2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€1,224,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€48,500
Prize Pool
€4,753,485
Entries
99
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

€50,000 Super High Roller

Day 1 Completed

Chidwick Leads After Record-Smashing €50,000 Super High Roller Day 1

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

Day 1 of the 2015 European Poker Tour €50,000 Super High Roller was all about the numbers. An astounding 93 entries were generated from 81 unique players and 12 reentries. That proved to be a new record by a large margin, topping last year's 77 total entries that came from 58 unique players and 19 reentries. At the end of play, 66 remained.

What's even more remarkable is that the registration and reentry period will remain open until 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, so there is still plenty of time for new players to dive in or eliminated players to reenter.

Topping the pack at the end of the night was Stephen Chidwick, as the British star ended the day with 1.052 million in chips.

One hand that gave Chidwick a nice boost came back in Level 6 with the blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 400 ante. He was involved in a pot against Chang He on the board of {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}, and He fired a bet. Chidwick raised to put him all in, and He called off with the {K-Clubs}{9-Spades} for top pair. Unfortunately for him, his hand was behind against Chidwick's {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. The river was the {5-Diamonds}, and He hit the rail.

Other big stacks to wrap up Day 1 were Christoph Vogelsang (1.002 million), Mike McDonald (855,000), Jean-Noel Thorel (775,000), and Steve O'Dwyer (686,500). They'll be looking to continue their upward trends on Day 2, but there is still a very long way to go in this event. With the first-place prize likely well over €1 million, all of these big stacks will be looking to keep their focus as play continues on Sunday starting at 12:30 p.m. local time.

With that, we'll leave you with a lovely video from our own Sarah Herring as she gets out the sights around beautiful Barcelona.

Tags: Chang HeChristoph VogelsangJean-Noel ThorelMike McDonaldStephen ChidwickSteve O'Dwyer

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
1,062,000 -18,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
1,002,500 102,500
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
855,000 -25,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
775,000 -25,000
Carlos Mironiuk ar
Carlos Mironiuk
745,000 345,000
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
671,500 -28,500
Max Altergott de
Max Altergott
640,500 98,500
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
640,000 -25,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
627,000 67,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
608,500 283,500
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
598,000 -22,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
586,000 186,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
584,000 144,000
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
580,000 310,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
EPT 1X Winner
573,500 -116,500
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
565,500 145,500
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
560,500 20,500
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
555,000 280,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
EPT 2X Winner
513,000 28,000
David Peters us
David Peters
497,000 247,000
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
475,500 13,500
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
474,500 224,500
Jason Les us
Jason Les
467,000 102,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
448,500 223,500
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
442,500 27,500

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More for Chidwick

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

From the under-the-gun position, Stephen Chidwick raised to 11,000. Bryn Kenney called from the small blind, and then Viacheslav Goryachev reraised to 35,000 out of the big blind. Chidwick and Kenney both called, and the dealer fanned the {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} flop. On the flop, action checked to Chidwick. He bet 40,000, and both of his opponents folded.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
1,080,000 399,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
415,000 -20,000
Viacheslav Goryachev ru
Viacheslav Goryachev
220,000 -32,000

Tags: Stephen ChidwickBryn KenneyViacheslav Goryachev

Vogelsang Checks Back a Straight

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Christoph Vogelsang
Christoph Vogelsang

On the river we saw a board of {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} when Luuk Gieles was in the tank, first to act, with about 85,000 chips already in the middle. After a while he checked and Christoph Vogelsang checked after about five seconds.

Gieles showed {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} for a rivered full house and Vogelsang flashed his {10-Spades}{9-Spades} before mucking his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
900,000 55,000
Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
365,000 -100,000

Tags: Christoph VogelsangLuuk Gieles

Antonius Loses Some to Luca

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ivan Luca opened to 11,000 under the gun and Patrik Antonius in the big blind was the sole caller. Both players checked on {K-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and the {3-Diamonds} hit the turn. Antonius bet out 16,000 and Luca called. The river came the {3-Spades} and Antonius checked. Luca grabbed 45,000 and announced a bet of 44,500. Antonius tanked for a bit before calling, but he had to muck upon seeing Luca's {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
540,000 60,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
EPT 1X Winner
73,000 -92,000

Tags: Ivan LucaPatrik Antonius

Greenwood's Pair is Good

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The flop showed {J-Clubs}{7-Spades}{J-Diamonds} when Brian Roberts checked from the big blind to Max Greenwood, seated in early position, who bet 10,000. Roberts check-raised to 25,000 and Greenwood made the call.

On the turn, the {2-Clubs}, and the river, the {A-Clubs}, both players checked. Roberts flashed {8-}{9-} and Greenwood won the pot holding {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
290,000 -75,000
Max Greenwood ca
Max Greenwood
149,000 -47,000

Tags: Brian RobertsMax Greenwood