2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT

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Day: 4

55 Players Survive as €2,200 EPT National High Roller Concludes First Day

Leo Margets is in 5th place after Day 1
Leo Margets is in 5th place after Day 1

After 15 levels of 40 minutes each, Day 1 of the €2,200 EPT National High Roller at the 2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT has concluded its first of two days. 358 players showed up for the bigger buy-in National event, with 104 of them opting for a reentry to create a total field of 462 players a €924,000 prize pool and a first place prize of €173,000.

Chipleader after the first day is Matous Houžvicek of the Czech Republic, putting the Czechs in the lead in both National events. Houžvicek bagged 494,000, plenty more than Mamouni Smain (442,000) and Dario Sammartino (407.500). Spain's Leo Margets had a strong showing as well, ending the day in 5th place with 367,000 in chips.

Jack Salter, who was the chipleader throughout the early stages of the day, sits in 9th with 258,000. Other notables that made it through included EPT12 Grand Final winner Jan Bendik (224,000), online wizard Conor Beresford (223,500), Rainer Kempe (121,500) and Jose "Nacho" Barbero (94,000).

Saturday at 12:30 p.m. local time, the remaining players will return to play down until a winner is crowned, promising a long day ahead. Their seating and chip counts for Day 2 are as follows;

€2,200 EPT National Day 2 Seating and Chip Counts

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
11Alexandre ReardFrance205,50041
12Mikhail SoltanovRussian Federation160,00032
13Ville Tapio SissonenFinland76,00015
14Dmitry ShchepkinRussian Federation259,50052
15Benjamin SaadaFrance389,00078
16Chen An LinTaiwan, Province of China89,50018
17Malek GrabsiFrance155,00031
18Lily KilettoUnited States231,00046
      
21Massou CohenFrance54,50011
23Franck MakaciFrance212,00042
24Leonardo ParmiggianiItaly216,00043
25Joseph SabeFrance124,00025
26Arseniy MeshcheryakovRussian Federation112,00022
27Jan BendikSlovakia224,00045
28Dmitriy ShilnikovRussian Federation61,00012
      
31Antonio Angel Ponce GuiraoSpain84,00017
32Franz DitzGermany141,00028
33Hani El AssaadLebanon138,00028
34Jack SalterUnited Kingdom258,00052
35Christopher ChaudeyFrance122,00024
36Honglin JiangUnited Kingdom207,50042
37Leo MargetsSpain367,00073
38Dario SammartinoItaly407,50082
      
41Arthur ConanFrance37,0007
42Ran AzorIsrael212,00042
43Rainer KempeGermany121,50024
44Fady KamarLebanon76,00015
45Loic MenneteauFrance39,5008
46Jeffrey HakimLebanon165,00033
47Thomas PetterssonSweden93,00019
48Yorane KerignardFrance164,00033
      
51Dan DjornoFrance206,50041
52Mamouni SmainCanada442,00088
53Daniel Robert MontagnolliAustria61,00012
54Chaofei WangChina157,50032
55Sirzat HissouGermany61,50012
56Xiaojie ChengChina326,00065
57George AnaRomania116,00023
58Yin LiuChina229,50046
      
61Aviv MeirIsrael70,50014
62Danny CovynBelgium72,00014
63Benny GlaserUnited Kingdom95,00019
64Raffaele CarnevaleItaly139,50028
65Conor BeresfordUnited Kingdom223,50045
66Karim AbdelmoumeneFrance70,00014
67Dinesh AltSwitzerland353,00071
68Tiziano Di RomualdoItaly55,00011
      
71Julian ThomasGermany117,00023
72Paul TheobaldGermany101,00020
73Matous HoužvicekCzech Republic491,00098
74Colin RobinsonUnited States165,50033
75Nacho BarberoArgentina94,00019
76Francesco DelfocoItaly90,00018
77Thierry GogniatFrance85,00017
78Isabel BaltazarFrance228,00046

Tags: Conor BeresfordDario SammartinoJack SalterJan BendikLeo MargetsMamouni SmainMatous HoužvicekNacho BarberoRainer Kempe