The special cut-price starting days of the $1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix have now concluded and 64 players have made it through to day 2. Day 1b saw a further 201 entrants take to the felt, bringing the total number of entrants in the two opening flights to 430. The Party Poker Grand Prix now takes a break until Thursday 28th, when the next starting day (day 1c) takes place,
The chip leader from day 1b is Argentinian Jacques Ammiel Blit, who finished the day on 1,226,000 chips, almost double the count of second placed Jacob Mulhern, from England who bagged up 645,000 cookies.
Here are the combined chip counts of the survivors from day 1a and day 1b
| First Name | Surname | Country | Chips |
| Jacques Ammiel | Blit | Argentina | 1,226,000 |
| David | Salamanca Calero | Spain | 909,000 |
| Guillermo Alejandro Giner | Ceballos | Spain | 876,000 |
| Juuso | Keskalito | Finland | 674,000 |
| Jacob | Mulhern | England | 645,000 |
| Sebastian | Mortensen | Denmark | 631,000 |
| Jonathan | Stoll | France | 623,000 |
| Gaspare | Sposato | Italy | 602,000 |
| Samuel | Olave | Spain | 553,000 |
| Elvijs | Kucereruks | Latvia | 542,000 |
| Marcin | Kruk | Poland | 530,000 |
| Blair | Payne-Armstrong | Scotland | 486,000 |
| Grant | Anderson | USA | 481,000 |
| Andrei | Babatie | Romania | 476,000 |
| Ivan | Picavet | Belgium | 463,000 |
| Nima | Saken Shaft | Germany | 460,000 |
| Joaquin Matias | Ruiz Travi | Argentina | 448,000 |
| Marc | Schembri | Malta | 430,000 |
| Yoan | Cody | France | 405,000 |
| Cyril | Vierra | France | 376,000 |
| Boaz | Mizrahi | Israel | 375,000 |
| Richard | Sim | Scotland | 360,000 |
| Dzintars | Lacis | Latvia | 358,000 |
| Kevin | Francica | Malta | 357,000 |
| Elamine | Oukerimi Mohamed | Italy | 349,000 |
| Abdellah | Baali | Algeria | 342,000 |
| Rares | Bodea | Malta | 332,000 |
| Maria | Vourlidaki | Romania | 313,000 |
| Vyacheslav | Churkin | Russia | 309,000 |
| Hugo | Loustau | France | 301,000 |
| Fabian | Donovan | England | 284,000 |
| Mantas | Petrauskas | Lithuania | 284,000 |
| Victor | Bedy | USA | 258,000 |
| Brian | Calleja | Malta | 255,000 |
| Clement | Kerrien | Malta | 250,000 |
| Richard | Bouette | France | 247,000 |
| Alessandro | Roganti | Italy | 245,000 |
| Salvatore | Ritrovato | Italy | 230,000 |
| Xabi | Carricart | France | 228,000 |
| Danas | Dambrauskas | Lithuania | 220,000 |
| Gorjan | Jakimovski | North Macedonia | 214,000 |
| Ahmed | Ibrahimi | France | 212,000 |
| Alexandre | Arabia | France | 210,000 |
| Jens | Voertmann | Germany | 207,000 |
| Thomas | Bellanger | France | 199,000 |
| Marc | Sanz Clausin | Spain | 199,000 |
| Emanuel | Antonacci | Italy | 194,000 |
| Stepen | Caruana | Malta | 192,000 |
| Carmelo | Maugeri | Italy | 180,000 |
| Johannes | Kuusisto | Finland | 172,000 |
| Ernesto | Maiorca | Italy | 171,000 |
| Michael | Cauchi | Malta | 170,000 |
| Kamil | Skawinski | Poland | 158,000 |
| Giulio | Spampinato | Italy | 156,000 |
| Guiseppe | Incognito | Italy | 153,000 |
| Salvatore | Caruso | Italy | 152,000 |
| Maxime | Chilaud | France | 152,000 |
| Romain | Nardin | France | 126,000 |
| Gaetano | Reale | Italy | 121,000 |
| Jason | Grima | Malta | 115,000 |
| Andre | Grech | Malta | 108,000 |
| Soner | Vanelderen | Belgium | 100,000 |
| Tanguy | Pellerin | France | 98,000 |
| Erik | Lindqwist | Sweden | 92,000 |
Jonathan Raab
MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
