Rune Brunes Bags Day 1d Chip Lead

Day 1d was the largest of the five opening flights with 352 entries and 149 players advancing to Day 2. Norway’s Rune Brunes led the way with 279,000 in chips placing him in second place just behind Day 1b chip leader Veikka Keto-Tokoi, who advanced with a cool 300,000.

Estonia’s Mauri Dorbek (229,700) and Norway’s Richard Melby (224,600) also will start Day 2 with more than 200,000 from the Day 1d field, while Finland’s Sebastian Wahl (199,300) and United Kingdom’s Peter Rees (185,500) round out the top five stacks for the day.

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Rune Brunes	Norway	279,000	233
2	Mauri Dorbek	Estonia	229,700	191
3	Richard Melby	Norway	224,600	187
4	Sebastian Wahl	Finland	199,300	166
5	Peter Rees	United Kingdom	185,500	155
6	Petter Berg	Norway	175,700	146
7	Robertas Smolskis	Lithuania	174,500	145
8	Ignas Jasinevicius	Lithuania	170,600	142
9	Iman Ghashayar	Netherlands	161,800	135
10	Mihn Ngo	Finland	158,000	132
11	Mantas Bagocius	Lithuania	155,300	129
12	Blaz Zerjav	Slovenia	152,000	127
13	Marcus Hallabro	Sweden	148,700	124
14	Yurii Zabrodotskyi	Ukraine	148,500	124
15	Erik Risberg	Sweden	144,600	121
16	Kristiana Stauere	Latvia	144,000	120
17	Mirco De Martini	Italy	141,600	118
18	Karri Jääskivi	Finland	140,000	117
19	Michael Dwyer	Ireland	138,000	115
20	Edgaras Stusevas	Lithuania	137,600	115
21	Nikolajs Jalunins	Latvia	136,200	114
22	Osku Karttunen	Finland	133,000	111
23	Tero Kilkanen	Finland	132,000	110
24	Atte Franssila	Finland	126,200	105
25	Ranno Sootla	Estonia	125,200	104
26	Joonas Helin	Finland	120,300	100
27	Jari Nikunlassi	Finland	117,100	98
28	Zoran Ruvceski	Sweden	113,400	95
29	Fritz Nygren	Sweden	111,200	93
30	Juuso Kauppi	Finland	105,900	88
31	Georgios Tsouloftas	Cyprus	101,900	85
32	Lukas Rodionovas	Lithuania	101,600	85
33	Xuan Tran	Finland	96,000	80
34	Jonas Nilsen	Norway	95,400	80
35	Nikolai Austad	Norway	93,300	78
36	Shaul Weinstein	Israel	92,800	77
37	Robert Schiffbauer	United States	92,000	77
38	Ilari Sahamies	Finland	91,300	76
39	Konsta Heikkilä	Finland	91,000	76
40	Petri Härkönen	Finland	90,600	76
41	Jevgeni Voitovits	Estonia	89,700	75
42	Hendrik Uibo	Estonia	89,100	74
43	Markus Ylänne	Finland	86,000	72
44	Jaanus Kippel	Estonia	79,000	66
45	Stavros Petychakis	Greece	78,300	65
46	Steinn Thanh Du Karlsson	Iceland	78,000	65
47	Roman Isaienko	Ukraine	78,000	65
48	Claudio Müller	Switzerland	78,000	65
49	Tomi Arponen	Finland	76,500	64
50	Riku Määttä	Finland	76,000	63
51	Ritvars Cekalins	Latvia	75,100	63
52	Rasmus Valtteri Sihvonen	Finland	75,000	63
53	Darius Narmontas	Lithuania	73,100	61
54	Zdenek Zizka	Czech Republic	72,500	60
55	Marco Leonzio	Italy	70,900	59
56	Fabian Hagen Bartuschk	Germany	69,900	58
57	Kaspars Renga	Latvia	69,900	58
58	Henri Elias Tanskanen	Finland	69,300	58
59	Henri Johannes Katila	Finland	68,900	57
60	John Fredrik Watz	Sweden	68,500	57
61	Leantzis Christos	Cyprus	68,300	57
62	Eldars Sadih-Zade	Latvia	67,700	56
63	Niko Juhani Penttinen	Finland	67,400	56
64	Aleksei Gontsar	Estonia	63,800	53
65	Mounir Tajiou	Sweden	62,500	52
66	Oleh Pritsak	Ukraine	61,400	51
67	Vytautas Kacerauskas	Lithuania	60,600	51
68	Alexandros Nanos	Greece	60,300	50
69	Rolandas Aglinskas	Lithuania	60,000	50
70	Peer Anton Zahl	Norway	59,600	50
71	Yves Gregoire Honore	France	59,500	50
72	Soeren Reffstrup	Denmark	58,100	48
73	Juha Ilmari Helppi	Finland	56,700	47
74	Leonidas Georgopoulos	Greece	56,300	47
75	Ville-Matti Keränen	Finland	56,100	47
76	Magnus Persson	Sweden	56,100	47
77	Pyry Kekäläinen	Finland	55,200	46
78	Miko Miettinen	Finland	53,500	45
79	Paul Newey	United Kingdom	53,400	45
80	Mikko Harmaa	Finland	53,200	44
81	Priit Vanem	Estonia	53,000	44
82	James Noonan	Ireland	52,800	44
83	Tore Bjoerheim	Norway	52,000	43
84	Calum Grant	United Kingdom	51,600	43
85	Ted Magnusson	Sweden	51,600	43
86	Ernestas Stalemekas	Lithuania	51,500	43
87	Jari Porkka	Sweden	51,300	43
88	Szymon Politowski	Poland	49,400	41
89	Robert Rohr	Germany	49,300	41
90	Martin Tsvetanov	Bulgaria	49,300	41
91	Alona Zagoreca	Latvia	48,000	40
92	Henry Arnhold	Estonia	47,700	40
93	Lars Sjödahl	Sweden	45,500	38
94	Bohdan Hyshko	Ukraine	45,200	38
95	Emil Brunnberg	Sweden	45,000	38
96	Monica Thingbo	Norway	43,000	36
97	Vetle Holum	Norway	40,300	34
98	Ewa Madziar	Poland	39,600	33
99	Markus Jauhiainen	Finland	39,200	33
100	Andrei Zahorats	Belarus	38,600	32
101	Karri Uusi-Äijö	Finland	38,500	32
102	Iryna Tsikhanskaya	Belarus	38,400	32
103	Sergejs Pislegins	Latvia	38,000	32
104	Henri Pöllänen	Finland	37,900	32
105	Magnar Storhaug	Norway	37,900	32
106	Vu Hoang Vuong	Finland	37,600	31
107	Justas Vaiciulionis	Lithuania	37,000	31
108	Illia Petrytsia	Ukraine	36,400	30
109	Karl-Martin Marrandi	Estonia	35,600	30
110	Peter Jaksland	Denmark	35,300	29
111	Kai Lehto	Finland	34,800	29
112	Mikko Eemeli Heikkala	Finland	34,500	29
113	Fabian Land	Finland	33,600	28
114	Aurelijus Sipavicius	Lithuania	33,100	28
115	Julius Kettunen	Finland	32,800	27
116	Terje Bremseth	Norway	32,700	27
117	Meelis Suurorg	Estonia	30,700	26
118	Matteo Cappelletti	Italy	30,600	26
119	Oskar Ojaveer	Estonia	30,500	25
120	Fredrik Andersson	Sweden	30,300	25
121	Lorenc Boci	United Kingdom	29,700	25
122	Alexis Shafik	Norway	29,700	25
123	Peteris Balodis	Latvia	29,400	25
124	Jarle Lunde	Norway	29,000	24
125	Taras Stanetskyi	Ukraine	27,800	23
126	Vilius Zabarauskas	Lithuania	27,600	23
127	Albert Ostrovskij	Lithuania	27,300	23
128	Mauro Fungo	Italy	26,900	22
129	Tauno Pajula	Estonia	26,400	22
130	Martin Mänd	Estonia	26,300	22
131	Riku Koivurinne	Finland	26,200	22
132	Ryhor Karapanau	Belarus	26,000	22
133	Vidar Assersen	Norway	24,900	21
134	Timo Ruuska	Finland	24,100	20
135	Egidijus Liutkevicius	Lithuania	23,900	20
136	Maris Keiriss	Latvia	23,600	20
137	Presiyan Tsvetanov	Bulgaria	23,200	19
138	Egidijus Matonis	Lithuania	22,700	19
139	Frederico Alves Dos Santos	Brazil	21,300	18
140	Urmo Einard	Estonia	20,700	17
141	Oleksandr Novoselskyi	Ukraine	20,500	17
142	Alain Saka	Poland	20,300	17
143	Jesper Hansen	Denmark	19,000	16
144	Aki Pyysing	Finland	18,500	15
145	Artem Berliand	Ukraine	17,500	15
146	Roman Petelytskyi	Ukraine	17,300	14
147	Steponas Venckus	Lithuania	16,000	13
148	Marcus Van Akram	Sweden	14,500	12
149	Pasi Pirskanen	Finland	13,600	11

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