2016 EPT Grand Final Main Event Day 5: Adrien Allain Leads Final Table

The 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event got down to its final six players on Thursday, and Adrien Allain led the way with 11.815 million in chips, He was closely followed by his fellow countryman Jimmy Guerrero with 11.48 million in chips.

The story of the day was that of Kazakhstani Asan Umarov, who qualified on PokerStars in a €10 Spin & Go, but he’ll be facing an uphill battle coming into the final six as the short stack.

With a massive gap between second and third place, it looks to be a tough battle to reach the podium, as the bottom four stacks combined have less than 10 million chips. Allain and Guerrero were dominating at the final table leading up to the final six, and the other four will need a lot of help to get back into it.

All remaining players are guaranteed to take home at least €170,950, and Friday’s final table looks as follows:

The penultimate day started with 28 players, including PokerStars team pro Vanessa Selbst, but she got knocked out in 26th place for €26,850 after coming into the day as one the short stacks. French pros Paul Tedeschi and Benjamin Pollak were next to go in 25th and 24th, respectively, while Joao Vieira grabbed the chip lead.

Notables Erwann Pecheux (18th – …

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