Bag 'Em and Tag 'Em - Day 2 Concludes With Brandon Cantu in the Lead
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221 out of a total (record-breaking) 384 runners in the 2010 Pokerstars EPT Vilamoura returned for Day 2. After eight levels of play over two start days stacks varied from the desperate to the commanding and players displayed differing levels of perkiness due to the impossibility of passing over going out in this balmy resort town at night.
Those in front tended, for the most part, to stay there, and Day 1A top finisher and Pokerstars Team Online member Andre Coimbra is only just trailing the leader at the end of today, none other than Triple Crown seeker Brandon Cantu. He may not have cashed at the EPT before, but his 557,400 stack gives him a good shot tomorrow as only 69 players are coming back and 56 will get paid. He said, in an interview visible here: "I'm actually calling my shot here... and I'm guaranteeing a final table on this one."
Falling short of the third day were early leaders Jonathan Weekes, and Dario Minieri, Pokerstars Team Pros Alex Kravchenko, John Duthie, Ruben Visser, and David Williams and prior champs Liv Boeree and Vicky Coren. These last two players are just one of a large UK contingent, many of whom are still in the upper echelons of the chip counts, including double bracelet-winner JP Kelly, Toby Lewis and Stephen Chidwick.
Join us tomorrow at 12pm local time for another day of live coverage as the field narrows to the paying spots!