EPT: Levi, Lacay Lead the Way in Deauville on Day 2

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EPT: Levi, Lacay Lead the Way in Deauville on Day 2

Jason Kirk | January 22, 2010

With the first starting day officially out of the way and the record starting field of 768 players whittled down to 388 players with a shot at the title, the EPT Deauville main event got down to business today.

That field was further reduced to just 133 players by the end of the second day of play at Casino Barriere de Deauville. Leading the field at the end of the day by Nicolas Levi of France, who bagged up 648,500 worth of chips when all was said and done. His friend and countryman Ludovic Lacay, coming off a big 2009 that saw him finish 16th in the WSOP Main Event and make the final table of the WPT Marrakech main event, finished the day in second position with 500,500.

Among the notable players outside the top ten who survived Day 2 with decent-sized stacks were Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (331,500), Craig Bergeron (330,000), Shane “shaniac” Schleger (322,500), Peter Eastgate (294,000), Day 1B chip leader Luca Pagano (260,000), Day 1A chip leader Robert Cezarescu (251,000), Davidi Kitai (249,000), Dario Minieri (209,500), Juha Helppi (198,500), Bruno Fitoussi (157,500), and French pop star and former WSOP bracelet winner Patrick Bruel (128,500). Less fortunate were Arnaud Mattern, Katja Thater, Richard Toth, and Alex Kravchenko, who busted before the proceedings finished.