Day 1b Concludes
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Matthew Woodward appears to be our chip leader going into Day 2, although anything can happen. Other folks doing well from today's field include Samer Rahman, Robert Mizrachi and Lex Veldhuis -- the latter having amassed an enormous stack within half an hour of the start of play, from which he never looked back.
An impressive field started today -- not only was it at 270 runners much larger than the Day 1a field, but it was about as packed with famous names as a poker tournament could be. Among those who fell by the wayside were WSOP champions Carlos Mortensen and Peter Eastgate, as well as Vanessa Rousso, Dario Minieri, Alex Kravchenko, Julian Thew and William Thorson. Some of the fine folks who made it through to tomorrow include Daniel Negreanu, Mike "Timex" McDonald, Noah Boeken, Sandra Naujoks and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.
Tomorrow things will get very serious indeed for our remaining runners as they are joined by the 107 Day 1a survivors to play six 75-minute levels. Join us back here at PokerNews.com from 12.30pm GMT+2.