Day 1b Concludes - Berndsen Leads
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Today was the end of the beginning. The players returning tomorrow at midday local time will have already battled through nine hour-long levels and many of them will return with short stacks looking for a double up and a real shot at the prize money here in Berlin. A total of 353 players will take to the felt tomorrow (202 survived Day 1b).
That won't be the problem facing Day 1b chip leader Sander Berndsen, however, who ends the day with a whopping 242,900, one of only a few to top the 200k chip mark over the course of a single day. Robert Flink, sat on the very same table as the final cards fell, also held a big stack - 203,400 - and will be returning along with Vladimir Geshkenbein and Nima Ahary in good shape.
Team PokerStars Pros Sandra Naujoks and George Danzer will return tomorrow without much ammunition, but Jan Heitmann came back from an early knock to top the 100,000 mark in the last level.
The total number of entrants in this year's PokerStars.net EPT Berlin is 773 (458 today and 315 yesterday) while Germany makes up 31% of the field with 240 entrants.
Return with PokerNews tomorrow as the money creeps closer and the action continues on Day 2 at the Spielbank, Berlin.