Roberto Romanello leads $1m guaranteed English Poker Open
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
A quick glance at the list of runners at the English Poker Open reveals that Britain, for the time being at least, is the global centre of world poker. The 213 players who gathered at Dusk Till Dawn yesterday included Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Annette Obrestand and November Nine finalist James Akenhead, but at the end of day 1 it was Roberto Romanello who held the chip lead.