Naveiro, Sellam Bag Big as 149 Advance After Day 1c in �1,100 FPS Main Event
Another flight of the �1,100 FPS Main Event as part of PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino? wrapped up early Friday morning as Day 1c came to an end. The day began with 991 runners, making it the biggest by far of the four flights, and saw 149 advancing after the elimination Adrian-Remus Constantin, whose king-jack couldn't hold up against the queen-ten of Lampros Vlachos.
The four starting flights drew 2,138 players for a total prize pool of �2,052,480. Andre von Ins was close to bubbling when his pocket sevens were in bad shape against the tens of Jean-David Bensemhoun, but a flopped full house meant the Swiss player would advance with the others to Day 2.
Spain's Inigo Naveiro bagged the Day 1c chip lead with a stack of 684,000 and is followed closely by France's Rubens Sellam (503,000) and Yannick Galley (492,000), as well as Bulgaria's Stefan Dimitrov (478,000) and China's Biao Ding (470,000).
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inigo Naveiro | Spain | 684,000 | 137 | |
| 2 | Rubens Sellam | France | 503,000 | 101 | |
| 3 | Yannick Galley | France | 492,000 | 98 | |
| 4 | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 478,000 | 96 | |
| 5 | Biao Ding | China | 470,000 | 94 | |
| 6 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 457,000 | 91 | |
| 7 | Quentin Laugt | France | 442,000 | 88 | |
| 8 | Philippe Magnus | France | 437,000 | 87 | |
| 9 | Clement Michaud | France | 431,000 | 86 | |
| 10 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 431,000 | 86 |
There were plenty of notables in the Day 1c field who made it to bag-and-tag hour, including bestselling poker author Maria Konnikova, 2023 PSPC champion Aliaksandr Shylko and Kayhan Mokri, who just hours before finished 11th in �10,200 Mystery Bounty for �8,700.
Others who advanced to Day 2 include Gianluca Speranza, Danut Chisu, Leonardo Parmiggiani, Dinesh Alt and Boris Kolev. They will compete on Friday against Day 1a and 1b chip leaders Adrian Chabbi and Recep Aydemir and whoever bags the chip lead in Day 1d, as well as the rest of those who bagged.
Day 2 will see each of the players from the three starting flights returning at noon local time. Action will kick off on Level 16 with blinds of 2,000/5,000/5,000 and all players will be in the money. Payout information will be made available at the start of the day.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is ready to bring readers all the updates on Day 2 action here at EPT Monte Carlo in Monaco.