
| 24 | 6 | Andrew Abernethy | UK | 149100 |
| 24 | 7 | Thomas Popov | Canada | 65500 |
| 24 | 8 | Gun Taljo | Sweden | 146900 |
| 25 | 1 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 107000 |
| 25 | 2 | Nicolino Di Carlo | Italy | 105800 |
| 25 | 3 | Jake Cody | UK | 150100 |
| 25 | 4 | Kyle Frey | USA | 218700 |
| 25 | 5 | Faraz Jaka | USA | 66600 |
| 25 | 6 | Ami Barer | Canada | 160200 |
| 25 | 7 | Nicolas Cardyn | France | 87800 |
| 25 | 8 | Andrea Cortellazzi | Italy | 141000 |