Meulyzer leads heading into Day 3 of EPT Snowfest

Relative unknown Philip Meulyzer leads after Day 2 of the European Poker Tour's popular Snowfest tournament at the Alpine Palace Hotel in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. There were 268 players who made it to Day 2, but only 82 would survive the day.

Notables still in the hunt include Swede and EPT Copenhagen champ Michael Tureniec, PokerStars pro Luca Pagano who already holds the record for most EPT cashes, Russell Carson, Team PokerStars Pros Alex Kravchenko and Fatima Moreira de Melo.

Jon Van Fleet, Dominik Nitsche, Liv Boeree, Johannes Strassman, Jeff Hakim, Lex Veldhuis, Dario Minieri, Max Lykov, Joao Nunes, and Ilan Rouah.

1. Philip Meulyzer – 623,500
2. GIacomo Maisto – 517,500
3. Cristian Tardea – 411,000
4. Alessandro Speranza – 374,900
5. Wim Bos – 372,300
6. Koen De Visscher – 352,500
7. Luca Pagano – 351,400
8. Hans Erlandsson – 344,900
9. Simon Ravnsbaek – 341,800
10. Morten Mortensen – 337,400

Day 3 will play out on Wednesday in level 17 with the blinds at 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante.

A total of 482 players from 44 countries entered the €3,750 EPT Snowfest main event making a €1,636,390 prizepool that will pay 72 places with €390,000 reserved for first.