2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Thomas Muhlocker
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€390,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,764,000
Entries
180
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Various End-of-Day Chip Counts

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
393,600
-6,400
-6,400
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
315,300
52,300
52,300
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
313,800
-41,200
-41,200
Run It Once
Profile photo of Seng Yong
Seng Yong
312,200
312,200
312,200
Profile photo of Gerard Piqué es
Gerard Piqué
308,500
4,500
4,500
Profile photo of Abi Khaitan
Abi Khaitan
295,200
190,200
190,200
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
260,400
-41,600
-41,600
Profile photo of Jason Lavallee ca
Jason Lavallee
246,500
129,000
129,000
Profile photo of David Benefield us
David Benefield
220,400
96,400
96,400
Profile photo of Simon Mattsson se
Simon Mattsson
209,400
29,400
29,400
Profile photo of Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
195,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
186,500
19,500
19,500
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
183,300
95,300
95,300
Run It Once
Profile photo of Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
177,700
32,700
32,700
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
171,600
21,600
21,600
Profile photo of Nadar Kakhmazov ru
Nadar Kakhmazov
115,000
-95,000
-95,000
Profile photo of Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
89,900
19,900
19,900
Profile photo of Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
83,600
33,600
33,600
Profile photo of Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
81,200
23,200
23,200
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
78,700
-5,300
-5,300
Profile photo of Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
76,400
26,400
26,400
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
70,300
-6,700
-6,700
Profile photo of Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
54,800
4,800
4,800
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
50,400
-10,600
-10,600
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
43,800
19,800
19,800

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Ole Schemion Leads After Day 1; Gerard Piqué Advances with Big Stacks

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Gerard Piqué
Gerard Piqué

Day 1 of the €10,000 High Roller at the European Poker Tour Barcelona has come to a close. The first 10 levels of play are in the history books and a hefty batch a competitors have advanced to Day 2. Throughout the day, players trickled in one after another to take their seats. Some did so for the second time as this event allowed for a single re-entry. When the day was finally over, the board read 168 total entries.

Leading the way into Day 2 was Ole Schemion. He bagged up 393,600 in chips, thanks to a huge hand right towards the end of the day where he busted both Vitaly Lunkin and Vincent Verdickt. Schemion has had himself one heck of an EPT Barcelona so far. First, he took sixth place in the €50,000 Super High Roller for €159,200. Then, he went on to finish in 123rd in the Main Event for €10,000. Amazingly, Schemion has now held the chip lead at one point in all three events.

One of the big stories of the day — and a repeat story here at EPT Barcelona — was the appearance of superstar footballer Gerard Piqué. Like many others in the field, Piqué took his seat late. After starting the day with 50,000 in chips, Piqué worked his way up to 308,500 where he finished the day. He stayed fairly active throughout the day, but the most interesting of the hands he played came when he had to play pocket queens face up because he had prematurely exposed his hand. You can read about the hand here, which resulted in a two-hand penalty for the FC Barcelona central defender.

As standard in marquee poker events, Team PokerStars Pro was well represented throughout the field. Jason Mercier, Jonathan Duhamel, Maxim Lykov, Vanessa Selbst, Alexander Kravchenko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and Eugene Katchalov were all involved today, but it was Daniel Negreanu who caused the biggest stir of the group.

Negreanu was involved in a controversial ruling surrounding the "first card off the deck rule," and it resulted in him being eliminated from the tournament. The entire recap of what happened can be found here, but know that Negreanu did return later on in the day to fire a second bullet. He managed to finish out the day with 50,400 in chips.

Other notables that advanced to Day 2 were Chino Rheem, Sam Chartier, Richard Yong, Igor Kurganov, Martin Jacobson, and Peter Jetten.

Day 2 will begin on Friday at 12 p.m., and the plan will be to play down to the final table. With registration remaining open until 11:45 a.m. Friday morning, the field should grow a little more with a few late entrants and some others re-entering with a second bullet.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuGerard PiquéOle Schemion

€10,300 High Roller

Day 1 Completed

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