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€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague
€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€2,512,300
Total Entries
259
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Left 1 / 259
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Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
After a deep run in the EPT Prague Main Event, Gianluca Speranza jumped into the PokerStars European Poker Tour €10,300 High Roller and bagged the overall chip lead after ten levels of play on day 1 with 99 players remaining.
"I registered a little bit later today," he told PokerNews shortly after bagging up 365,500 from a 50,000 starting stack. "I took a bit of a rest yesterday night after playing in the Main Event for a couple of days, so I skipped maybe a couple of levels. But the structure is really great and really playable.
"The Main Event and the High Roller are two completely different tournaments. I like to play this kind of 10k; the field is really great."
Day 1 of the High Roller attracted a total of 245 entries including 54 re-entries. Late registration and a single re-entry is open until the start of play on Day 2 so expect that number to grow as players opt to jump into the action.
Other big stacks include Bahram Chobineh (352,000), Sam Grafton (259,500), Ole Schemion (244,500), Max Silver (241,500), and 2013 PCA champion Dimitar Danchev (240,000).
As is expected of the main High Roller in any tournament, there are plenty of big names. Last year's champion Danny Tang was among them in making it through to Day 2. Last year under the guise of the PokerStars Championship, he took down the €10,300 High Roller for €381,000. This year he will take 102,500 through to Day 2.
The winners of both €25,000 Single-Day High Rollers at the EPT Prague festival Thomas Boivin (70,000) and Corentin Ropert (170,000) will also be in action when play resumes, as well as winner of the first €10,300 High Roller Akin Tuna (117,500).
Plenty more big names will be in action including Michael Addamo (181,500) Jean-Noel Thorel (132,000), Patrik Antonius (125,500), Joao Vieira (117,000), Martin Finger (77,000), Charlie Carrel (70,000), andBryan Paris (55,000).
Here's the structure for Day 2 which gets underway at 12:30 pm local time.
| Level | Blinds | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 60 min | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 12 | 60 min | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Break 20 min | ||||
| 13 | 60 min | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 14 | 60 min | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Break 20 min | ||||
| 15 | 60 min | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 16 | 60 min | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Dinner Break 75 min | ||||
| 17 | 60 min | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 18 | 60 min | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Break 20 min | ||||
| 19 | 60 min | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 20 | 60 min | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage from the last High Roller of the festival.
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
There will be three more hands on Day 1 of the €10,300 High Roller before the remaining players bag up for the night.
A recap of the day's action will follow shortly.
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
A big pot was relayed to us from Steve O'Dwyers table. After O'Dwyer opened to 3,600, and defending champion Danny Tang called in the cutoff, Dimitar Danchev called in the big blind.
The flop came 
with two clubs. O'Dwyer continued for 8,500 and Tang called. Danchev then check-raised to 27,000. O'Dwyer then moved all in for 100,000. Tang and Danchev both called.
Danny Tang: 
Big Blind: 
Steve O'Dwyer: 
The turn was a brick but the 
on the river completed a flush for Danchev.
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Amir Shomron bet a 
flop and opponent Niall Farrell called. The turn was the and Shomron checked.
Farrell bet 15,000 and Shomron used a time extension before check-raising all in for 40,000. Farrell snap-called.
Niall Farrell: 
Amir Shomron: 
Shomron was drawing dead and the 
completed the board and he was eliminated, boosting Farrell up over average stack.
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The flop was down , and Thomas Boivin checked to Steve O'Dwyer from middle position.
O'Dwyer bet 7,000 into the 13,000 pot from the button and Boivin called.
Both players checked on the turn, and Boivin bet 7,500 after the 
river card had fallen.
O'Dwyer, who came second to Boivin in the €25,000 Single-Day event earlier this week, thought for 20 seconds before he passed his hand to the dealer and Boivin picked up the pot.
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Saar Wilf open-shoved from the button for around 25,000. Sam Greenwood was in the small blind with less than five big blinds and used a time extension before calling. The big blind folded.
Saar Wilf: 
Sam Greenwood: 
The 
was not what Greenwood was hoping for on the flop. The turn was the 
and the river the 
and he was eliminated. He immediately re-entered with a fresh stack of 50,000.
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
On a 
river Ole Schemion bet 31,500 into a pot of only 25,000.
Opponent Luc Greenwood used two time extensions before calling. Schemion showed the and then the 
for a rivered full house, and Greenwood mucked.
"Not nice," said tablemate Krasimir Yankov.
"Mmm," replied Greenwood.
