The special cut-price starting days of the $1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix have now concluded and 64 players have made it through to day 2. Day 1b saw a further 201 entrants take to the felt, bringing the total number of entrants in the two opening flights to 430. The Party Poker Grand Prix now takes a break until Thursday 28th, when the next starting day (day 1c) takes place,
The chip leader from day 1b is Argentinian Jacques Ammiel Blit, who finished the day on 1,226,000 chips, almost double the count of second placed Jacob Mulhern, from England who bagged up 645,000 cookies.
Here are the combined chip counts of the survivors from day 1a and day 1b
First Name
Surname
Country
Chips
Jacques Ammiel
Blit
Argentina
1,226,000
David
Salamanca Calero
Spain
909,000
Guillermo Alejandro Giner
Ceballos
Spain
876,000
Juuso
Keskalito
Finland
674,000
Jacob
Mulhern
England
645,000
Sebastian
Mortensen
Denmark
631,000
Jonathan
Stoll
France
623,000
Gaspare
Sposato
Italy
602,000
Samuel
Olave
Spain
553,000
Elvijs
Kucereruks
Latvia
542,000
Marcin
Kruk
Poland
530,000
Blair
Payne-Armstrong
Scotland
486,000
Grant
Anderson
USA
481,000
Andrei
Babatie
Romania
476,000
Ivan
Picavet
Belgium
463,000
Nima
Saken Shaft
Germany
460,000
Joaquin Matias
Ruiz Travi
Argentina
448,000
Marc
Schembri
Malta
430,000
Yoan
Cody
France
405,000
Cyril
Vierra
France
376,000
Boaz
Mizrahi
Israel
375,000
Richard
Sim
Scotland
360,000
Dzintars
Lacis
Latvia
358,000
Kevin
Francica
Malta
357,000
Elamine
Oukerimi Mohamed
Italy
349,000
Abdellah
Baali
Algeria
342,000
Rares
Bodea
Malta
332,000
Maria
Vourlidaki
Romania
313,000
Vyacheslav
Churkin
Russia
309,000
Hugo
Loustau
France
301,000
Fabian
Donovan
England
284,000
Mantas
Petrauskas
Lithuania
284,000
Victor
Bedy
USA
258,000
Brian
Calleja
Malta
255,000
Clement
Kerrien
Malta
250,000
Richard
Bouette
France
247,000
Alessandro
Roganti
Italy
245,000
Salvatore
Ritrovato
Italy
230,000
Xabi
Carricart
France
228,000
Danas
Dambrauskas
Lithuania
220,000
Gorjan
Jakimovski
North Macedonia
214,000
Ahmed
Ibrahimi
France
212,000
Alexandre
Arabia
France
210,000
Jens
Voertmann
Germany
207,000
Thomas
Bellanger
France
199,000
Marc
Sanz Clausin
Spain
199,000
Emanuel
Antonacci
Italy
194,000
Stepen
Caruana
Malta
192,000
Carmelo
Maugeri
Italy
180,000
Johannes
Kuusisto
Finland
172,000
Ernesto
Maiorca
Italy
171,000
Michael
Cauchi
Malta
170,000
Kamil
Skawinski
Poland
158,000
Giulio
Spampinato
Italy
156,000
Guiseppe
Incognito
Italy
153,000
Salvatore
Caruso
Italy
152,000
Maxime
Chilaud
France
152,000
Romain
Nardin
France
126,000
Gaetano
Reale
Italy
121,000
Jason
Grima
Malta
115,000
Andre
Grech
Malta
108,000
Soner
Vanelderen
Belgium
100,000
Tanguy
Pellerin
France
98,000
Erik
Lindqwist
Sweden
92,000
Jonathan Raab
MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator