€25,000 High Roller
Day 2 Started
€25,000 High Roller
Day 2 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
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45 | 1 | Liv Boeree | UK | 112,600 |
45 | 2 | Mike "Timex" McDonald | Canada | 213,500 |
45 | 3 | Faraz Jaka | USA | 109,300 |
45 | 4 | Phil Ivey | USA | 271,500 |
45 | 5 | David "Doc" Sands | USA | 139,300 |
45 | 6 | Joseph Elpayaa | USA | 121,200 |
45 | 7 | Martin Finger | Germany | 203,700 |
45 | 8 | Andrew Badecker | USA | 350,000 |
46 | 1 | Max Lykov | Russia | 92,200 |
46 | 2 | Peter Akery | UK | 73,600 |
46 | 3 | Alexander Uskov | Russia | 261,900 |
46 | 4 | Artem Litvinov | Russia | 227,400 |
46 | 5 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | Ukraine | 88,400 |
46 | 6 | Haralabos Voulgaris | Canada | 125,500 |
46 | 7 | David Peters | USA | 80,100 |
46 | 8 | Philip Gurian | USA | 77,600 |
47 | 1 | Vincent van der Fluit | Netherlands | 341,200 |
47 | 2 | David Williams | USA | 90,000 |
47 | 3 | Alexander Venovski | USA | 51,800 |
47 | 4 | William Reynolds | USA | 203,700 |
47 | 5 | Philipp Gruissem | Germany | 170,800 |
47 | 6 | Grayson Ramage | USA | 29,100 |
47 | 7 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 67,500 |
47 | 8 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | 120,200 |
48 | 1 | Igor Kurganov | Germany | 279,000 |
48 | 2 | Alex Bilokur | Russia | 141,400 |
48 | 3 | Nathan Schoo | Canada | 63,300 |
48 | 4 | Zachary Clark | USA | 96,700 |
48 | 5 | Chris Moorman | UK | 261,700 |
48 | 6 | Noah Schwartz | USA | 230,200 |
48 | 7 | Michael Telker | USA | 112,400 |
48 | 8 | --empty-- | --empty-- | --empty-- |
49 | 1 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | 29,000 |
49 | 2 | Dan Shak | USA | 32,500 |
49 | 3 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 38,900 |
49 | 4 | Patrik Antonius | 307,500 | |
49 | 5 | Richard Lyndaker | USA | 124,700 |
49 | 6 | Imad Derwiche | Senegal | 40,100 |
49 | 7 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 108,000 |
49 | 8 | --empty-- | --empty-- | --empty-- |
50 | 1 | Daniel Cates | USA | 34,000 |
50 | 2 | Jason Somerville | USA | 52,400 |
50 | 3 | Roman Romanovsky | Ukraine | 201,100 |
50 | 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 102,700 |
50 | 5 | Sami Kelopuro | Finland | 310,000 |
50 | 6 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 261,300 |
50 | 7 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 204,200 |
50 | 8 | --empty-- | --empty-- | --empty-- |
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller. Yesterday was a spectacular Day 1 with 133 entries creating from 117 players and 16 re-entries. First place is over a €1 million and leading the remaining 45 players is Andrew Badecker with 350,000 in chips.
Today is going to be extremely exciting as the pressure will be on everyone left in the field. Not only will the money bubble break today when the field gets down to 14 players, but the overall goal of reaching the final table must be met. However long that takes, we'll be here to get the job done.
With superstars like Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moorman, Mike "Timex" McDonald and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom still in the field, the chips are surely going to fly. Be sure to stay tuned for the action as play is scheduled to kick off at noon local time here in Monaco.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The cards are in the air for Day 2. There will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 17.
Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom just doubled up after getting all the money in on the flop against Sorel Mizzi. Blom held the and Mizzi the .
The turn and river gave Blom the double and he's back over 100,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Viktor Blom | 115,000 | 47,500 |
Sorel Mizzi | 37,000 | -83,200 |
Sorel Mizzi was all in preflop with against the for Vincent van der Fluit. The board ran out clean for van der Fluit and kept his jacks in the lead to eliminate Mizzi. Van der Fluit is now approaching 400,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Vincent van der Fluit | 400,000 | 58,800 |
Sorel Mizzi | Busted |
Patrik Antonius raised to 4,500 from the cutoff seat and Richard Lyndaker called on the button. In the small blind, Imad Derwiche made the call and all three players saw the flop come down . Derwiche checked and Antonius bet 7,500. Lyndaker called and Derwiche folded.
The turn was the and Antonius checked. Lyndaker bet 16,000 and Antonius made the call. The river was the and both players checked.
Antonius mucked after he saw Lyndaker table the .
Daniel Cates has been eliminated at the hands of David Peters. Cates was all in preflop with the and in bad shape against the for Peters. A board of provided no help for Cates and he was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Peters | 145,000 | 64,900 |
Daniel Cates | Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Viktor "Isildur1" Blom could only muster one double up today. He's now been eliminated at the hands of Philipp Gruissem.
Gruissem had raised to an unknown amount from the hijack seat and Blom three-bet on the button to 10,500. Gruissem four-bet to 22,800 and Blom five-bet shoved for around 105,000. Gruissem quickly called with the . Blom held the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and Blom was axed from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Philipp Gruissem | 365,000 | 194,200 |
Viktor Blom | Busted |