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Bloch Sits Atop World Series of Poker Europe Main Event LeaderboardTue, Sep 30th, 2008 @ 12:00am By the close of Day 1B, many World Series of Poker Europe Main Event participants turned their attention to Justin "BoostedJ" Smith and Daniel Negreanu, who occupied the top two spots in the chip counts after leading each of their respective Day 1's. By the time Day 2 fired up, the announcment of the prize pool seemed to turn the focus to the task at hand. After the second of two Day 1 flights had wrapped, just 179 players still had a place in the chip counts. When it was announced that the GBP 3,630,000 ($6,540,630 USD) prize pool would be only handed out to 36 players, players began to make their move. Both "BoostedJ" and Negreanu bagged more chips than the night before. While they won't be looking down at the rest of the field, they each managed to sit above the 200,000 chip mark, which is good for 8th and 9th-place, respectively. Today was a big day for the Americans. To start day three, the four biggest stacks will sit in front of players from across the pond, while only two of the top ten chip stacks hail from outside the U.S. The biggest stack belongs to the overdue Andy Bloch. Nobody has appeared at as many WSOP final tables as Bloch without a win. He'll enter Day 3 as the only player in the 300,000 club. Right behind bloch is online phenom Brian "sbrugby" Townsend. "sbrugby" accrued most of his chips after flopping a set of aces and taking a 250,000 pot away from a player married to his A-K. The top ten, courtesy of the fine people at www.worldseriesofpoker.com: But the leaderboard will constantly have their eyes in the rear view, as names like Mike Matusow, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Phil Laak and 2007 Aussie Millions winner Alexander Kostritsyn are still holding onto chips. What could turn into a developing story is the success of "November Nine" member Ivan Demidov. The Russian's 176,000 chips is good for 14th in the counts, so pairing his WSOP Main Event final table with an appearance at the WSOPE's big one is not out of the question. Today wasn't a good day for any former WSOP Main Event winners in the field. All told, there were no less than six Main Event bracelets in the room, divided amogst five players. It doesn't look like we'll see anyone pair a London Main Event win with one from Las Vegas. Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Scotty Nguyen and Joe Hachem were each dismissed a full day short of the money. The 62 survivors will be back at the Empire Casino Tuesday at 1 p.m. BST (8 a.m. EST) for Day 3. Here's a look at what they'll be shooting for tomorrow, as the money bubble approaches. Official payouts: To check out a Day 1B recap, click here.
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