Team UB pro Brandon Cantu is in the driver seat heading into Day 3 at PokerStars EPT Vilamoura Tuesday.
The 29-year-old pro from Vancouver, Washington has taken the chip lead in Portugal with 70 players remaining and will be looking for more than just his first EPT cash when play resumes just 14 spots off the money.
Cantu’s last big score was a win in the 2010 Wynn Classic this past March where he added $363,844 to his more than $3 million in career tournament earnings.
PokerStars Team Online’s Andre Coimbra, originally from Portugal, is the closest player to Cantu.
Also among the leaders is Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly and Friend of PokerStars and England football legend Teddy Sheringham, looking for his third EPT cash.
The €5,300 EPT Vilamoura Main Event drew 384 players to the Porteguese resort area, making it the largest poker tournament ever held in Portugal.
A total of 56 players will earn pieces of a €1,862,400 prize pool with €467,835 reserved for first.
The tournament will run through Sept. 2 at Casino Solverde on Portugal’s Algarve coast.
