Welcome to the EPT London £25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
It is now time for the second £25,000 Single-Day High Roller at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London at the Hilton Park Lane hotel. Those who have been eliminated from the £5,300 EPT Main Event will be able to enter into some high stakes action starting from 12:30 p.m. local time.
American poker pro Byron Kaverman took down the £25,000 Single-Day High Roller I late on Thursday night defeating a field of 30 entries to claim the £273,710 first-place prize after defeating Orpen Kisacikoglu heads-up. Others will be trying to replicate his success in this event.
The one-day tournament will see each player start with 100,000 chips with blinds starting at 500/1,000 with an 1,000 big blind ante. This tournament features unlimited reentries with late registration ending at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time at the start of Level 11. Blind levels will be 30-minutes in length with a 15-minute break after Levels 4 and 7 and a 75-minute dinner break at approximately 6:00 p.m. local time. Thereafter, players will get a 15-minute break every three levels.
A shot clock will be implemented from the start of the event. Players receive eight 30-second time-bank cards before play, seven cards on Level 1, six cards on Level 2 & 3, five cards on Level 4 & 5, and four cards on Level 6 & higher. On the final table, players will receive an additional five time-bank cards.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings updates until a winner is crowned, along with updates of other events from EPT London.