Last night at 
Monte carlo the second game day of the tournament took place. As is often the case in large tournaments, due to the large number of participants, the first round takes place in several stages. Yesterday the second half of the participants entered the battle - 450 athletes. Now that registration for the tournament is over, we can say with confidence that 2008 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte carlo Is the largest tournament ever held in Europe. 842 players from 48 different countries - a new benchmark for European tournaments.
Gavin griffin, last year's champion, could not defend his title and dropped out of further competition at the end of the day. Also, among those eliminated from the tournament at the end of the playing day, one can note 
Dario minieri, 
Steve paul-ambrose, 
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier.
Of the 450 players who played yesterday, 225 players managed to make it to the second round. In the first place at the end of the day is Cyril bensoussan ... Cyril was able to collect 128,300 chips, this amount allowed him not only to beat the other participants of the competitive day, but also to seize the overall leadership in the tournament. Stepping on his heels 
Stephan Kjerstad with 111,200 in chip counts.
Results of the participants of the second game day:
1 place 
Cyril bensoussan — 128,300
2nd place 
Uffe holn — 108,875
3rd place 
Raul paez — 108,825
4th place Andrea Benelli — 94,325
5th place 
Calle Scholdborg — 78,700
Summary table of the results of the first round:
1 place Cyril bensoussan — 128,300
2nd place Stephan Kjerstad — 111,200
3rd place Uffe holn — 108,875
4th place Raul paez — 108,825
5th place Chris lee — 96,050
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