There were plenty of big names in the live tournament arena joining Day 1b as well, including Juha Helppi, EPT Dublin winner Reuben Peters, 2007 EPT Warsaw victor Peter Jepsen and World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad.

111 players made it through Day 1b, with Devlin leading the field with a significant chip lead. Preliminary counts show these players among the highest surviving stacks:

Stephen Devlin – 110,000
Tommy Pavlicek – 85,000
Juha Lauttamus – 70,000
Alec Torelli – 65,000
Gerd Muller – 65,000
Dag Palovic – 55,000
Bertrand Grospellier -52,000
Cristiano Blanco – 44,000
Sandro Bellusci – 38,000
Anthony Lellouche – 33,000