€2,200 FPS High Roller
Day 1a Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€2,200 FPS High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€2,336,640
Entries
1,217
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
795
Players Left
118
Anticipation Builds for Day 1a of €2,200 FPS High Roller
It’s certainly been a successful start to the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo series, as evidence by a big field in the €1,100 France Poker Tour Main Event. Action continues today at Sporting Monte-Carlo with the opening flight of the €2,200 FPS High Roller.
This two-day event will see a pair of starting flights played today, with Day 1a kicking off at 11 a.m. local time. That will be followed by the turbo Day 1b tonight at 6 p.m. local time, where levels will be halved as players battle to reach the money and earn a spot in Day 2.
Last year in Monte Carlo, Yiannis Liperis took control of the final table and emerged victorious from a field of 1,234 entries. Liperis took home the largest share of the €2,369,280 prize pool, pocketing €406,670 for the win to along with the coveted PokerStars trophy.
2023 FPS Monte Carlo High Roller Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiannis Liperis | Cyprus | €406,670 |
| 2 | Sim Kok Wai | Malaysia | €254,350 |
| 3 | Candido Cappiello | Italy | €181,680 |
| 4 | Weiran Pu | China | €139,750 |
| 5 | Marco Regonaschi | Italy | €107,500 |
| 6 | Walter Ripper | Brazil | €82,690 |
| 7 | Paolo Boi | Italy | €63,610 |
| 8 | Enrico Camosci | Italy | €48,920 |
| 9 | Tom Orpaz | Israel | €37,630 |
The most recent €2,200 FPS High Roller took place two months ago in Paris, where Henrik Juncker denied PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot in a heads-up battle to claim his first EPT trophy.
Players will begin with 30,000 chips, with blinds of 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante. Late registration remains open until the end of Level 10, which marks the start of a scheduled 75-minute dinner break. The tournament features unlimited reentries, and play will continue until only 15% of the field remain to bag for Day 2.
Be sure to follow along as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all of the FPS High Roller action here in Monaco!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air, as the first 91 players have taken their seats on Day 1a.
Early Entries
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Early Shove From Duthie
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Ilya Smolko and John Duthie were heads up to the turn of a board showing K♣5♣8♥6♠.
Action was on Duthie, who moved all in and put his opponent to an early test. Smolko took some time before making the fold, as Duthie raked in a sizeable early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ni Takes Early Pot
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Liangce Ni called from the small blind and Alexey Logachev checked his option in the big blind.
The 10♥4♦7♠ flop was checked around. On the 2♦ turn, Ni bet 300 and Logachev called. Ni then led again on the 8♦ river for 600 and Logachev called as he "wanted to see" his opponents hand.
Ni tabled 7♥8♣ for two pair and Logachev tabled Q♠2♠ for bottom pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Gubler Keeps Firing
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was heads up on the 7♦7♣A♠ flop, with Valentino Konakchiev checking in the small blind. Thomas Gubler slid out a 1,000 chip in the hijack and the call was made.
The dealer revealed the 6♥ turn, where Konakchiev check-called another bet of 2,500. The 5♣ river saw Konakchiev check one last time, and Gubler fired again for 6,500.
Konakchiev took a moment before making the fold, as Gubler raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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