PokerStars EPT Day One (A)

The Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London was the host for the Pokerstars European Poker Tour and day one saw 178 players "shuffle up and deal." This event has more than 200 players registered for the second half of the day and at a £5,200 buy in (~$10,500) the prize pool will likely break the £2 million mark.

Participating in Day one A was some very high profile poker professionals including Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Katja Thater, Chris Moneymaker, Chris Bjorin, Scott Fischman, Johnny Lodden, last years winner Victoria Coren and a lot more.

Some of these notable names would not see it through to the end though. Victoria Coren would not see a repeat of last year when her AJ ran up against AK. Same with Johnny Lodden who also had AJ but ran into pocket fours that made a set on the flop.

Katja Thater, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott and Donnacha O'Dea were also some of the pro's that didn't make through to round two.

Day one (B) is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

The top 10 chip leaders at the end of day one (A) were:
1. Nicolas Levi - £100,300
2. Daniel Mangas - £98,500
3. Chris Moneymaker - £79,700
4. Ola Brandborn - £73,100
5. Vijayan Nagarajan - £59,800
6. Ville Wahlbeck - £56,700
7. Peter Gelencser - £52,500
8. Age Spets - £50,800
9. Martyn Reeve - £50,000
10. Pascal Perrault - £49,400