Saturday was filled with great poker action at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final, which saw the €100,000 Super High Roller play down to a winner, and the start of the cornerstone €10,600 Main Event.
Day 1a attracted 218 runners, which was a bit more than last year's 214 entries. After eight levels of play, the field was whittled down to the low six figures with Poland's Juan Carlos Garcia and his stack of 182,800 leading the way.
Others who advanced to Day 2 with healthy stacks were Joao Simao (179,100), Nicolas Chouity (168,200), Steven Zhou (158,000), and Roger Hairabedian (153,800).