£50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT London
£50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 PokerStars EPT London
Buy-in
£50,000
Prize Pool
£1,891,890
Entries
39
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
30
Players Left
16
Ben Heath Leads 16 Players Advancing to Day 2 of £50,000 Super High Roller
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Another day, another high-roller event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London festival. Today, the £50,000 Super High Roller kicked off with a total of 30 entries being recorded through the opening eight levels of the tournament. At the end of the day, just 16 players bagged chips who will advance to Day 2, starting tomorrow at 12:30 pm local time.
It was an impressive display of cards from high-stakes regular Ben Heath who makes his home right here in the United Kingdom. Heath was on the right side of some coin flips, coolers, and an all-around clean slate of poker on Day 1. Scoring a couple of knockouts throughout the day, Heath managed to bag up a healthy stack of 918,000 chips, good enough for the Day 1 chip lead.
Heading into Day 2, he will be closely followed by Christoph Vogelsang who cruised throughout the day, winding up with 843,000. Some other big stacks advancing through include Philip Sternheimer (654,000), Steve O'Dwyer (609,000), Juan Pardo (600,000), Adrian Mateos (575,000), and Orpen Kisacikoglu (562,000).
The day began with just 13 players taking their seats and only having to pay half the amount of rake as everyone else. It took a while for the field to grow and the action was stale at times in the opening levels, but some big hands eventually led to chaos.
Timothy Adams was the first to hit the rail when his flopped set, rivered full house, was bested by Joao Vieira who flopped top set and made the nut full house. Adams was among many players who were forced to the registration desk to make use of the unlimited number of re-entries. Joining him throughout the day were Pedro Garagnani, Pardo, Daniel Dvoress, Laszlo Bujtas, Graeme Newman, and Mike Watson all fired a second bullet.
Late registration will continue to remain open until the start of Day 2 where the blinds will resume at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. The action will get underway at 12:30 pm local time and the scheduled plan is to play down to the final six players, although that is always up for discussion.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back to bring you all of the live updates throughout the day as the field will be playing into the money in the highest buy-in event of the series.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
918,000 | -92,000 |
|
843,000 | -97,000 |
|
654,000 | 94,000 |
|
609,000 | 115,000 |
|
600,000 | 117,000 |
|
575,000 | -145,000 |
|
562,000 | 407,000 |
|
474,000 | 37,000 |
|
379,000 | 129,000 |
|
376,000 | -54,000 |
|
358,000 | 127,000 |
|
349,000 | 24,000 |
|
214,000 | -162,000 |
|
210,000 | -40,000 |
|
198,000 | 2,000 |
|
186,000 | 82,000 |
Last Three Hands
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The tournament clock shows 10 minutes remaining in the final level of the evening and the remaining 16 players will play the final three hands.
Grafton Flops Big in the Big Blind
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Joao Vieira raised to 10,000 in the hijack and Sam Grafton called from the big blind. The flop came 
and Grafton checked to Vieira who continued for 6,000. Grafton check-raised to 16,000 and Vieira called.
The 
landed on the turn and Grafton threw in a bet of 30,000. Vieira still called and the 
completed the board. Grafton moved all in, putting Vieira to the test for his last 83,000. After using three of his time banks, Vieira eventually called it off.
Grafton turned over 
for trip fours while Vieira could only muster 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000 | 205,000 |
|
Busted |
Recent Eliminations
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Vogelsang Folds to Watson's Turn Bet
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Mike Watson raised to 20,000 from the button and a limping Christoph Vogelsang was the lone caller in the cutoff.
The flop was 
and Vogelsang check-called a 35,000 bet from Watson. The turn was 60,000 and Vogelsang checked again.
Watson fired 60,000 on the flop and Vogelsang got away from it as the shot clock expired.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
940,000 | 37,000 |
|
|
430,000 | 25,000 |
Two More Re-Entries
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | -11,000 |
Short Stacks Fight It Out
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Punnat Punsri raised to 9,000 in the cutoff and Sam Greenwood defended from the big blind. The flop came 
and Greenwood checked to Punsri who continued with a bet of 7,000. Greenwood check-raised to 18,000 and Punsri called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Greenwood counted out a bet of 66,000 this time and Punsri went into the tank for a minute before pushing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
104,000 | -109,000 |
Bujtas Pressures Greenwood
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action was heads up with 24,000 in the pot and 
on the board when Sam Greenwood bet 28,000 from the big blind. Laszlo Bujtas raised to 52,000 from the next seat over and Greenwood called.
The turn was 
and Greenwood checked. Bujtas slid out a stack of green T-25,000 chips that looked to be around 250,000. Greenwood glanced down at his stack and folded without much hesitation.
Greenwood is trending downwards after a good start to the day while Bujtas has chipped up in recent levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
437,000 | 202,000 |
|
|
105,000 | -85,000 |