Adams Leads €50,000 Super High Roller After Day 1; Defending Champion Chidwick Among Big Stacks
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
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 1,050,000 | 175 |
| 2 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 964,000 | 161 |
| 3 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 789,000 | 132 |
| 4 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 749,000 | 125 |
| 5 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 672,000 | 112 |
| 6 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 557,000 | 93 |
| 7 | Tom Vogelsang | Netherlands | 548,000 | 91 |
| 8 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 457,000 | 76 |
| 9 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | France | 426,000 | 71 |
| 10 | Mike Watson | Canada | 351,000 | 59 |
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.
flop. Adams eyeballed the stack of his table neighbour and then moved all-in. Grafton sigh-called within a few seconds for what appeared to be around 205,000 in chips.
turn improved Adams to broadway and the 
river was not enough to keep Grafton in contention, who instantly left the tournament area with a very loud sigh.
and Kabrhel was eliminated.
turn. The river 
saw him secure a double up.
flop on which Muehloecker continued for 26,000 and then called a raise to 66,000.
turn, Muehloecker check-called all-in to set up the following showdown.
on the river confirmed Muehloecker's double for 127,000 and that left Nemeth very short.
saw Pardo bet 55,000. Kabrhel called.
for top pair.
river with Teun Mulder having shoved for his last 50,000.
flop brought a bet worth 14,000 by Watson and a call by Chalot. On the 
for the Frenchman to bust.
