€50,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
€50,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the 2012 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona. Yesterday, Season 9 of arguably the greatest tour on the poker circuit kicked off with a bang as the €50,000 Super High Roller began.
Throughout the day, 54 different players entered the event. Of those, three busted and re-bought, bringing the total number of entries up to 57. With registration remaining open until the start of Day 2, it is expected that a few more players will add another €50,000 to the prize pool. Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Jonathan Duhamel have both said they would be back, and it's looking like Philipp Gruissem will be joining them.
Chris Moorman is also here in Barcelona and stated on Twitter, "Decided to late reg the $50k hi roller tomorrow. Hopefully go 1 better than my last hiroller finish of 2nd" so it looks like he'll be helping to increase numbers as well.
Once registration closes at noon, PokerNews will bring you the complete prize pool and payout information along with the total field size.
Finishing out Day 1 with the chip lead — and in a big way — was Steve O'Dwyer. He bagged up 1.249 million in chips, which proved to be more than 500,000 ahead of his closest competitor, Erik Seidel with 738,000. JC Alvarado also had a great day on the felt, building to 713,000.
O'Dwyer boasts a live career tournament record of nearly $2.7 million in earnings. Such deep pockets allowed him to fork over a second €50,000 buy-in as O'Dwyer busted early in the day and made the decision to rebuy. That decision proved to be a wise one as he ended the day with the chip lead. You can read the complete Day 1 recap here.
Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Count |
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1st | Steve O’Dwyer | 1,249,000 |
2nd | Erik Seidel | 738,000 |
3rd | JC Alvarado | 713,000 |
4th | Ignat “0Human0” Liviu | 656,000 |
5th | Simon Ravnsbaek | 640,000 |
6th | Mike Watson | 639,000 |
7th | John Juanda | 638,500 |
8th | Dan Smith | 585,000 |
9th | Steven Silverman | 580,000 |
10th | Tobias Reinkemeier | 565,000 |
Outside of the top 10, notables Jason Mercier, Juha Helppi, Justin Bonomo, Peter Jetten, Andrew Lichtenberger and Scott Seiver are all still in contention. Igor Kurganov, winner of the PokerStars.com and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €25,000 High Roller last season, finished the day as the shortest stack remaining with 59,000 in chips.
Due to registration remaining open until play begins at noon, the table draw is currently unavailable. It will be released at noon and posted then.
Play kicks off at 1200 CET (0600 EST) and you can find all the updates right here on PokerNews. Stay tuned for the action!
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The cards are in the air here on Day 2 of the 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
€50,000 Super High Roller. We're going to walkabout the tournament floor and see who has opted to rebuy, who is entering for the first time, and find out the official number of entrants for the first High Roller event of the EPT Season 9.
We jumped the gun a bit when we said that cards were in the air. In fact, there is a short delay as some players are still in line to register. Once they're done, registration will be closed, the players will take their seats, and action will recommence.
We've already spotted some rebuys in the field including Daniel Negreanu, who was quick to tell us he was feeling much better than yesterday. "I think I did the right thing by shipping it," Negreanu said about his elimination hand on Day 1. "I wouldn't have been able to make it through the whole day anyway."
Likewise, we've seen Sorel Mizzi and Jonathan Duhamel walking about. We're not 100% positive, but we're guessing both are giving it another go today. If so, it'll be the second go around for the former, while the latter would be firing a third bullet, more than any other player in the tournament.
We just received word that six players have opted to rebuy here at the start of Day 2 including Daniel Negreanu, Sorel Mizzi, Phil Ivey, Ilya Bulychev, Philipp Gruissem and Jonathan Duhamel. In addition, there is one player just buying in--Chris Moorman.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sorel Mizzi | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Ilya Bulychev | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Philipp Gruissem | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Phil Ivey
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250,000 | 250,000 |
Chris Moorman | 250,000 | |
Jonathan Duhamel | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Now that registration is close, the players are taking their seats. In just a few more minutes, cards will be in the air and the march to the final table will begin.
In addition, tournament officials are putting together the prize pool information, and we'll be bringing that to you just as soon as it becomes official.
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu 50k #EPTBarcelona take two. Feeling better today and seated at the featured table with @dansmithholla @scott_seiver
August 18 2012
PeterJetten Peter Jetten Day 2 of the SHR about to get under way. @dansmithholla is dressed for success. #pokerstarsSpain http://t.co/JYoDNfob
August 18 2012
JonathanDuhamel Jonathan Duhamel Alright, time for 3rd bullet, 40bbs to start lets have some fun , #androll
August 18 2012
Moorman1 Chris Moorman Getting ready to late reg the Barcelona Super High Roller, Not gonna lie, pretty excited! $250k stacks to start at 5kbb. Make it through the
August 18 2012
Moorman1 Chris Moorman day and I make the final table, sounds easy! #shameitsanallstarlineupthough
August 18 2012
Table | Seat | Player |
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1 | 1 | Simon Ravnsbaek |
1 | 2 | Steven Silverman |
1 | 3 | Philipp Gruissem |
1 | 4 | Erik Seidel |
1 | 5 | Dan Smith |
1 | 6 | Daniel Negreanu |
1 | 7 | Ziv Bachar |
1 | 8 | Scott Seiver |
2 | 1 | Andy Moseley |
2 | 2 | Ilari Sahamies |
2 | 3 | Jim McCrink |
2 | 4 | Justin Bonomo |
2 | 5 | Tobias Reinkemeier |
2 | 6 | Masa Kagawa |
2 | 7 | Steve O'Dwyer |
2 | 8 | --empty-- |
3 | 1 | Sam Chartier |
3 | 2 | Juha Helppi |
3 | 3 | Terje Augdal |
3 | 4 | Ilya Bulychev |
3 | 5 | Andrew Lichtenberger |
3 | 6 | Ignat Liviu |
3 | 7 | Artem Litvinov |
3 | 8 | --empty-- |
4 | 1 | Cheung Yin Sun |
4 | 2 | Chris Moorman |
4 | 3 | Vadzim Kursevich |
4 | 4 | Mike McDonald |
4 | 5 | Mike Watson |
4 | 6 | Jonathan Duhamel |
4 | 7 | JC Alvarado |
4 | 8 | --empty-- |
5 | 1 | Peter Jetten |
5 | 2 | Jason Mercier |
5 | 3 | [Removed:283] |
5 | 4 | Phil Ivey |
5 | 5 | Sami Kelopuro |
5 | 6 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier |
5 | 7 | Anatoly Gurtovoy |
5 | 8 | --empty-- |
6 | 1 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy |
6 | 2 | John Juanda |
6 | 3 | Talal Shakerchi |
6 | 4 | Eugene Katchalov |
6 | 5 | Sorel Mizzi |
6 | 6 | Timothy Adams |
6 | 7 | Igor Kurganov |
6 | 8 | --empty-- |