Yesterday's action saw many of the world's best online players compete for a ticket to Day 2 of the EPT Online 31: $530 NLHE [8-Max, EPT Online Cup], 1M Gtd - Trophy Event #16.
The 2,530 entrants generated a prize pool of $1,265,000 and 70 of them remain in the hunt for the EPT Online Trophy and the $185,247 up top. All of them have guaranteed $2,736 so far.
Among the top stacks is well-known Dani "danipesis" Palau, who had a solid stack during the whole Day 1. Other notable players who continue include Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy, Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood, Marton "noirduck" Czuczor, and Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou.
Event #31 Top Ten Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS |
| 1 | ''echoscience'' | Canada | 6,379,039 |
| 2 | ''Gaffa2ny'' | Norway | 5,455,785 |
| 3 | ''FKREDSTAR45'' | United Kingdom | 5,005,255 |
| 4 | ''hszabi95'' | Hungary | 3,999496 |
| 5 | ''FouEnculePL'' | Poland | 3,730,317 |
| 6 | ''Fear1sWisdom'' | Hungary | 3,638,169 |
| 7 | ''Freshmann'' | Bulgaria | 3,638,169 |
| 8 | Dani "danipesis" Palau | Mexico | 3,245,003 |
| 9 | ''slarki1'' | Canada | 3,190,829 |
| 10 | ''reyals_rs'' | Brazil | 3,106,239 |
Day 2 will begin on Monday 20 December at 1:05 p.m. EST, on blinds 25,000-50,000 with a 6,000 ante. Levels are 15-minutes long like yesterday and players will have a 5-minute break every 55 minutes past the hour.
Final Table Payouts
| PLACE | PRIZE |
| 1 | $185,247 |
| 2 | $132,050 |
| 3 | $94,130 |
| 4 | $67,099 |
| 5 | $47,830 |
| 6 | $34,095 |
| 7 | $24,304 |
| 8 | $17,325 |
| 9 | $12,349 |
Stay tuned all day long as the PokerNews team will be here to bring you the action as it happens.