€50,000 Super High Roller
Day 3 Started
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
Buy-in
€48,500
Prize Pool
€2,448,765
Entries
51
Level
25
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Seat 7: Vladimir Troyanovskiy (3,000,000 - 75 big blinds)
Russian Vladimir Troyanovskiy is very well known in the poker scene, traveling to all corners of the globe and picking up very respectable results. Sitting 7th in Russia’s all time money earners list, Troyanovskiy has four final table results in high roller events in the past two years.
He finished second in last years PokerStars Caribbean Adventure to Vanessa Selbst and third in this years EPT Barcelona super high roller, ultimately falling to Olivier Busquet and Daniel Colman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000 |
Seat 6: Leonid Markin (3,350,000 - 83.8 big blinds)
Leonid Markin will begin today’s Super High Roller event as the chip leader after a great Day 2.
Residing from Russia, Markin has not been around the poker scene for very long however has notched himself several respectable results in 2014.
He finished 17th in the $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed at the World Series of Poker before finishing 4th in £10,000 EPT High Roller during EPT London a few months ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,350,000 |
Seat 5: Brian Roberts (275,000 - 6.9 big blinds)
Brian Roberts is best known for participating in the popular poker reality show 2 Months 2 Million. While the show was about young guys making a fortune at the cash game tables, several of them have had great succes in (live) tournaments as well. Roberts is certainly one of them.
His biggest cash to date is his 4th place in the WSOPE Main Event back in 2011 for €400,000. His deep run in the WSOP Main Event in Vegas this year was seen by millions from all over the world, eventually finishing in 26th place for $286,900.
Roberts comes in as the shortest stack with just shy of 7 big blinds. Beating his record of biggest cash might be a hard task to fulfill, but he's sure going to give it a try.
Brian "flawless_victory" Roberts makes poker videos for Ivey League if you want to learn a thing or two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 |
Seat 4: Ivan Soshnikov (1,925,000 - 48.1 big blinds)
Ivan "vandir4rek" Soshnikov won this years Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) $10,300 Main Event for $1,048,000 after making a deal three handed. World champion Martin Jacobson, who bubbled this Super High Roller, was fourth in the SCOOP Main Event.
Soshnikov won last years €10,000 EPT High Roller for €382,050, beating Olivier Busquet heads up. He also cashed in this years PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final €10,000 High Roller, the €10,000 High Roller at the WPT in North Cyprus, and the HK$ 250,000 High Roller in Macau. Let's just say Soshnikov is a true high roller, currently having the best year of his life poker wise.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,925,000 |
Seat 3: Juha Helppi (2,030,000 - 50.8 big blinds)
Juha Helppi has been playing European Poker Tour events as long as we can remember. His biggest score in the tour is an 8th place finish in Copenhagen 2011 though, netting him about $54,000.
Outside of the EPT Main Events, Helppi has been doing really well for himself with numerous cashes in High Roller events, and deep runs in tournaments all over the world. His biggest cash to date is his runner up finish in a $1,000 WSOP event in Vegas for $331,144.
Helppi qualified for this event through a €5k satellite – the only satellite winner to make the money - so he's already making a bigger profit on this tournament than anyone else.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,030,000 |
Seat 2: Paul Newey (1,510,000 - 37.8 big blinds)
Paul Newey hasn't been around for too long, but he's made an impression on everyone. The first time the poker world got to know Newey was when he participated in the inaugural The Big One for One Drop tournament in Las Vegas, a one million dollar buy in event. Newey. Newey didn't cash in the event that year, but he did this year. He started out as the shortstack on the bubble, but sneaked into the money for $1,418,667. Newey also cashed in this years PCA $25,000 High Roller, finishing in 11th place for $110,740.
Newey sold his business a couple of years ago and has been enjoying the good life ever since. Newey is known for playing high stakes games all over the world, as well as enjoying high stakes slot machines – which he tweets about regularly as “topdollarman”. During the EPT Grand Final, two seasons ago Newey participated in the first televised cash game from Monaco, walking away a winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,510,000 |
Seat 1: Stephen Chidwick (660,000 - 16.5 big blinds)
Stephen Chidwick has been a fixture at the international live tournament poker tables for the last couple of years. He first made a name for himself at the online tables as "stevie444", but proved friend and foe he knows how to translate his online skills to the live felt.
Last year he had an amazing run right here at the EPT Prague finishing third in both the EUREKA Main Event (€92,500) and EPT Main Event (€378,000), his biggest score to date. His stare down and cool demeanor at the table is rivaled by few.
Chidwick brings 660,000 to the final table at 12, which translates to just over 16 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000 |
Welcome Back to the Final Table of the EPT 11 Prague Super High Roller
For the past two days, the Hilton Prague Hotel has played host to the European Poker Tour Season 11 Prague €50,000 Super High Roller, an event that drew 42 unique players that accounted for nine re-entries to create a prize pool of €2,448,765. Seven of those players remain in contention for the €771,360 first-place prize, with each guaranteeing themselves at least a minimum payday of €128,565.
The man best positioned to make a run at the title is Leonid Markin, who leads the final table with 3,350,000. On the flip side, Brian Roberts will start as the short stack with 275,000. Other still in contention are Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Juha Helppi, Ivan Soshnikov, Paul Newey, and Stephen Chidwick.
Play will resume in Level 17 (20,000/40,000/5,000), so expect the action to begin right from the start of proceedings.
EPT 11 Prague Super High Roller Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick | 660,000 | 16.5 |
| 2 | Paul Newey | 1,510,000 | 37.8 |
| 3 | Juha Helppi | 2,030,000 | 50.8 |
| 4 | Ivan Soshnikov | 1,925,000 | 48.1 |
| 6 | Brian Roberts | 275,000 | 6.9 |
| 7 | Leonid Markin | 3,350,000 | 83.8 |
| 8 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 3,000,000 | 75 |
Action will kick off at 12:00pm local time so be sure to join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations from the €50,000 Super High Roller here in Prague! In the meantime, check out the profiles of the seven finalists.
A Little Delay
The final table of the €50,000 Super High Roller starts at 12:30 due to the start of the EPT Main Event. Check back here in half an hour.