€25,000 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
€25,000 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
Day 1 of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller is in the books after the players trudged through the first 10 levels of play. Plopping down the big buy-in were 117 players. Add another 16 re-entries to that and there were a total of 133 entries in this event.
At the end of the day, under 50 players remained with Andrew Badecker on top holding 350,000 in chips. He's trailed closely by Vincent van der Fluit with 341,200 and then Sami Kelopuro comes in third with 310,000.
Also remaining are notables Phil Ivey, Chris Moorman, Patrik Antonius and Bryn Kenney. All four of them bagged up a good portion of chips and will be above average coming into Day 2. Some of those eliminated on the day included JP Kelly, Eugene Katchalov, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Jason Mercier.
Day 2 will commence tomorrow at 12:00 PM local time and PokerNews will be on hand for all of the coverage straight from the get go. We hope you're here to join us then.
The players are done for the night and bagging up their chips. We'll have a wrap post coming shortly, but in the mean time, check out the end-of-day chip stacks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Badecker |
350,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Vincent van der Fluit |
341,200
136,200
|
136,200 |
Sami Kelopuro |
310,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
Patrik Antonius |
307,500
117,500
|
117,500 |
|
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Igor Kurganov |
279,900
23,900
|
23,900 |
Phil Ivey |
271,500
51,500
|
51,500 |
|
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Alexander Uskov | 261,900 | |
Chris Moorman |
261,700
-13,300
|
-13,300 |
Bryn Kenney |
261,300
2,300
|
2,300 |
Noah Schwartz |
230,200
115,200
|
115,200 |
Artem Litvinov |
227,400
-42,600
|
-42,600 |
Mike "Timex" McDonald
|
213,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
Justin Bonomo |
204,200
4,200
|
4,200 |
Martin Finger |
203,700
122,700
|
122,700 |
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William Reynolds |
203,700
88,700
|
88,700 |
Roman Romanovsky
|
201,100
-138,900
|
-138,900 |
Philipp Gruissem |
170,800
25,800
|
25,800 |
Alex Bilokur |
141,400
-18,600
|
-18,600 |
David "Doc" Sands |
139,300
9,300
|
9,300 |
Haralabos Voulgaris |
125,500
500
|
500 |
Richard Lyndaker |
124,700
48,700
|
48,700 |
Joseph Elpayaa |
121,200
-68,800
|
-68,800 |
Sorel Mizzi |
120,200
-44,800
|
-44,800 |
Liv Boeree |
112,600
-17,400
|
-17,400 |
Michael Telker | 112,400 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Badecker |
365,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Roman Romanovsky
|
340,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Chris Moorman |
275,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Artem Litvinov |
270,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Igor Kurganov |
256,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Bryn Kenney raised from the hijack seat and Team PokerStars Pro David Williams flatted from the cutoff before action moved over to Sami Kelopuro in the small blind. Kelopuro reraised to 12,800. Play moved back to Kenney and he four-bet to 29,000. Williams gave it some thought and then folded. Kelopuro also thought it over, but folded as well and Kenney won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bryn Kenney |
259,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Sami Kelopuro |
142,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
David Williams |
115,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | Busted | |
Alex Gomes
|
Busted | |
Christophe Benzimra | Busted | |
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Erik Seidel | Busted | |
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Mike Watson | Busted | |
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Sam Chartier | Busted | |
Eui Woong Kim
|
Busted | |
Tobias Reinkemeier | Busted | |
Dan Smith | Busted | |
Martin Kabrhel | Busted | |
Micah Raskin | Busted | |
Jean-Noel Thorel | Busted | |
Ivan Kudriavtckv
|
Busted | |
Andrey Zaichenko | Busted | |
Steve O'Dwyer | Busted | |
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Isaac Haxton | Busted |
Level 10 has just begun and this will be the last level of the day.
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
The players are on their last 15-minute break of the day. Only one more level to go after this break.
From the hijack seat, Phil Ivey raised to 3,000. Mike "Timex" McDonald reraised to 9,000 from the cutoff seat and then action fell on Andrew Badecker on the button. He four-bet and made it 19,400 to go. Play folded back to Ivey and he folded. McDonald five-bet to 37,700 and Badecker mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Badecker |
265,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Mike "Timex" McDonald
|
170,000
25,000
|
25,000 |