We're off and running in Deauville, as the European Poker Tour hosts one of it's biggest events of the season - Pokerstars.fr EPT Deauville.
And while more than half of the field is from France, it's Londoner Martins Adeniya who has the lead after the completion of Day 2 play.
The name Martins Adeniya may be familiar to you. Although Adeniya doesn't have any live tournament wins to his name, he did have two Top 15 finishes on the European Poker Tour in 2011.
Adeniya (2011 PTPR Rank: 521st) finished 15th at EPT Snowfest last March and then followed that up with a 7th place finish at EPT London in September.
Adeniya also holds a bunch of Top 25 finishes at the WSOP, at the PCA and in WPT events.
LOOK OUT FOR LACAY
Ludovic Lacay is a name to look out for on Day 3 Friday. Lacay is an accomplished French pro that will certainly be looking at capturing a EPT crown in his native land.
Lacay (2011 PTPR Rank: 1763rd) has a few very impressive live results on his poker resume - his latest deep runs include a 11th place finish at the Partouche Main Event in September and two seperate Top 10 finishes in 10K Championship events at the WSOP back in 2010.
OTHERS ON THE PROWL
Recent EFOP Diamond Championship winner Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes hopes to continue his winning ways on French soil. Kool Shen (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) currently sits in 18th position after Day 2.
Former IPT Nova Gorica winner Mustpha Kanit (2011 PTPR Rank: 33rd), 2010 EPT Vilamoura Champion Toby Lewis (2011 PTPR Rank: 1083rd) and defending WPT Five Diamond winner James Dempsey (2011 PTPR Rank: 61st) all hold Top 25 chip stacks and will certainly be looking to make a move on Friday.
178 players have survived the first two days and will make their way back to the Casino Barriere on Friday.
NOTABLE CHIP STACKS (minimum 90K in chips)
Martins Adeniya UK 512,200
Ludovic Lacay France 377,300
Jason Hallee Canada 375,900
Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes France 304,600
Mustapha Kanit Italy 289,000
Toby Lewis UK 278,000
James Dempsey UK 274,600
Kevin Vandersmissen Belgium 239,500
Botond Balazs Hungary 202,000
Mikhail Lakhitov Russia 188,600
Luca Pagano Italy 172,400
Marius Pospiech Germany 151,000
Sigurd Eskeland Norway 139,900
Mark Jansen Netherlands 137,100
Christophe Denizart France 123,000
Shannon Shorr USA 103,000
David Baker USA 98,400
Govert Metaal Netherlands 94,900
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