€25,500 High Roller
Day 1 Started
€25,500 High Roller
Day 1 Started
The last event of the the2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final at the Salles des Etoiles room at Le Sporting is starting shortly. The €25,000 High Roller begins in less than an hour as Season 10 of the European Poker Tour draws to a close.
There was a big turnout for the Super High Roller earlier this week, so we are expecting a large field for this event too. With a lot of the big names knocked out of the Main Event there is sure to be a strong showing from the Team PokerStars Pros and other big names in the world of poker including Phil Ivey.
Last year there were a total of 157 entries (including re-entries) but it wouldn’t be a surprise if this year topped that number. Steven Silverman was last year’s winner taking home €775,400. He is still competing in the Main Event so he won’t be joining us for the start of the action.
This is a single re-entry event, so if the first bullet doesn't find the target the players will have a chance to re-load. Entry and re-entry is open until the start of play on Day 2.
Players begins with a starting stack of 50,000 and level one kicks off with blinds and antes at 100/200/25. There are ten 60 minute levels of play scheduled for Day 1 with a dinner break after level 6.
Join the PokerNews live reporting team from 1pm local time as we bring you the news of who sits down to play and how they fare as they compete for a big payday and the title of High Roller Champion.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jason Lavallee | 50,000 | |
Jan Peter Jachtmann
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50,000 | |
Govert Metaal | 50,000 | |
Dimitar Danchev | 50,000 | |
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Senh Ung | 50,000 | |
Paul Newey | 50,000 | |
Johannes Strassmann | 50,000 | |
David Peters | 50,000 | |
Sam Greenwood | 50,000 | |
Noah Schwartz | 50,000 | |
Mohsin Charania | 50,000 | |
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Scott Seiver | 50,000 | |
Justin Bonomo | 50,000 | |
Andrew Chen | 50,000 | |
Talal Shakerchi | 50,000 | |
Ping San Chan | 50,000 |
This is the highest buy-in event that the UK's Niall Farrell has ever played in although it is unlikely to faze him. We asked him what prompted the decision and he said he was pretty sure he would play it before he came provided the money didn't run out. He reasoned, "Cashed the main, so have a wee shot."
Serial High Roller Dmitry Yurasov is here in his lucky Stewie from Family Guy T-Shirt.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dmitry Yurasov |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Niall Farrell |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Ismail Erkenov |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Jonathan Duhamel |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mikhail Smirnov | 50,000 | |
Mike McDonald | 50,000 | |
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Antoine Saout | 50,000 | |
Dan Smith | 50,000 | |
Jeff Rossiter | 50,000 | |
Yann Dion | 50,000 | |
Max Altergott | 50,000 | |
Vitaly Lunkin | 50,000 | |
Eugene Katchalov | 50,000 | |
Philipp Gruissem | 50,000 | |
Sorel Mizzi | 50,000 | |
John Juanda | 50,000 | |
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Today’s High Roller field includes 13 players who nabbed their seats in last night’s €2,800 Super Satellite: Sam Chartier, Dori Yacoub, Sam Greenwood, Oleksii Kovalchuk, Nicolas Chouity, Zhapar Sultanov, Erwann Pecheux, Uladzimir Zaharau, Hady El Asmar, Noah Schwartz, Artem Metalidi, Jonathan Karamalikis and Dinesh Alt. There were 108 runners in the qualifier.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Hady El Asmar | 50,000 | |
Artem Metalidi | 50,000 | |
Jonathan Karamalikis | 50,000 | |
Dinesh Alt | 50,000 | |
Uladzimir Zaharau
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50,000 | |
Erwann Pecheux | 50,000 | |
Dori Yacoub | 50,000 | |
Oleksii Kovalchuk | 50,000 | |
Nicolas Chouity | 50,000 | |
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Zhapar Sultanov | 50,000 | |
Sam Chartier | 50,000 |
Play will be eight handed in the high roller but action begins when there are at least three people at the table. One of those tables where action is underway sees Team Poker Stars Pro Eugene Katchalov, Scott Seiver and Vitaly Lunkin play short-handed.
Seiver opened an early pot and big blind Lunkin was the one to call him to see a flop of . Lunkin checked and Seiver bet 1,100. Lunkin check-raised him to 2,500 and Seiver made the call.
The turn card was the . Again Lunkin checked but Seiver continued the betting for 4,200. This time Lunkin just called.
A river card saw Lunkin check once more but this time he folded to bet of 10,000 from Seiver.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Scott Seiver |
57,000
7,000
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7,000 |
Vitaly Lunkin |
43,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
Adrian Mateos Diaz opened the button for 500 and Niall Farrell called from the small blind. Mohsin Charania in the big blind squeezed to 2,100 and just Diaz made the call.
Charania followed up his pre flop aggression with a 1,800 continuation bet on . Diaz wasted no time calling, and called the 3,900 second barrel on the turn as well. The fell on the river and both players checked.
"King high" said Charania, showing . Diaz tabled for the winner.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Adrian Mateos Diaz | 60,000 | |
Mohsin Charania |
40,000
-10,000
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-10,000 |
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There are 83 runners in the tournament at the moment. Last year there were a total of 158 runners and Steven Silverman came out on top. He's not in the tournament here today, because he's still in the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nuri Hakan Demircioglu
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Max Greenwood |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Artem Litvinov |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
David Dayan |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Rono Lo |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Haralabos Voulgaris |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Mike Watson |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Antoine Berube |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Michael Bahig Youssef
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Andrey Andreev |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Anthony Zinno |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Paul Klann |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Isaac Lo
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Ihar Soika |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Alexander Timokhin
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |