€50,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
€50,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
Two hours from now, at 12.30 p.m. local time, Day 2 of the 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague €50,000 Super High Roller will get underway at the Hilton Hotel in Prague. The last-ever festival of the tour before the rebranding in 2017, has seen a field of 46 entries emerge thus far for the tournament with the highest price tag, consisting of 38 unique entries and eight re-entries.
However, the final numbers aren't set just yet, as registration remains open until 15 minutes prior to restart. All players that busted yesterday's Day 1 or new faces that wish to take a shot at the juicy prize pool, can still enter the competition again with a fresh stack of 250,000.
Leading the field is Charlie Carrel with 1,129,000. The Brit already has two EPT High Roller titles to his name, also coming fresh off a third-place finish in the EPT13 Prague €10k Single Re-Entry worth €159,545 just two days ago. Second in chips is Julian Thomas with 700,000. The biggest payday of the German so far comes from his victory in the 2013 WPT Prague Main Event for €204,000. UK's Patrick Leonard follows in third place overnight, with 617,000. Konstantin Uspenskiy (517,000) and Isaac Haxton (504,000) round out the top five stacks at the start of Day 2.
Plenty of notables made it through including Jean-Noel Thorel (484,000), Paul Newey (459,000), Mustapha Kanit (453,000), Ben Heath (441,000), Anthony Zinno (437,000), defending champ Steve O'Dwyer (259,000) and Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (231,000) to name just a few.
The action will recommence with blinds of 3,000 and 6,000 and a running ante of 1,000. A total of 10 levels of 60 minutes each will be played, or until the official final table is found, whichever of the two comes first. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to provide all the updates until the last EPT Super High Roller champion is crowned on Tuesday, December 13th, so make sure to tune back in regularly.
Martin Kabrhel and [Removed:17] busted yesterday and opted to re-enter before the start of Day 2 while Justin Bonomo just arrived here in Prague and also registered with a fresh stack of 250,000. This brings the total field up to 49 entries and the prize pool information will be released when the cards are in the air.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Bonomo | 250,000 | |
Martin Kabrhel |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
[Removed:17] |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
With registration now closed, this is how the table draw looks for Day 2:
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
---|---|---|---|---|
11 | 2 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 235,000 |
11 | 3 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | France | 231,000 |
11 | 4 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 187,000 |
11 | 5 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 432,000 |
11 | 7 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 259,000 |
11 | 8 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 453,000 |
12 | 1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 442,000 |
12 | 2 | [Removed:17] | New Zealand | 250,000 |
12 | 3 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 504,000 |
12 | 4 | Julian Thomas | Germany | 70,000 |
12 | 5 | Leon Tsoukernik | Czech Republic | 355,000 |
12 | 6 | Sergey Lebedev | Russia | 222,000 |
12 | 7 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 227,000 |
12 | 8 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 92,000 |
13 | 1 | Ali Reza Fatehi | Iran | 360,000 |
13 | 2 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 375,000 |
13 | 3 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 239,000 |
13 | 4 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 250,000 |
13 | 5 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 230,000 |
13 | 7 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 271,000 |
13 | 8 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 441,000 |
14 | 1 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Czech Republic | 199,000 |
14 | 2 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 617,000 |
14 | 3 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 250,000 |
14 | 4 | Viacheslav Buldygin | Russia | 284,000 |
14 | 5 | Konstantin Uspenskiy | Russia | 517,000 |
14 | 6 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 334,000 |
14 | 7 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 221,000 |
15 | 1 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 301,000 |
15 | 2 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | 1129,000 |
15 | 3 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 389,000 |
15 | 5 | Steffen Sontheimer | Germany | 95,000 |
15 | 6 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 484,000 |
15 | 7 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 218,000 |
15 | 8 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | 459,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
In a battle of the blinds, Viacheslav Buldygin opened to 16,000 and fellow Russian Konstantin Uspenskiy called in the big blind. On the flop, both players checked. Buldygin bet the turn for 16,000 and Uspenskiy called before the fell on the river.
Buldygin now bet 40,000 and Uspenskiy called to see the former turn over for queens and treys. Uspenskiy had that beat with the for a straight and raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Konstantin Uspenskiy |
600,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Viacheslav Buldygin |
210,000
-74,000
|
-74,000 |
Steffen Sontheimer shoved for his last 88,000 from the hijack and Jean-Noel Thorel from one seat over in the cutoff announced the call. Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the big blind gave it plenty of consideration, but ultimately got out of the way.
Steffen Sontheimer:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
The clubs were pretty much dead for the German, and both players paired up on the flop. Sontheimer still needed to improved, but failed to do so as the turn and river were both blanks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jean-Noel Thorel |
585,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
Steffen Sontheimer | Busted |
Action folded to Timothy Adams and he pushed all in for effectively 88,000 to put Ole Schemion to the test. Schemion called holding but eventually lost to Adams' as the latter made two pair. Schemion out, Adams above starting stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Adams |
320,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Ole Schemion | Busted |
On the heads-up flop of , Martin Kabrhel checked out of the big blind and Konstantin Uspenskiy bet 15,000 from early position. Kabrhel check-raised to 32,000 and Uspenskiy called before the duo checked the turn. After the river, the action went check, check, and Uspenskiy took down the pot with the to further build his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Konstantin Uspenskiy |
660,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Martin Kabrhel |
160,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
On the four-way flop of , Justin Bonomo checked out of the big blind as did Martin Kozlov from under the gun. Ali Reza Fatehi bet 24,000 in the cutoff and Sam Greenwood raised to 50,000 from one seat over on the button. Both Bonomo and Kozlov folded and Fatehi then moved all in, Greenwood called.
Ali Reza Fatehi:
Sam Greenwood:
The turn changed nothing yet, but the on the river gave Fatehi a flush to double for 115,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ali Reza Fatehi |
295,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Sam Greenwood |
250,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |