Day 2 of the EPT 2020 Online Series Main Event is in the books, and after just 72 players remained at the close of play, it was Toby Joyce who held the chip lead.

 The Irish player, who won the Galway Poker Cup in January 2015 and hasn’t looked back ever since, finished top of the pile after an initial field (including late re-entries at the start of Day 2) totalling 1,304 entries was whittled down to just 5.5% of that number.

The EPT 2020 Online $5,200 Main Event saw a total prizepool of $6.52 million gathered, which meant just 159 players would be paid. Plenty, therefore, would miss out and some of the names who missed out on profit included but weren’t limited to Felix Schneiders, Ben Spragg, Kalidou Sow, Lex Veldhuis, Kenny Hallaert, Christoph Vogelsang, Andrey Pateychuk, Ludovic Geilich, Jens Kyllonen, Samuel Vousden, Andre Marques and Steve O’Dwyer.

Once the bubble burst, players such as overnight chip leader Fintan Hand bowed out, with the Irishman donating over $5,000 to charity. Scott Margereson min-cashed, Robin Ylitalo busted in 138th place and Aliaksei Boika hit the rail in 107th place. Popular EPT player Noah Boeken left in 100th place and suddenly there were just a dozen 8-Max tables between any of the remaining players and the final table.