The two starting days, day 1a and day 1b have now been played in the €5.300 buy-in EPT Deauville Main Event. 339 players entered the event on Day 1a, and a massive 550 more were added to the field on Day 1b.
At €5,300 a piece, the total prize pool is €4,267,200, with a €875,000 first-place prize. A total of 128 players will end up in the money.
The top three stacks heading into Day 2 will all belong to Day 1b entrants. Amir Salhani is leading with 191,100 in chips, Joakim Lofgren is in 2nd with 173,000, and Toufik Ouirini is in 3rd with 166,800.
Several well-known pros have also done well so far, including the likes of Vanessa Rousso, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Jake Cody, Luca Pagano and Liv Boeree.
Players like Eugene Katchalov, Dario Minieri, Vanessa Selbst, and Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom instead all busted out during the two starting days.
Day 2 will begin today at 12:00 CET and live updates can be found from PokerStars Blog.