€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-31-2018 11:46 UTC+2

Big Field Expected for PokerStars EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller

Will Shillibier

Last year's €10,300 High Roller Winner Ronny Kaiser

After victories for Michael Soyza in the first €10,300 High Roller, Mikita Badziakouski in the €100,000 Super High Roller, Benjamin Pollak in the €50,000 Single-Day High Roller and Andras Nemeth in yesterday's €25,000 Single-Day High Roller, it's time for the final High Roller of the PokerStars EPT Barcelona festival.

The field is set to be bigger than the one Soyza won last week, where he won €302,500 defeating Kai Lehto heads-up.

Here are results from previous €10,000 High Roller events here in Barcelona:

Year	Entrants	Winner	Payout
2017	557	Ronny Kaiser	€735,000
2016	472	Connor Drinan	€849,200
2015	401	Mustapha Kanit	€738,759
2014	295	Ihar Soika	€747,200
2013	138	Thomas Muehloecker	€390,700

Today there will be 11 levels played. The first three will each be 45-minutes and the rest 60-minutes.

Players will start with 50,000 chips, with a single re-entry permitted. The 30 second shot Clock will be implemented from the start of the event and each player will receive 6 time bank cards of 30 seconds each at the start of play.

Tags: Andras Nemeth Benjamin Pollak Kai Lehto Michael Soyza Mikita Badziakouski

08-31-2018 12:49 UTC+2

Seat Open 15 Minutes into the Day

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : 100/200, 100 ante

On a board, James Chen had checked to Xixiang Luo who had moved all in for around half starting stack, with the rest of already in the middle.

Chen eventually called with for a set, but was eliminated against the turned straight of Luo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	100,000 50,000	50,000
James Chen	Busted

Tags: James Chen Xixiang Luo

08-31-2018 14:05 UTC+2

Garcia Calls Down Lin

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Chen An Lin raised to 500 on the button and Sergio Garcia called in the small blind. "Be gentle," he said to his opponent as the flop came .

Garcia check-called 500 and the turn was the . Garcia check-called again, this time for 700.

The river was the . Garcia checked for a third time and Lin bet 1,200. Garcia called once more, but was shown from Lin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chen An Lin	88,000 88,000	88,000
Sergio Garcia	35,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Chen An Lin Sergio Garcia

08-31-2018 14:42 UTC+2

Ahadpour Eliminated by Peters

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

David Peters raised to 700 and Behzad Ahadpour three-bet to 2,000. Peters called and check-called 3,000 on the flop.

The turn was the and Peters checked. Ahadpour bet 10,000 this time and Peters used a time extension before calling.

The river was the . Peters checked and Ahadpour moved all in. Peters snap-called showing for a rivered flush.

"You had me all the way," said Ahadpour showing and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	110,000 60,000	60,000

Behzad Ahadpour	Busted

Tags: Behzad Ahadpour David Peters

08-31-2018 15:31 UTC+2

Fast Rivers Hong to Chip Up

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Nan Hong opened from the button and got calls from Dietrich Fast and the player in the big blind.

The flop came . It checked to Hong who continued for 1,200 and Fast check-raised to 4,000. The big blind folded and Hong called.

The turn was the . Fast bet 6,500 and Hong called.

The river was the and Fast bet 15,500. Hong used up three-time extensions before calling. Fast showed for a rivered pair of queens and he took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	73,000 23,000	23,000
Nan Hong	53,000

Tags: Dietrich Fast Nan Hong

08-31-2018 16:11 UTC+2

Aleskins Cracks Aces to Bust Helppi

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

There was a flop of spread between Juha Helppi and Guntis Aleskins. Helppi checked to Aleskins who bet 5,000 and Helppi check-raised all in for just over 25,000. Aleskins called.

Juha Helppi:
Guntis Aleskins:

Aleskins was open-ended and he improved to that straight on the turn. The river was the Helppi was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guntis Aleskins	92,000
Juha Helppi	Busted

Tags: Guntis Aleskins Juha Helppi

08-31-2018 17:04 UTC+2

Greenwood Eliminated by Nedved

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

On a flop Johnny Nedved bet 9,000 and Bahram Chobineh folded.

Sam Greenwood then moved all in for 37,400. Nedved used up two time extensions before calling.

Greenwood turned over and Nedved . The turn gave Greenwood a straight draw, but the river meant he was eliminated and Nedved moved above 100,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Nedved	125,000
Sam Greenwood	Busted

Tags: Bahram Chobineh Sam Greenwood Johnny Nedved

08-31-2018 17:05 UTC+2

Cairat Takes the Lead

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Pedro Cairat has started well on Day 1 and has already seen his chip stack move upwards of 160,000. Cairat, who the 2017 € 1,100 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars National Championship event in Barcelona for € 432,178, has already added three EPT cashes to his name over the course of this week.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Cairat	160,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Pedro Cairat

08-31-2018 18:00 UTC+2

Imsirovic and Grundtvig Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Almedin Imsirovic was all in for his last 12,000 with , but it wasn't looking good against the of Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari.

The board ran out and he was eliminated.

Meanwhile, Christian Grundtvig's had been cracked by the of Andrew Christoforou on the with the British player flopping a set to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Christoforou	131,000 81,000	81,000
Andre Akkari	125,000 61,000	61,000

Almedin Imsirovic	Busted
Christian Grundtvig	Busted

Tags: Almedin Imsirovic Andre Akkari Andrew Christoforou Christian Grundtvig

08-31-2018 18:48 UTC+2

Antonius Welcomed to the High Roller by Kassouf

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Patrik Antonius has just entered the PokerStars EPT Barcelone €10,300 High Roller and is seated at a table with Max Silver, Dietrich Fast, Ramin Hajiyev...and Will Kassouf.

Antonius was eyeing Kassouf from the opposite end of the table as he sat down.

"I had nine-high in a hand once," said Antonius, "But I checked and he showed queen-high and he won."

"What!" said Kassouf. "Are you trying to tilt me? Trying to put me on tilt?"

"I'm not like you!" came the response from Antonius.

Antonius then opened to 2,000 on the button and Dietrich Fast defended his big blind. The pair checked down an flop and turn, with Antonius folding to a 3,000 bet on the river.