PTS AT STAKE: RETTENMAIER ON LEADERBOARD AT EPT LONDON

PHOTO: Neil Stoddart, POKERSTARSBLOG.com
SOURCE: EPT.com

Time to bring the poker world to Europe! With WSOP Europe set to begin shortly in Cannes, the EPT stages one of it's top event on their schedule, EPT London.

We're into Day 2 at the Hilton London Metropole and one of the top dogs at the moment is Marvin Rettenmeier. Mad Marvin had a great start to 2011 and has recently started to heat up again, surpassing the 200-point mark on the PTPR Points list. The German pro is currently second in chips, trailing Dutch player Matthijs Remie, who is close to the 400k chip mark.

2010 PTPR Tournament Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi and Texas Dolly Doyle Brunson highlight the list of current players with top chip stacks ...

NOTABLE PLAYERS WITH AT LEAST 90k IN CHIPS:
Matthijs Remie 395000
Marvin Rettenmaier 315000
Juan Manuel Pastor 190000
Nacho Barbero 130000
Sorel Mizzi 129100
Jake Cody 125000
Sam Grafton 120000
Doyle Brunson 120000
John Gale 118700
Nick Binger 111500
Jeffrey Sarwer 111300
Roberto Romanello 110000
Matthias De Meulder 103400
Barny Boatman 100000
Andrew Chen 98000
Ana Marquez 94000
Kevin Vandersmissen 93100
Jason Mercier 90000

Eliminations came fast and hard earlier today, notable players eliminated included:
Victor Ramdin, Ivan Demidov, Daniel Shak, Sunny Chattha, Ben Roberts, Rupert Elder, Surinder Sunar, Cornel Cimpan, Giuseppe Pantaleo and Scott Seiver.

EPT LONDON PAYOUTS:
1st - £750,000
2nd - £465,000
3rd - £265,000
4th - £200,000
5th - £155,000
6th - £120,000
7th - £86,350
8th - £64,000
9th-10th - £45,000
11th-12th - £35,000
13th-14th - £27,000
15th-16th - £22,000
17th-24th - £19,000
25th-32nd -£16,000
33rd-48th - £13,000
49th-64th - £11,000
65th-80th - £9,000
81st-104th - £7,500


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
European Poker Tour London
EPT London NLH Main Event
September 30-October 6, 2011

Hilton London Metropole | London
Buy-in: $7,045 | Prizepool: $4,498,850 | Entries: 691

PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 131
2nd position 81
3rd position 51
4th position 41
5th position 36
6-7th position 31
8-11th position 16
12-15th position 14
16-18th position 11