An Update on the €2,000 Italian Poker Tour High Roller
According to EPT officials, there were 403 players for Day 1 of the €2k IPT High Roller yesterday, which created a €781,820 prize pool that will be distributed to the top 55 players with the winner taking home €151,670. Last season, British player Keith Johnson took down the tournament for €144,500 after defeating a 473-strong field.
Among those taking part this year were Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo and Team PokerStars Pros Luca Pagano, Matthias De Meulder, Leo Margets, Theo Jorgensen and Team PokerStars Pro Online’s Mickey Petersen.
In addition, EPT champions Ben Wilinofsky, Michael Tureniec, Steve O'Dwyer, Martin Finger, Anton Wigg, Mohsin Charania and Sebastian Pauli were also in the field along with EPT7 Player of the Year Ondrej Vinklarek, PCA Super High Roller winner Scott Seiver, reigning IPT Malta winner Georgios Zisimopoulos, Californian Marc Pliska, Americans Jonathan Little, Shannon Shorr, Maria Ho, Ari Engel and Dylan Linde.
A dozen of the players — including EPT11 Deauville €2k winner Peter Jelinek from the Czech Republic and EPT10 Vienna finalist Rumen Nanev — won their way in via a €220 unlimited rebuy satellite.
The tournament will continue today alongside the EPT Malta Main Event and €25,000 High Roller. While we won't be bringing you live updates from that tournament, we will bring you a recap upon the tournament's completion. In the meantime, head on over to the PokerStars Blog to keep on top of the IPT High Roller.