€10,300 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€1,202,800
Entries
124
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
David Peters Leads After €10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
After ten levels of play in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €10,300 High Roller, less than half the field remains with David Peters as the overall chip leader.
There were a total of 117 entries today including 27 re-entries, but with registration and re-entry open until the start of Day 2, that number looks set to grow further still.
47 players remain and David Peters is leading the way and appears to be the only player over 300,000 in chips. Peters says he loves coming to EPT Barcelona.
"It's probably my favourite stop," said Peters, "Huge action, big fields - love it here. The day went great. I accumulated chips very well and won a nice pot against [Daniel] Dvoress at the end, and yeah just been going pretty well. Hopefully, I can keep it going!
"I just play and try and get as many chips as I can. I try to just bring my A-Game. I'm comfortable at all the different stack sizes; just play my game whether I'm short stack or big stack. Just go from there!"
Other big stacks included Joao Vieira (278,500), Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree (237,000), Niklas Astedt (236,000) and Grzegorz Grochulski (215,500). Among the familiar faces who made it through to Day 2 were Spaniards Adrian Mateos (142,000) and Sergio Aido (55,000), along with Bryn Kenney (196,500), Kristen Bicknell (160,000), Stephen Chidwick (73,500), Dan Smith (64,500) and Patrik Antonius (56,500).
Among the early faces in the field were Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell, both Sam and Luc Greenwood, along with Dietrich Fast, Adrian Mateos and Ben Heath.
A major notable in the field during the first few levels was Barcelona centre-back Gerard Pique. Pique is no stranger to the poker felt, especially here in Barcelona, with four cashes at the venue stretching back to 2011. In 2013, he cashed in this event for €21,150 and last year recorded his biggest ever live cash; a fifth place in the €25,500 High Roller for €129,350.
Unfortunately for Pique, on this occasion, he failed to make it through Day 1. In Level 3, Pique held pocket fives was ahead of the ace-queen of Scott Margereson, but an ace on the turn sent him to the exit as the first player to bust. He subsequently re-entered, and was going well as he chipped up to over 100,000. However, he would soon bust again, this time to James Romero when Pique’s deuces failed to beat the top pair of his opponent.
Other players to bust today included Daniel Neilson, Timur Margolin, Sylvain Loosli, Martin Jacobson, Shannon Shorr, Jean-Noel Thorel, Kitty Kuo, Dietrich Fast, and [Removed:17].
Late registration and re-entry is open until the start of Day 2, so expect the number of players to swell. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the action live from the Casino Barcelona.
End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
316,000 | 171,000 |
|
278,500 | 53,500 |
|
246,500 | 46,500 |
|
244,200 | 63,200 |
|
240,500 | -14,500 |
|
239,000 | 19,000 |
|
237,000 | 197,000 |
|
236,000 | -24,000 |
|
215,500 | 500 |
|
205,500 | 125,500 |
|
200,500 | 135,500 |
|
196,500 | 146,500 |
|
182,000 | 12,000 |
|
181,500 | 81,500 |
|
170,500 | -69,500 |
|
142,000 | 7,000 |
|
142,000 | 27,000 |
|
132,000 | -28,000 |
|
109,500 | -40,500 |
|
105,500 | 22,500 |
|
104,000 | 4,000 |
|
100,000 | -35,000 |
|
93,000 | -17,000 |
|
92,500 | -27,500 |
|
90,500 | -34,500 |
Dvoress Eliminates Yan
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Daniel Dvoress has just sent late entrant [Removed:17] to the rail, when Dvoress's jacks bested the ace-queen of his opponent.
Cary Katz is down to half starting stack since joining the field, with Sam Greenwood being eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | 10,000 |
|
20,000 | |
![[Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Fast Eliminated by Bicknell
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
It was all-in preflop between Kristen Bicknell and Dietrich Fast, both of whom were on their second bullets.
Dietrich Fast: 
Kristen Bicknell: 
The board ran out 
and Bicknell sent her opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | 85,000 |
|
Busted |
Big Stacks
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
As we enter the final level of the night, here are some of the big stacks vying for the overnight chip lead in the €10,300 EPT High Roller.
A new addition to this list is Matthew Moss, who sent Bryn Kenney to the rail and moved up over 250,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
255,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
225,000 | 75,000 |
|
|
220,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
215,000 | -15,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Aido Lasts Five Minutes After Hajiyev Misclick
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
According to the Casino Barcelona Twitter, Ramin Hajiyev may need to pay closer attention to the chip denominations. With the blinds at 600/1,200, Hajiyev attempted to raise to 2,800 but confused the 1,000 and 5,000 denomination chips, instead raising to 10,800.
Another late entry was Sergio Aido who opted to three-bet all in for all 50,000 chips of his starting stack. Hajiyev called.
Ramin Hajiyev: 
Sergio Aido: 
The board came all low and Aido was eliminated around five minutes after joining the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 50,000 |
|
Busted |
Zhang Pulls Audacious Five-Bet Bluff on Derwiche
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a 
flop and with 9,000 in the pot, Chi Zhang bet, Imad Derwiche raised and Zhang then three-bet to 10,900.
Imad Derwiche then four-bet to 25,000.
"You have something?" asked Zhang, in the middle of using up several time extensions.
"I have something," replied Derwiche.
Eventually Zhang five-bet all in and Derwiche did not snap call.
"You have nothing!" exclaimed Zhang.
Derwiche used up two of his time extensions before folding. Zhang showed 
.
"What the f*ck," said Michael Soyz, "Jesus Christ Almighty!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | 20,000 |
|
18,000 | 18,000 |
New Players
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
50,000 |