€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 1 Started
€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 1 Started
Welcome to the €10,300 EPT High Roller to round out the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona festival. After a week of Super High Rollers and Single Day High Rollers, this particular High Roller is steeped in history and is one that any poker player would be delighted to win.
From just 36 players back in 2010, it has steadily increased to regularly attract more than 400 entries, with last year's field of 439 players topped by Max Silver, who defeated Norbert Szecsi heads-up to win €600,924 after a three-way deal with the Hungarian and third-place finisher Joris Ruijs.
Year | Entrants | Winner | Payout |
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2018 | 439 | Max Silver | €600,924 |
2017 | 557 | Ronny Kaiser | €735,000 |
2016 | 472 | Connor Drinan | €849,200 |
2015 | 401 | Mustapha Kanit | €738,759 |
2014 | 295 | Ihar Soika | €747,200 |
2013 | 138 | Thomas Muehloecker | €390,700 |
2012 | 101 | Laurent Polito | €270,229 |
2011 | 58 | Philipp Gruissem | €234,500 |
2010 | 36 | Fernando Brito | €127,500 |
This three-day event is single re-entry. The first three levels will be 40 minutes, and all subsequent levels will be 60 minutes. There will be 11 levels of play on Day 1, with late registration and re-entry open until the start of play on Day 2. There will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 7.
This event plays with a 30-second shot clock. Each player will receive six time bank cards at the start of each day. At the start of all subsequent days, players will receive an additional three time bank cards. At the final table, each player will alsoo receive three more time bank cards.
Cards are in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time, so stay tuned to PokerNews as we crown one of the final champions of EPT Barcelona 2019!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu | 50,000 | |
Fatima Moreira De Melo | 50,000 | |
Kahle Burns | 50,000 | |
James Romero | 50,000 | |
Mark Teltscher | 50,000 | |
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Justin Ligeri | 50,000 | |
Paul Newey | 50,000 | |
Shyngis Satubayev | 50,000 | |
Alberto Stegeman | 50,000 |
Several other notables have joined the field including Chino Rheem and Adrian Mateos.
Rheem checked a turn over to Mateos who bet 1,300. Rheem called and the pair checked the river.
Rheem showed for the two pair on the board and ace-high, with Mateos showing for a better two pair.
"I knew I should have raised," said Rheem. "Just 20x the river!"
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chino Rheem | 52,000 | |
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Juha Helppi | 50,000 | |
Ryan Riess | 50,000 | |
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Freddy Deeb | 50,000 | |
Adrian Mateos | 48,000 | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Max Silver | 50,000 | |
Govert Metaal | 50,000 | |
Joris Ruijs | 50,000 | |
Timothy Adams | 50,000 | |
Jan Boubli
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50,000 | |
Maxim Panyak | 50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Keith Lehr | 50,000 | |
Mike Watson | 50,000 | |
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Luc Greenwood | 50,000 | |
Sam Greenwood | 50,000 | |
Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 50,000 | |
Robert Mizrachi | 50,000 | |
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Tobias Peters | 50,000 | |
Thomas Muehloecker | 50,000 | |
Lukas Zaskodny | 50,000 |
Adrian Mateos opened to 500 and Nick Marchington called.
Both players checked the flop and Marchington bet 1,100 on the turn. Mateos called.
The river was the and both players checked again. Marchington mucked his hand face down and Mateos took down the pot unopposed.
"Somebody flip something over!" implored tablemate Chino Rheem, and Mateos showed the . "You could have shown queen-high!
"None of that shit in my house. In my Barcelona house. Somebody has got to show something.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Adrian Mateos |
55,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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Nick Marchington |
48,000
48,000
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48,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Shyngis Satubayev |
130,000
80,000
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80,000 |
Parker Talbot | 50,000 | |
Niklas Astedt | 50,000 | |
Joao Simao | 50,000 | |
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Anton Wigg | 50,000 | |
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Antoine Saout | 50,000 | |
Fredrik Andersson | 50,000 | |
Fernando Pons | 50,000 | |
Quan Zhou | 50,000 | |
Justin Ligeri |
30,000
-20,000
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-20,000 |
Tobias Peters |
30,000
-20,000
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-20,000 |