PTS AT STAKE: EPT GRAND FINAL UNDERWAY IN MADRID

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We've reached the dinner break on Day 1B of the EPT Grand Final in Madrid, Spain.

Final player registrations are in, as are the payouts for the event.

We have a total of 686 players registered for the first Grand Slam event of the 2011 PTPR Season. The total prizepool is just a few dollars shy of 10 million US!

Sweden David Sonelin is the Day 1A chip leader. He is followed closely by Brian England, EPT Berlin Champ Ben Wilinofsky, Alex Gomes and EPT Deauville Champ Lucien Cohen.

Former November Niner Ivan Demidov, Bradley MacFarland, Victor Ramdin, WSOPE Champ James Bord and Isildur1, Viktor Blom have the most chips late in Day 1B.

Here are the payouts for the EPT Grand Final:
1. €1,500,000
2. €900,000
3. €550,000
4. €400,000
5. €315,000
6. €250,000
7. €185,000
8. €130,000
9-10. €95,000
11-12. €70,000
13-14. €60,000
15-16. €50,000
17-24. €40,000
25-32. €35,000
33-40. €30,000
41-56. €25,000
57-80. €20,000
81-104. €15,000


PTPR GRAND SLAM EVENT
European Poker Tour Madrid Grand Final
EPT Grand Final
May 7-12, 2011

Casino Gran Madrid
Madrid, ESP

Buy-in: $15,295
Prizepool: $9,833,810
Entries: 686

Defending Champion: Nicolas Chouity

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 156
2nd position 96
3rd position 81
4th position 71
5th position 66
6th position 61
7th position 56
8th position 51
9th position 41
10th position 31
11th position 26
12-14th position 24
15-17th position 21
18-20th position 18
21-23rd position 14
24-27th position 11