Ten into eight

The table of ten is surrounded by at least ten supporters per player, plus the neutrals, randoms and other interested parties.

They are all waiting to discover who from this ten will progress. As yet, we haven’t even seen a flop. It’s cagey, to say the least.

Kirill Gerasimov, left, and Micky Wernick

Patrick Martensson, left, and Stuart Nash

Theo Jorgensen, left, and Mats Iremark

Ram Vaswani

Isabelle Mercier

Brian Gilbert, left, and Mark Boudewijn

A reminder of what they’re playing for:

1 – €480.000 (plus €10,000 buy-in into EPT Grand final in Monte Carlo)
2 – €259.000
3 – €155.300
4 – €118.500
5 – €97.700
6 – €76.800
7 – €60.800
8 – €43.500
9-10 – €26.400