€10,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

08-28-2015 13:03 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	50,000
Matthew Wood	50,000
Joao Vieira	50,000
Eugene Katchalov	50,000
Dominik Panka	50,000
Nicholas Rampone	50,000
Adrian Mateos	50,000
Gaelle Baumann	50,000
Leo Margets	50,000
Adolfo Vaeza	50,000
Stephen Chidwick	50,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo	50,000
David Peters	50,000
Ben Tollerene	50,000
Jonathan Little	50,000
Christophe Benzimra	50,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	50,000

Action folded around to the player in the hijack who bumped it up to 525. Erik Seidel was in the cutoff and he announced a three-bet to 1,500 total. The button and blinds folded, putting action back on the original raiser. He called to see a flop.

The dealer fanned and action checked to the raiser. Seidel continued out for 1,625 and his opponent thought for a moment before letting his cards go. Seidel took the early pot and now has just over starting stack with about 52,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	52,000	2,000

Tags: Erik Seidel

08-28-2015 12:45 UTC+2

Names in the Field

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Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Suchanek	50,000	50,000
Charlie Carrel	50,000	50,000
Paul Newey	50,000	50,000
Philip Sternheimer	50,000	50,000
Christopher Brammer	50,000	50,000
Ari Engel	50,000	50,000
Dermot Blain	50,000	50,000
Alex Trevallion	50,000	50,000
Ben Heath	50,000	50,000
Isaac Haxton	50,000	50,000
Martin Kabrhel	50,000	50,000
Dani Stern	50,000	50,000
Steve O'Dwyer	50,000	50,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	50,000	50,000
Senh Ung	50,000	50,000
Michael Tureniec	50,000	50,000
Niall Farrell	50,000	50,000
Govert Metaal	50,000	50,000
Craig McCorkell	50,000	50,000
Ankush Mandavia	50,000	50,000
Andrey Pateychuk	50,000	50,000
Michael Egan	50,000	50,000
Haralabos Voulgaris	50,000	50,000
Simon Deadman	50,000	50,000

08-28-2015 12:30 UTC+2

PokerNews GPI Update Episode #37: We're Back!

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Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Rich Ryan and Eric Danis are back to review the 2015 World Series of Poker Player of the Year rankings, discuss the 2015 GPI POY rankings, and Eric has a terrific stat about the newest member of the Andy Franken-Danger Zone.

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Tags: Eric Danis Rich Ryan GPI Update

08-28-2015 12:30 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

The cards are in the air for Day 1 of the €10,300 High Roller.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

08-28-2015 09:29 UTC+2

Will the €10,300 High Roller See 400+ Entries? We'll Find Out Today

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Today marks the start of the €10,300 High Roller from the 2015 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona. Kicking off at 12:30 p.m. local time, Day 1 action will see the first 10 levels on the structure sheet played out, starting with the 100/200/25 level and finishing with the 800/1,600/200 level. Players will begin with 50,000 in chips and levels will last one hour each. If all goes according to the schedule, play should end at 12:45 a.m.

Over the years, this event has proven to be quite the attraction. Last year, it drew a whopping 393 entries to the felt. That event was won by Belarus' Ihar Soika for a huge €747,200. Soika defeated Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier heads up to take the title.

Given all that's happened at this season's EPT Barcelona festival, it is highly expected that the €10,300 High Roller will attract another large field. Plus with the single reentry option, players will have the chance to fire more than one bullet and juice up the prize pool.

Every year this event has grown, and a field size of over 400 total entries wouldn't come of a surprise. According to statistics from HendonMob.com, here's how this event has looked throughout history since its inception in 2010:

Year	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	1st Prize	Runner-Up	2nd Prize
2014	393	€3,851,400	Ihar Soika	€747,200	Jason Mercier	€476,400
2013	180	€1,764,000	Thomas Muehloecker	€390,700	Daniel Negreanu	€263,800
2012	111	€1,087,800	Laurent Polito	€270,229	Alex Bilokur	€295,451*
2011	67	€670,000	Philipp Gruissem	€234,500	Jean-Baptiste Tomi	€147,400
2010	36	€380,000	Fernando Brito	€127,500	Juha Helppi	€127,500*

*Denotes a deal was made.

One should expect all of the well-known high-stakes players to be in the mix, including Mercier, Isaac Haxton, Steve O'Dwyer, Tobias Reinkemeier, Ankush Mandavia, Philipp Gruissem, and many more. Martin Finger is also expected to play, fresh off his victory in the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller last night where he won €865,900.

We'll also likely see Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov in the field. Both of whom were featured in the following PokerNews video with Sarah Herring where the duo goes flyboarding.

Also of note, the registration and reentry period will remain open until the start of Day 2, allowing for plenty of time for additional entries to grow the field. With that, stay tuned for all of the action coming your way right on these pages from the 2015 EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller.

€10,300 High Roller

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