£50,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London
£50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London
Buy-in
£48,500
Prize Pool
£2,736,866
Entries
57
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Yesterday, the Season 10 European Poker Tour London £50,000 Super High Roller kicked off as 38 unique players accounted for 14 re-entries, brining the total number of entries up to 52. That number is likely to go up as registration is open up to the start of Day 2. Rest assured, at least a few players will make a late arrival to join the 32 players that advanced for Day 1.
The man to catch is German Johannes Strassmann, who starts the day as chip leader with massive 1.53 million stack. The German is a well-known fixture on the EPT, having final tabled three events in the past and bubbling two others. All told, Strassmann has nine top-50 finishes on the tour.
Others returning to action are Steve O'Dwyer (903,000), Bill Perkins (760,000), Daniel Negreanu (659,000), Christoph Vogelsang (607,000), John Juanda (607,000), Shawn Buchanan (591,000) and Jeff Gross (523,000), just to name a few. Of those listed, Perkins and Gross both re-entered.
Others who fired a second bullet and are still alive are Richard Yong (430,000), Sorel Mizzi (360,000), Talal Shakerchi (200,000), Jason Mercier (161,000) and Haralabos Voulgaris (145,000).
Action is set to get underway at 12 p.m. UK time, which is about an hour from now. Join us then as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you all the latest and greatest action on the way down to the final table of eight.
While you wait, check out Laura Cornelius' video where shows you around her hometown to kick off coverage of Season 10 European Poker Tour London:
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The cards are in the air for the second day of the Super High Roller! The players will play until there is a final table of eight, so sit back and enjoy the show!
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
A handful of players have registered here at the start of Day 2. Some newcomers are Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, Patrik Antonius and Dhruvin Patel. Poker fans are no doubt familiar with the former two, but the latter may be a new name. That's because the 21-year-old student from Portsmouth, England is better known as a high-stakes cash game player around England as opposed to a tournament grinder.
Meanwhile, Philipp Gruissem has decided to fire a fourth bullet in the tournament, meaning he has invested £200,000 into the £50,000 Super High Roller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | 1 | -empty- |
| Feature | 2 | Mike Watson |
| Feature | 3 | Mike McDonald |
| Feature | 4 | Steven Silverman |
| Feature | 5 | Dan Shak |
| Feature | 6 | Daniel Negreanu |
| Feature | 7 | Sam Trickett |
| Feature | 8 | Richard Yong |
| Secondary Feature | 1 | Erik Seidel |
| Secondary Feature | 2 | Tobias Reinkemeier |
| Secondary Feature | 3 | Igor Kurganov |
| Secondary Feature | 4 | Fabian Quoss |
| Secondary Feature | 5 | Martin Finger |
| Secondary Feature | 6 | Bill Perkins |
| Secondary Feature | 7 | Dhruvin Patel |
| Secondary Feature | 8 | Jason Mercier |
| 33 | 1 | Haralabos Voulgaris |
| 33 | 2 | John Juanda |
| 33 | 3 | Paul Newey |
| 33 | 4 | -empty- |
| 33 | 5 | Steve O'Dwyer |
| 33 | 6 | Andrew Chen |
| 33 | 7 | Sorel Mizzi |
| 33 | 8 | Christoph Vogelsang |
| 26 | 1 | Philipp Gruissem |
| 26 | 2 | David Benefield |
| 26 | 3 | -empty- |
| 26 | 4 | Talal Shakerchi |
| 26 | 5 | Viktor Blom |
| 26 | 6 | Shawn Buchanan |
| 26 | 7 | Rick Salomon |
| 26 | 8 | Timothy Adams |
| 36 | 1 | Patrik Antonius |
| 36 | 2 | Jonathan Duhamel |
| 36 | 3 | Ole Schemion |
| 36 | 4 | Max Altergott |
| 36 | 5 | Joni Jouhkimainen |
| 36 | 6 | Jeff Gross |
| 36 | 7 | Dan Smith |
| 36 | 8 | Johannes Strassmann |
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
We missed the specifics, but we do know that Dan Shak just doubled through Daniel Negreanu up on the feature table. The board read 
and Shak held 
for a rivered straight. Negreanu had the 
laid out in front of him for a losing set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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484,000
-175,000
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-175,000 |
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347,000
178,000
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178,000 |
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Erik Seidel entered today with a fresh stack as he busted fairly early on Day 1, and that decision seems to work out for him so far. Seidel just raised from the button after which Igor Kurganov re-shoved for around 107,000 chips.
Seidel called.
Seidel: 
Kurganov: 
The board ran out 
and Kurganov was the first player to be knocked out here on Day 2. Seidel meanwhile is off to a nice start and up to around 365,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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365,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 16,000 from middle position and Sorel Mizzi called from the hijack and all the other players folded.
The flop brought out 
and O'Dwyer continued with a bet worth 23,000, but that was not enough for Mizzi. The third-place finisher of the EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller raised it up to 62,000 and O'Dwyer made the call.
On the turn the 
hit and both players checked.
The river brought the and again the action was checked. O'Dwyer showed 
but that was not enough against Mizzi's turned pair of nines as he showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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800,000
-103,000
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-103,000 |
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435,000
75,000
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75,000 |
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Dhruvin Patel was the new kid on the block at the start of the day. While the 21-year-old Londoner is familiar in the high-stakes cash game circles, he's new to the Super High Roller scene. There was some excitement surrounding his debut, but it was short lived as he busted just 19 minutes into Level 9.
Both he and Tobias Reinkemeier put in 55,000 preflop and took a flop, which came down 
. A raising war broke out and before long Patel ended up getting his chips all in holding the 
. Unfortunately for him, Reinkemeier rolled over the 
and held as both the turn and river blanked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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550,000
314,000
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314,000 |
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Busted |