Another Single-Day High Roller Begins at 12:30 p.m.
After a day off from the high roller tournaments at the 2019 Pokerstars EPT Prague, it is now time for another €25,000 Single-Day High Roller. The largest event before the Christmas break is starting to wind down but there is still plenty of money to be won over the next few days.
The previous editions of this tournament earlier this week were won by Jean-Noel Thorel and Chin Wei Lim, who are both expected to be back in the field chasing another title. Some other strong performances throughout the week belong to Adrian Mateos and Ben Heath who have cashed in multiple events. Many players will still be looking for their first cash and possibly a trip-saver before the festival comes to an end.
The action is scheduled to get underway at 12:30 p.m. local time but a slight delay should be expected to allow for enough players to register before the cards go in the air. Similar to the other single-day tournaments, players will begin with a starting stack of 100,000 chips with the blinds beginning at 500/1,000 and a 1,000 big blind ante.
The levels will be 30 minutes in length with a 15-minute break after levels 4 and 7. There will be a 60-minute dinner break scheduled for after level 10. There is an unlimited re-entry option available and the late registration period will remain open for ten levels. As with most high-roller events, there will be a 30-second shot clock in play and each player will start with six 30-second time extensions.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back to bring you all of the coverage throughout the day on route to another champion being crowned.
, Matthias Eibinger and Peter Turmezey were heads-up in the pot. With around 60,000 in the middle already, Eibinger checked to Turmezey who shoved all in. Eibinger called off his stack of around 50,000 and was in big trouble.
while Eibinger had smalled two pair with 
. The river was the 
and Eibinger was the first player sent to the rail.
with Ihar Soika and Daniel Dvoress heads-up in a pot. Soika checked from middle position and Dvoress announced a bet of 28,000 from the cutoff. Soika called and the 
completed the board.
left Toma in the lead with his pocket jacks. The 
on the turn gave Ruijs a straight draw and the 
on the river completed his straight to eliminate Toma.
and Plesuv thought for a few moments before sliding the rest of his chips forward. Gieles immediately asked for a count and when the total of 53,000 was announced, he called just as quickly.
, scoring the pot and the knockout with his kings up to take him over 300,000.
with action heads up between Simon Pedersen, who was under the gun, and Jun Obara in the hijack. Pedersen had checked and Obara had put Pedersen all in for effectively what was around a pot-sized bet. 
. Pedersen showed 
, locking up the double as a result. His stack was totaled to be 108,500 and Obara sent the proper amount his way, tapping the felt and looking Pedersen's way in a congratulatory fashion.
on the turn gave O'Dwyer a straight draw but the 
for a rivered flush while Pedersen was forced to show his 
.