2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

€50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€742,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€2,182,950
Entries
45
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
35
Players Left
20

Adams Leads €50,000 Super High Roller After Day 1; Defending Champion Chidwick Among Big Stacks

Level 8 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

The most expensive tournament of the rescheduled 2021 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague has kicked off in the King's Casino at the Hilton Prague. Some of poker's biggest names jumped into the €50,000 EPT Super High Roller and the marquee event attracted a total of 35 entries on Day 1. Only 20 players made it through but the late registration remains open until the start of Day 2.

Canada's Timothy Adams was the only player to bag a seven-figure stack, having turned his 250,000 starting stack into 1,050,000. He is followed by Spain's Adrian Mateos (964,000) while defending champion Stephen Chidwick sits in third place (789,000). The remaining names in the overnight top ten are all well-known pros that can regularly be found in high stakes competitions.

2021 EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller Day 1 Top 10 Counts

PositionPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Timothy AdamsCanada1,050,000175
2Adrian MateosSpain964,000161
3Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom789,000132
4Daniel DvoressCanada749,000125
5Nick PetrangeloUnited States672,000112
6Juan PardoSpain557,00093
7Tom VogelsangNetherlands548,00091
8Orpen KisacikogluTurkey457,00076
9Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierFrance426,00071
10Mike WatsonCanada351,00059

The sole PokerStars ambassador to take part was €10,000 Bounty High Roller champion Sam Grafton and the jovial Brit was eliminated towards the end of the day by Adams when his open-ended straight draw only improved to an inferior straight.

Among the casualties was also €25,000 Single-Day High Roller I winner Teun Mulder, who entered two times without success. He was joined on the rail by the likes of Ben Heath, Benjamin Chalot, and Daichi Tominaga.

Czech WSOP bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel fired multiple bullets but could only turn them into a stack of 177,000 while other familiar names such as Laszlo Bujtas (205,000), Niklas Astedt (168,000), and Mustapha Kanit (121,000) all bagged up fewer chips than they started with as well.

The rise of Adams towards the top of the leaderboard received a major boost when Kabrhel ran with kings into his aces. From there on, the Canadian remained near the top for the remainder of the night and also dispatched Grafton as well. Defending champion Chidwick had a rocky start but accumulated chips thereafter before doubling in a flip against Thomas Muehloecker.

Among those expected to take advantage of the extended late registration until the start of Day 2 are King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik and Tony G. The tournament will recommence on Thursday, March 10 at 12.30 pm local time with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000. All late entrants receive 250,000 in chips in their pursuit of glory.

Stay tuned for the conclusion of this three-day tournament, as the PokerNews live reporting team will provide updates until a winner has been crowned.