After yesterday’s Day 1B, the **EPT Paris** Main Event sees entries reach 1.474, with over 7 million euros in generated prizepool. We will know more about the distribution in the coming hours. Meanwhile, let’s see how Day 1B went, while **Danilo Donnini** brought home the first Italian spade of this festival.
EPT Paris, Day 1B: 1.474 in the Main Event, 838 in Day 1B with 11 Italians qualified
838 players showed up at the tables of the Palais des Congrès in Paris for this Day 1B of the EPT Main Event. At the end of the day, only 284 remained who, combined with the 180, make 464 qualifiers for Day 2. Another 63 took advantage of the extreme late registration, bringing the total number of entries to **1.474**.
Leading Day 1B, and the tournament in general, is the Dutchman **Selvakumaran** with 448.500 chips. No major names found a spot in the top 10:
| POSITION | PLAYER | NATION | STACK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahersh Selvakumaran | Netherlands | 448.500 |
| 2 | Endrit Geci | United Kingdom | 348.500 |
| 3 | Stuart Newman | United Kingdom | 345.000 |
| 4 | Gabriel Nahum | France | 334.500 |
| 5 | Bruno Fuentes | France | 316.500 |
| 6 | Luis Pinho De Faria | Portugal | 316.000 |
| 7 | Julien Mariani | France | 290.000 |
| 8 | Manuel Carvalho | Portugal | 265.000 |
| 9 | Benjamin Gros | France | 264.500 |
| 10 | Ekrem Sanioglu | Turkey | 255.000 |
The Italians qualified from Day 1B
As for our players, **eleven** found a bag to put the chips accumulated in yesterday’s Day 1B. Together with the 14 from Day 1A, there are 25 Italians present for Day 2, obviously apart from any other Italians who decide on direct entry by noon today.
Gianfranco Iaculli was the best yesterday, in a list that includes bracelets (Andrian, Zarbo) and EPT Main spades (Buonanno). Below is the detail:
| POSITION | PLAYER | STACK |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Gianfranco Iaculli | 208.500 |
| 52 | William Mancini | 135.000 |
| 63 | Simone Andrian | 127.500 |
| 145 | Raffaele Bellapianta | 70.000 |
| 152 | Enrico Coppola | 68.500 |
| 205 | Andrea Sutera | 44.000 |
| 211 | Giuseppe Zarbo | 42.000 |
| 226 | Walter Treccarichi | 35.500 |
| 240 | Antonio Buonanno | 31.500 |
| 275 | Gianluca Fichera | 18.000 |
| 281 | Luca Moschitta | 12.000 |
EPT Paris: Danilo Donnini wins the spade in the 2.1k single day!
Speaking of spades, the first one won by an Italian in this festival finally arrived during the night. The credit goes to **Danilo Donnini**, who beat everyone in Event #28, a €2.100 NLHE Single-day. Donnini overcame a field of 229 entries, the last of whom to resist him was the Spanish pro Vicente Delgado. For Danilo, there is the spade and a check for €92.860!
This is the final table payout:
| FINAL POSITION | PLAYER | NATION | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danilo Donnini | Italy | €92.860 |
| 2 | Vicente Delgado | Spain | €58.040 |
| 3 | Brandon Harris | England | €41.460 |
| 4 | Chau Shing Lam | China | €31.900 |
| 5 | Marius Golinski | Poland | €24.540 |
| 6 | Santiago Plante | Canada | €19.160 |
| 7 | Nikola Sekler | Czech Rep. | €15.960 |
| 8 | Alexandre Reard | France | €13.300 |
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Cover image: Danilo Donnini (Manuel Kovsca & RHL)
