EPT CAMPIONE: ANDREONI LEADS, FORMER GRAND FINAL CHAMP CHOUITY THIRD

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Day 1 in the books at the inaugural edition of PokerStars.com EPT Campione, Italy, located on Lake Lugano, next to the Swiss border.

Italian Davide Andreoni - who chose to play on Day 1A - is the overall chip leader as we enter Day 2 play on Wednesday. Andreoni has but one known live tournament cash in his career, we'll have to see of he can bank on beginner's luck and keep things going on Wednesday.

2010 EPT Grand Final winner Nicolas Chouity is third overall in chips. The Lebanese pro enjoyed a deep run during a 1.5K NLH buy-in event at the WSOP last summer, Chouity finished sixth in the event - Andre Akkari ended up winning the bracelet.

It's a top 20 chip stack for French favourite Fabrice Soulier. Unlike Chouity, Soulier was able to take care of business and collected his first bracelet at the WSOP last summer.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS (+50K)
Davide Andreoni 175,100 (Day 1A Chip Leader)
Nick Yunis 169,200
Nicolas Chouity 165,800 (Day 1B Chip Leader)
Andrey Gulyy 138,000
Fabrice Soulier 115,700
Bryan Piccioli 112,900
Mihai Manole 110,300
Matt Kay 101,200
David Vamplew 100,100
Irene Baroni 97,800
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier 90,200
Alessio Isaia 74,200
Matthias De Meulder 73,200
Ronny Kaiser 69,600
Michael Schurpf 68,600
Per Linde 67,200
Jeffrey Rossiter 65,500
Chris Moorman 64,400
Tobias Reinkemeier 62,500
Eugene Katchalov 59,800
David Peters 56,500
Faraz Jaka 54,300
Oleksii Kovalchuk 53,800
Jean-Philippe Rohr 53,300
Raoul Refos 53,200
Todd Terry 51,200
Victor Ramdin 50,800
Roberto Romanello 50,800

Alex Kravchenko, Luca Pagano, Liv Boeree (pictured), Arnaud Mattern and Fatima Moreira de Melo are other notables still alive at Campione.

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EPT CAMPIONE PAYOUTS (EURO) 1. €640,000 2. €430,000 3. €240,000 4. €157,000 5. €124,000 6. €92,000 7. €71,500 8. €54,000 9-10. €41,000 11-12. €30,000 13-14. €25,000 15-16. €20,000 17-24. €15,000 25-32. €13,000 33-48. €11,000 49-64. €9,000 65-88. €7,500 EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERSTARS BLOG

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Campione EPT Campione NLH Main Event March 26-31, 2012 Casino di Campione | Italy Buy-in: $7,056 | Prizepool: $3,686,735 Entries: 570 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 130 2nd position 80 3rd position 50 4th position 40 5th position 35 6-7th position 30 8-11th position 15 12-15th position 13 16-18th position 10 NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Berlin Speilbank Berlin, Germany April 16-21, 2012