Georgios Zisimopoulos Leads After WPT Amsterdam Main Event Day 1B

Today was a big day for the WPT Amsterdam Main Event, and a bumper field of over 100 players took to the felt to start their journey to potentially become the next WPT Champion and have their name etched onto the WPT Champions Cup.

60 players are going to come back tomorrow, and they are lead by Georgios Zisimopoulos who bagged up 222,200 and is well clear of the rest of the field. He will be looking to better his previous best performance in the Dutch capital, which was a second place finish in the 2014 Master Classics of Poker for €178,616.

A whole host of pros including members from Team PokerStars were in action early, including Chris Moneymaker (16,000), Jake Cody (31,000) and Lex Veldhuis (23,600), and all three were lucky enough to bag up chips at the end of play.

In addition to Cody, two other former WPT Champions will be moving on to Day 2. Juha Helppi finished 16th in the WPTDeepStacks and third in the WPT High Roller, and is looking for a third cash on his trip after bagging up 21,800. Meanwhile, Giacomo Fundaro bagged 72,000 in chips in the same event in which he finished 12th two years ago.

A whole host of Dutch names litter the field, with Alberto Stegeman (69,100), Kees van Brugge (25,900), Rob Hollink (92,000) and Mark Roovers (63,800).

Other big names include former EPT winner Sebastian Malec (87,800), WPT Beijing runner-up Chen Ke (47,200) and High Roller crusher Steve O’Dwyer (84,500).

The 60 players advancing from Day 1B will join the 36 from yesterday’s Day 1A tomorrow at 2p.m. local time. Stay tuned to WorldPokerTour.com for all the live updates as we get closer to crowning our latest Champion.