Brandon Cantu is a massive chip leader after Day 2 at EPT Vilamoura with 557,400 in chips. The 29-year-old Cantu has played several EPTs and now seems set to make his first EPT cash. A total of 70 players remain in the tourney - just 14 left to the money.

Top 10 chips entering Day 3:

Brandon Cantu, USA 557,400
Andre Coimbra, Portugal 476,400
Johan Berg, Sweden 384,000
Sam Trickett, UK 351,900
Grzegorz Cichocki, Poland 339,500
JP Kelly, UK 314,000
Dmitry Gromov, Russia 305,200
Martin Jacobson, Sweden 301,100
Marcin Horecki, Poland 280,500
Frederick Jensen, Denmark 275,000

There are still many notables left in the field and after the first prize of €467,835. Teddy Sheringham, William Thorson, EPT veteran Luca Pagano and 3rd place finisher in EPT Tallinn, Arnaud Mattern, all survived to Day 3.

Total field was 384 for a prize pool of €1.86 million.

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