High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
140
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Ronny Voth Leads Massive High Roller Field After Day 1
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The European Poker Tour Berlin €10,000 High Roller event kicked off today with just 22 players but as the day went on a staggering 136 players entered the event. Registration is still open until Day 2 kicks off tomorrow at Noon. It's the Main Event all over again as Day 1b chip leader Ronny Voth is our overnight chip leader once again. This time he closed off with 607,500 followed by AP Phahurat with 498,500. Just 45 players remain all gunning for a spot in one of the biggest ever EPT €10,000 side events.
Andreas Eiler was the first player to bust out after just two hours of play. Eiler ended up all in versus Andreas Goeller on the turn and he witnessed his set get beat by Goeller's rivered straight. At the same time that Eiler lost his first bullet it was Griffin Benger who was extremely cheerful with his good start. Benger had a steady day and finished on 382,200.
Aaron Lim was gifted a lot of chips and the WSOP APAC bracelet winner never looked back. Lim closed out on 173,400 chips and is one of the players to look for on Day 2. Martin Kabrhel also made it to the second day but not without doing a rebuy. The hyper-agressive Czech pro ran a ton of bluffs and was caught by Bruno Lopes. After losing that big pot with king-seven to queens Kabrhel dwindled down and re-bought. Kabrhel ended the day on 112,600.
Plenty of players did a re-buy today, here's a list of all the players that put up a total of €20,000 to stay in this event. Remember, it's still possible to buy in tomorrow morning before play starts.
| Ankush Mandavia | Kamal Choraria | Martin Finger |
| Micah Raskin | Imed Mahmoud | Ole Schemion |
| Taylor Paur | Martin Jacobson | Marvin Rettenmaier |
| Faraz Jaka | Alex Mos | Berthold Winz |
| AP Phahurat | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Kai Vater |
| Justin Bonomo | Dorin Rauta | Martin Kabrhel |
| Benny Spindler | Max Lehmanski | Vojtech Ruzicka |
| Kyle Cheong | Johannes Strassmann | Mohsin Charania |
| Daniel Reijmer | Leon Tsoukernik | Andrew Chen |
| Sorel Mizzi |
Players like Justin Bonomo, Johannes Strassmann, Andrew Chen, Faraz Jaka and Taylor Paur busted both their bullets on Day 1. German top pros Tobias Reinkemeier and Philipp Gruissem are set to enter the event tomorrow as they only dropped by in the tournament room to catch up with some of their friends.
Team Pro Max Lykov was off to a great start and he kept building his stack all throughout the day. Scott Seiver had a rocky start but he got back up and his stack sky-rocketed in the following hours. Online cash game superstar Daniel "jungleman12" Cates also made an appearance and he fought out some battles with table mate Mike McDonald. Cates had an okay first day and returns tomorrow with 65,900.
The final two levels belonged to our overnight chip leader Ronny Voth. The German who earlier close out Day 1A of the Main Event with the chip lead had another great starting day. Voth jumped up to the top after winning three massive pots within a 45-minute span. First he crippled Ognjen Sekularac, than he busted a player and ultimately he busted Sorel Mizzi on a quarter-million chip coin flip. Other players that survived the day are Team Pros Jake Cody and Jan Heitmann and established pros Chris Brammer, EPT London winner Benny Spindler, EPT Berlin winner Davidi Kitai and the 2012 GPI Player of the Year Marvin Rettenmaier.
Play resumes tomorrow at 12:00 Noon when play will wind down to a final table. Make sure to tune back in to PokerNews.com as we bring you all the live updates from start to finish.
Full End-of-Day Chip Count (full)
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
607,500 | 107,500 |
|
498,500 | 98,500 |
|
445,800 | 65,800 |
|
382,200 | 34,200 |
|
333,400 | 1,400 |
|
319,500 | 209,500 |
|
304,200 | 204,200 |
|
209,000 | 49,000 |
|
191,400 | -33,600 |
|
185,000 | 103,000 |
|
173,400 | -106,600 |
|
162,300 | 67,300 |
|
147,900 | 84,400 |
|
138,000 | 83,000 |
|
134,100 | 59,100 |
|
129,700 | -300 |
|
125,200 | 30,200 |
|
123,900 | -14,100 |
|
122,000 | 67,600 |
|
115,200 | -1,200 |
|
112,600 | -19,400 |
|
110,800 | -94,200 |
|
110,400 | -7,600 |
|
101,500 | 51,500 |
|
101,000 | -39,000 |
Just Five More Hands
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The day is almost done and just five more hands will be played.
Not So Classy Choraria
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Kamal Choraria doubled through Timothy Adams after cracking his queens and then felt the need to complain about how many big hand Adams was getting.
The two took to a 
flop before all the chips went in after it smacking them both in the face.
Choraria: 
for pair and flush draw.
Adams: 
for top set.
The board ran out 
to complete Choraria's flush.
As his stack was being counted Choraria was complaining about how many big hands, like queens, that Adams was picking up. He at least said, "Unlucky" to his opponent.
Paul Berende said to Choraria, "I think you should just stick with unlucky."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 21,000 |
|
90,000 | 30,000 |
Jaka and Katchalov Depart
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Two more big names in Eugene Katchalov and Faraz Jaka have departed.
Team Pro Katchalov was in no mood to share the details of his exit. That was his first bullet so we may see him again tomorrow.
Jaka was willing to discuss his bust out. He was down to his last 20 big blinds when the hijack player raised in front of him and the button called. He squeezed all in with king-queen but the original raise iso-shoved with ace-queen and that was that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Adams Gets a Double
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Team Pro Max Lykov raised it up to 4,000 from middle position and the player to his left called. James Mitchell three-bet to 12,500 from the cutoff after which the action was on Timothy Adams on the button. Adams four-bet all in for 32,700 and the action was quickly folded back to Mitchell. Mitchell did the math and made the call.
James Mitchell: 
Timothy Adams: 
The board ran out 
and Adams secured a late Day 1 double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000 | 45,000 |
|
70,000 | -58,000 |
Phahurat Got a Phat Stack
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
400k 4bet Brynn and 3 barrel and piled river J52dd 2 5. He say folded QQ... Prob 2nd in chips #EPTBerlinHighrollerApril 25 2013Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | 100,000 |
Bust Outs, Shoves and Doubles
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Konstantin Puchkov had a short stack and was seen wandering the corridors after busting. He left his table of short stacks to battle it out between them.
First up it was Dan Smith's tun to shove after the action folded around to him on the button. He managed to take the blinds and antes.
The very next hand the action folded around to the then short Ramin Hajiyev and he shoved for 21,400. Eugene Katchalov was in the big blind and made a quick call after looking at his hand.
Hajiyev:
Katchalov: 
The board ran 
to make Hajiyev two pair. "You're the only one I can win a hand off at this table." commented Hajiyev
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | -105,000 |
|
36,000 | -6,100 |
|
|
24,000 | -43,000 |
|
Busted |
The Rebuy Boys
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We just received a player list with all the players that have done a rebuy today.
| Ankush Mandavia | Kamal Choraria | Martin Finger |
| Micah Raskin | Imed Mahmoud | Ole Schemion |
| Taylor Paur | Martin Jacobson | Marvin Rettenmaier |
| Faraz Jaka | Alex Mos | Berthold Winz |
| AP Phahurat | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Kai Vater |
| Justin Bonomo | Dorin Rauta | Martin Kabrhel |
| Benny Spindler | Max Lehmanski | Vojtech Ruzicka |
| Kyle Cheong | Johannes Strassmann | Mohsin Charania |
| Daniel Reijmer | Leon Tsoukernik | Andrew Chen |
| Sorel Mizzi |