€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
At 12:30 PM local time, one of the marquee events of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT here at the Monte Carlo Bay Resort & Hotel kicks off. The first day of the €100,000 Super High Roller has arrived and will attract some of the most well-known high stakes poker players in the world to the felt here in Monaco. Sam Greenwood won the Super High Roller last year and added the first-place prize of €1,520,000 to his bankroll.
The 2018 EPT Super High Roller attracted 30 unique entries with 16 reentries creating a total prize pool of €4,462,920 with 6 players cashing in total. Christoph Vogelsang, Ali Reza Fatehi, Ole Schemion, Justin Bonomo, and Isaac Haxton all finished in the money. Vogelsang and Bonomo have not been spotted here yet so it remains to be seen if they will be participating again this year to try and get a better result.
The players will start with a stack of 250,000 and six time-bank cards worth 30 seconds each as there is a 30-second shot clock throughout the whole tournament. Day 1 has eight levels of 60 minutes on the schedule with a 20-minute break after every two levels. Players can reenter for an unlimited number of times and the registration period will remain open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday, April 28, at 12:30 PM local time. Three extra time bank cards will be handed out to the players on Day 2 and at the start of the official final table.
Day 1 Structure
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | BB Ante |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 60 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
2 | 60 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Break | 20 | |||
3 | 60 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
4 | 60 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
Break | 20 | |||
5 | 60 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
6 | 60 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
Break | 20 | |||
7 | 60 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
8 | 60 | 2,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Follow all the high stakes action from the floor right here as the PokerNews live reporting team will bring them to you as usual from the first card off the deck until the final chip has been bagged for Day 2.
With a number of High Roller regulars loitering in the tournament area, the start of the Super High Roller has been delayed.
Isaac Haxton, Timothy Adams, Orpen Kisacikoglu, Sam Greenwood, Daniel Dvoress and Matthias Eibinger are among the ten players registered according to the tournament clock.
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
There are seven players seated with ten registered and cards are in the air for the €100,000 Super High Roller.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Wiktor Malinowski
|
250,000 | |
Matthias Eibinger | 250,000 | |
Orpen Kisacikoglu | 250,000 | |
Daniel Dvoress
|
250,000 | |
Sam Greenwood
|
250,000 | |
Isaac Haxton | 250,000 | |
Timothy Adams | 250,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christoph Vogelsang | 250,000 | 250,000 |
David Peters | 250,000 |
The board read with around 10,000 in the middle already.
Sam Greenwood checked in the big blind and Timothy Adams bet 11,500 on the button. Greenwood took a few seconds before making the call.
The river completed the board with the , Greenwood checked for the last time but folded when Adams continued with a bet of 34,500.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Adams | 270,000 | 20,000 |
Sam Greenwood
|
222,000 | -28,000 |
Timothy Adams defended his big blind from a Daniel Dvoress open.
The flop came and Adams check-called a large continuation bet of 6,000 from Dvoress. The pair checked down the runout.
"I have a pair," said Adams.
"Cool," said Dvoress and Adams showed the .
"Both cards to win," said Dvoress and Adams revealed the accompanying
Dvoress turned over and took down the pot.
"Nice c-bet," said Adams.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Adams | 260,000 | -10,000 |
Daniel Dvoress
|
260,000 | 10,000 |
With the addition of Ahadpur Khangah and Nick Petrangelo, the field is now up to 12 players.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ahadpur Khangah | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Nick Petrangelo | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Jesus Cortes | 250,000 |
Three more players have entered the field, taking the total up to fifteen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Addamo | 250,000 | |
Alex Foxen | 250,000 | |
Sean Winter | 250,000 |