€2,200 EPT National High Roller Day 1a | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€2,200 EPT National High Roller

Day 1a Started

08-26-2018 10:57 UTC+2

Welcome to Day 1a of the €2,200 EPT National High Roller

AaronMcBride

At noon local time today Day 1a of the €2,200 EPT National High Roller gets underway as the players gather to take part in the 2018 PokerStars European Tour Barcelona once again.

This event will mirror the format of the EPT National that began earlier this week, which plays down to its winner from the final six today. 15% of the field will make Day 2 on Monday, August, 27, where a winner will be crowned.

The levels will be set at 40-minutes with breaks coming after every three levels. If a player is unlucky enough to exit the flight they will be able to enter the 7 pm Turbo Day 1b which features 20-minute levels.

Day 1a Blind Schedule

Level	Blinds	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	40 min	100	100
2	40 min	100	100	100
3	40 min	100	200	200
Break 20 min
4	40 min	100	300	300
5	40 min	200	400	400
6	40 min	200	500	500
Break 20 min
7	40 min	300	600	600
8	40 min	400	800	800
9	40 min	500	1000	1000
Dinner Break 75 min
10	40 min	600	1200	1200
11	40 min	800	1600	1600
12	40 min	1000	2000	2000
Break 20 min
13	40 min	1000	2500	2500
14	40 min	1500	3000	3000
15	40 min	2000	4000	4000

PokerNews will be providing coverage throughout the day and into the Day 1b action as well.

Tags: EPT

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

08-26-2018 12:15 UTC+2

Big Field

AaronMcBride

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

So far 683 players have taken their seat in the EPT National High Roller ten minutes into the first level.

08-26-2018 12:24 UTC+2

Faces in the Field

AaronMcBride

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Da-Silva	30,000	30,000
Rex Clinkscales	30,000	30,000
Sam Cohen	30,000	30,000
Paul Newey	30,000	30,000
Maksim Bura	30,000	30,000
Espen Uhlen Jørstad	30,000	30,000
Ari Engel	30,000	30,000
Jimmy Guerrero	30,000	30,000
Adam Owen	30,000	30,000
Ryan Riess	30,000	30,000
Marti Roca de Torres	30,000	30,000
Aylar Lie	30,000	30,000
Cord Garcia	30,000	30,000

08-26-2018 12:35 UTC+2

Team PokerStars Pro Maria Konnikova

AaronMcBride

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Maria Konnikova has taken her seat in the EPT National High Roller, and the Team PokerStars Pro is looking for her first cash at the PokerStars European Tour Barcelona after an unsuccessful run in the EPT National earlier this year.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	30,000

Tags: Maria Konnikova EPT

08-26-2018 12:44 UTC+2

Entries Continue to Rise

AaronMcBride

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

The entries are up to 748 as the first level comes to a finish.

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

08-26-2018 13:00 UTC+2

New Entries

AaronMcBride

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Abécassis	30,000	30,000
Ben Wilinofsky	30,000	30,000
Alex Foxen	30,000	30,000
Leo Margets	30,000	30,000
Thomas Ward	30,000	30,000
Scott Margereson	30,000	30,000
Martin Jacobson	30,000	30,000
Alessandro Valli	30,000	30,000
Amar Begovic	30,000	30,000
Anton Wigg	30,000	30,000
Sylvain Loosli	30,000	30,000
Felipe Ramos	30,000	30,000
Daniel Wilson	30,000	30,000
Gavin O'Rourke	30,000	30,000
Charles Akadiri	30,000	30,000
Chris Moorman	30,000	30,000
Ismael Bojang	30,000	30,000
Jamie O'Connor	30,000	30,000
Jason Wheeler	30,000	30,000
Jeff Gross	30,000	30,000
[Removed:30]	30,000	30,000
Jonathan Roy	30,000	30,000

08-26-2018 13:10 UTC+2

Compte Hits a Set Against Yaroshevskyy

AaronMcBride

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

The board was down , and Sebastien Compte bet 6,350 on the river with Igor Yaroshevskyy, his only opponent. Yaroshevskyy had seen his 30,000 chip stack already reduced to around 8,000 at this point, but the Ukrainian made the call and saw the bad news.