€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€10,300 EPT High Roller

Day 2 Started

12-16-2019 11:10 UTC+2

Welcome Back for Day 2 of the €10,300 EPT High Roller

Adam Lamers

It's the penultimate day of the 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague festival and outside of the Main Event taking place, the €10,300 EPT High Roller will grab the most attention. It is one of the more lucrative high-roller events on the schedule and one that many players look forward to. Day 1 saw a total of 245 entries - 190 players and 55 re-entries - with just 117 players making it through to Day 2.

After the opening 10 levels, it was Omar Lakhdari who bagged up the chip lead with an impressive 330,000 chips. He will return to the felt with a slight lead over Sam Greenwood who is no stranger to winning high-roller events. Greenwood made a late charge for the chip lead but fell just short with 304,000 chips. Jun Obara (282,000), Dimitar Danchev (264,000), and Arsenii Karmatckii (254,500) round out the top five counts.

The action is scheduled to resume at 12:30 p.m. local time with the blinds at 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante. Late registration will officially be closed when the cards go in the air, allowing players one last chance to enter the field or use their allotted one re-entry.

Another 10 levels are expected to be played today with each level running 60 minutes. There will be a 20-minute break after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after the sixth level. Each player will be given an additional six time extensions to begin the day.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates on route to reaching the money today. Our coverage will continue through to tomorrow where a champion will be crowned.

Tags: Arsenii Karmatckii Dimitar Danchev Jun Obara Omar Lakhdari Sam Greenwood

12-16-2019 13:28 UTC+2

Day 2 Seating Assignments

Adam Lamers

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Jun Obara	Japan	282,000	141
1	4	Daniil Kiselev	Russia	53,000	27
1	5	Danilo Velasevic	Serbia	93,500	47
1	6	Paul Newey	UK	162,000	81
1	7	Scott Margereson	UK	67,500	34
1	8	Artur Martirosian	Russia	50,000	25

2	1	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	251,000	126
2	2	Thomas Boivin	Belgium	81,000	41
2	3	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	80,000	40
2	4	Vlado Banicevic	Montenegro	162,000	81
2	7	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	101,500	51
2	8	Mario Navarro Arrocha	Spain	22,000	11

3	1	Conor Beresford	UK	104,500	52
3	2	Ludovic Geilich	UK	202,000	101
3	4	Hannes Speiser	Austria	141,000	71
3	5	Timothy Adams	UK	93,000	47
3	6	Uri Reichenstein	Germany	221,000	111
3	8	Ben Heath	UK	222,500	111

4	1	Paul Theobald	Germany	53,000	27
4	3	Niklas Lehnert-Rappel	Germany	133,500	67
4	4	Maxim Panyak	Russia	168,000	84
4	5	Sylvain Loosli	France	43,500	22
4	7	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	139,000	70
4	8	Tomas Jozonis	Lithuania	45,500	23

5	2	Jimmy Guerrero	France	143,000	72
5	3	Fabian Gumz	Germany	28,000	14
5	4	Aliaksei Boika	Belarus	119,000	60
5	6	Peter Turmezey	Hungary	132,500	66
5	7	Simon Brandstrom	Sweden	63,000	32
5	8	Bruno Lopes	France	208,000	104

6	1	Tomasz Cybulski	Poland	50,000	25
6	3	Artem Khachaturov	Russia	73,000	37
6	4	Job Greben	Netherlands	176,500	88
6	5	Henrik Hecklen	Denmark	52,000	26
6	6	Gaelle Baumann	France	124,000	62
6	7	Jans Arends	Netherlands	65,000	33
6	8	Yunye Lu	China	33,500	17

7	1	Thi Nguyen	France	40,000	20
7	2	Jonathan Bussieres	Canada	85,000	43
7	3	Anatoly Filatov	Russia	165,500	83
7	4	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	264,000	132
7	7	Alexandre Reard	France	24,000	12
7	8	Jiayu Ruan	China	21,000	11

8	2	Michael Soyza	Malaysia	211,500	106
8	4	Panagiotis Oikonomou	Greece	47,000	24
8	5	Gianluca Speranza	Austria	101,500	51
8	6	Ankit Ahuja	India	108,500	54
8	7	Amjad Nader	Turkey	83,500	42
8	8	Renan Bruschi	Brazil	76,000	38

9	1	Vlada Stojanovic	Serbia	23,000	12
9	2	Dario Sammartino	Italy	83,000	42
9	3	Marc Klausen	Denmark	105,000	53
9	4	Ashkan Fattahi	Iran	130,000	65
9	5	Masato Yokosawa	Japan	71,000	36
9	6	Gary Hasson	Belgium	35,000	18
9	7	Jinho Hong	South Korea	37,500	19

10	1	Clement Richez	Hungary	60,000	30
10	2	Paul Tedeschi	France	202,000	101
10	3	Yake Wu	China	55,000	28
10	4	Hirokazu Kobayashi	Japan	38,500	19
10	6	Sam Greenwood	Canada	304,000	152
10	7	Francesco Delfoco	Italy	130,000	65
10	8	Adrian Mateos	Spain	29,500	15

11	1	Ghattas Kortas	Sweden	125,500	63
11	2	Walid Abdi Ali	Germany	104,000	52
11	3	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	24,000	12
11	4	Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Russia	100,500	50
11	5	Bhavin Khatri	UK	100,000	50
11	6	Tsugunari Toma	Japan	51,500	26
11	8	Viktor Katzenberger	Hungary	153,000	77

12	1	Ivan Deyra	France	58,000	29
12	3	Javier Gomez Zapatero	Spain	8,000	4
12	4	Simon Pedersen	Denmark	194,500	97
12	6	Ihar Soika	Belarus	51,500	26
12	7	Ottomar Ladva	Estonia	56,000	28
12	8	Simon Burns	UK	22,000	11

13	1	Chin Wei Lim	Malaysia	139,000	70
13	2	Shahar Levi	Israel	20,500	10
13	3	Parker Talbot	Canada	160,500	80
13	4	Viktor Ustimov	Russia	117,500	59
13	5	Benjamin Chalot	Hungary	35,500	18
13	6	Ramin Hajiyev	Azerbaijan	74,500	37
13	7	Sergio Aido	Spain	136,500	68

14	1	Ole Schemion	Germany	120,500	60
14	2	Kemal Aslan	Turkey	209,000	105
14	4	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	39,000	20
14	5	Pieter Aerts	Belgium	155,000	78
14	7	Bertrand Grospellier	France	50,000	25
14	8	George Wolff	USA	176,000	88

15	1	Pierre Calamusa	France	57,000	29
15	2	Jon Gurrutxaga	Spain	99,500	50
15	4	Alexander Ivarsson	Sweden	20,000	10
15	5	Jakob Madsen	Denmark	46,500	23
15	6	Gergely Kulcsar	Hungary	45,000	23
15	7	Preben Stokkan	Norway	82,000	41
15	8	Oleh Okhotskyi	Ukraine	80,500	40

16	1	Laszlo Molnar	Hungary	186,000	93
16	2	Dmitry Yurasov	Russia	28,000	14
16	3	Simon Lofberg	Sweden	144,000	72
16	4	Gerald Karlic	Austria	49,500	25
16	6	Omar Lakhdari	France	330,000	165
16	7	Matthias Eibinger	Austria	70,000	35
16	8	Ghassan Bitar	Ghana	111,000	56

17	1	Naor Slobodskoy	Israel	70,000	35
17	2	Kristen Bicknell	Canada	89,000	45
17	4	Arsenii Karmatckii	Russia	254,500	127
17	5	Robert Heidorn	Germany	147,000	74
17	6	Daniel Rejc	Czech Republic	150,000	75
17	7	Sam Grafton	UK	111,000	56
17	8	Nazim Shala	Sweden	184,500	92

18	1	Luigi D'Alterio	Italy	85,000	43
18	2	Simon Mattsson	Sweden	74,500	37
18	3	Jan-Eric Schwippert	Germany	20,000	10
18	4	Tom-Aksel Bedell	Norway	129,000	65
18	5	Graeme Siow	Singapore	49,000	25
18	6	Jose Quintas	Portugal	8,000	4
18	8	Rainer Kempe	Germany	156,000	78

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

12-16-2019 13:41 UTC+2

Last Entries

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Late registration is officially closed as the cards are back in the air on Day 2. There were 10 entries to start the day, bringing the total number of entries to 255. The prizepool and payouts will be posted shortly when they become available.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	50,000	50,000
Ting Yi Tsai	50,000
Nick Marchington	50,000	50,000
Claas Segebrecht	50,000
Ryan Riess	50,000
Ognyan Dimov	50,000
Jorryt van Hoof	50,000	50,000
Colin Robinson	50,000
Juan Pardo	50,000	50,000
Anton Siden	50,000	50,000

12-16-2019 13:45 UTC+2

Martirosian Gets an Early Double

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Paul Newey opened to 4,500 in middle position and was three-bet to 14,000 by Scott Margereson out of the hijack. Artur Martirosian was next to act in the cutoff and cold four-bet all in for 50,000, getting folds back around to Newey, who folded as well. Margereson then made the call.

Artur Martirosian:
Scott Margereson:

Martirosian found help on the flop and was able to fade the two outer as the turn and river completed the runout to score him an early double at the expense of Margereson, who now finds himself with a stack below 10 big blinds early in Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Newey	157,500	-4,500
Artur Martirosian	92,000	42,000
Scott Margereson	18,000	-49,500

Tags: Artur Martirosian Paul Newey Scott Margereson

12-16-2019 13:55 UTC+2

Skhulukhiya and Schwippert Early Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jan-Eric Schwippert shoved blind on blind for just 20,000 and Michael Soyza called in the big blind.

Jan-Eric Schwippert:
Michael Soyza:

The Malaysian woke up with a suited ace and the flop came giving him trip tens. The turn completed his full house and the river eliminated Schwippert.

Meanwhile on a board, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya had moved all in for around 35,000 and Tsugunari Toma called. Skhulukhiya showed for top pair, but was out-kicked by Toma with .

The turn threatened a chop but the bricked and Skhulukhiya was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	220,000	8,500
Tsugunari Toma	145,000	93,500
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Busted
Jan-Eric Schwippert	Busted

Tags: Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Jan Eric Schwippert Michael Soyza Tsugunari Toma

12-16-2019 13:56 UTC+2

Lu Doubles Through Greben

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

ARtem Khachaturov opened the action with a raise to 5,000 under the gun and was called by Job Greben on his direct left. Henrik Hecklen called as well in middle position before action folded around to Yunye Lu, who reraised all in for 28,500.

Khachaturov went into the tank and needed to use a time extension before folding with five seconds left on his extension. Greben then called and Hecklen got out of the way to prime the two for the runout.

Yunye Lu:
Job Greben:

Lu was out in front and found himself even further ahead after the flop . The turn gave him four outs to fade in order to remain on top versus Greben's gutshot straight draw, and the dealer complied with his needs, bringing the river to score him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Job Greben	206,500	30,000
Yunye Lu	72,000	38,500
Artem Khachaturov	58,000	-15,000
Henrik Hecklen	37,000	-15,000

Tags: Henrik Hecklen Job Greben Yunye Lu

12-16-2019 13:57 UTC+2

Stokkan Kicks Madsen to the Rail

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jon Gurrutxaga opened to 4,500 from under the gun and Kristen Bicknell called on his left. Jakob Madsen shoved all in for 42,500 in the hijack only to have Preben Stokkan stick out a raise to roughly 100,000 on the button. The rest of the table folded including Gurrutxaga and Bicknell and the cards were tabled.

Preben Stokkan:
Jakob Madsen:

The flop of was no help to Madsen but the on the turn gave him an open-ended straight draw. However, the bricked off on the river and Madsen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preben Stokkan	145,000	63,000
Jakob Madsen	Busted

Tags: Jakob Madsen Jon Gurrutxaga Kristen Bicknell Preben Stokkan

12-16-2019 14:03 UTC+2

Ahuja Comes Out on Top

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Michael Soyza raised to 4,500 in early position and was called by Panagiotis Oikonomou a couple of seats over. Ankit Ahuja three-bet to 19,000 on the button and Soyza just called. Oikonomou ripped all in for his last 44,000 which allowed Ahuja to shove all in for 94,000. Soyza asked for a count but let his hand go.

Ankit Ahuja:
Panagiotis Oikonomou:

The flop fell to give Ahuja a set of jacks but Oikonomou had a flush draw. The paired the board on the turn to improve Ahuja to a full house and Oikonomou was drawing dead to the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	192,000	-28,000
Ankit Ahuja	162,000	53,500
Panagiotis Oikonomou	Busted

Tags: Panagiotis Oikonomou Michael Soyza Ankit Ahuja