O’Dwyer Bags a Huge Stack After Day 1 of the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em II
It was a short opening day in the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em II here at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour but there was still no shortage of action. A total of 40 entries were recorded through ten 30-minute levels and 12 players have bagged up chips with Steve O’Dwyer leading the way.
Of the 40 participants, a massive prize pool of €960,400 was collected but will sure to be even more with late registration and rebuys still available until the start of Day 2.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 679,000 | 135 |
| Eelis Parssinen | Finland | 597,000 | 119 |
| Juan Pardo | Spain | 566,000 | 113 |
| Adrian Mateos | Spain | 480,000 | 96 |
| Sergio Aido | Spain | 437,000 | 87 |
| Nick Petrangelo | United States | 340,000 | 68 |
| Timothy Adams | Canada | 251,000 | 50 |
| Sam Greenwood | Canada | 218,000 | 43 |
| Artur Martirosian | Russia | 202,000 | 40 |
O’Dwyer climbed the leaderboard early on but caught fire later in the evening when he picked up aces against the pocket tens of Orpen Kisacikoglu to send him to the rail. O’Dwyer is no stranger to these high roller fields with close to 32 million dollars in lifetime earnings and a recent sixth place here in the €25,000 No Limit Hold'em for €117,260. He will be looking to better that result when he puts his 679,000 stack to work in tomorrow’s finale.
Finland’s Eelis Parssinen came in late to the day but soared up the leaderboard to bag an impressive 597,000 for second place. Parssinen is not a regular to the high rollers but found a recent score here with a fourth-place finish in the €10,200 Pot Limit Omaha for €112,780.
Juan Pardo comes back tomorrow in third place with 566,000 after hitting quad threes early on to eliminate two players and sky rocket his stack. Adrian Mateos and Sergio Aido round out the top five as they hope to take down this EPT title.
Many notables joined the action throughout the day but those who could not find a bag included Erik Seidel, Seth Davies, Juha Helppi, and Patrik Antonius, who will all have another chance to jump back in the action tomorrow.
The cards will go back in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante and action will play down till a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site tomorrow as EPT Barcelona concludes here in Catalonia.