All Eyes on Neymar as 42 Remain on Day 2 of the €100,000 Super High Roller
Nick Petrangelo leads the final 42 players, but Neymar has stolen the show at the €100,000 Super High Roller.
The Brazilian soccer superstar, a day after scoring two goals in a game in Paris, arrived at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour and fired two bullets before bagging a top-10 stack with 532,000.
Petrangelo, the American pro already with $24 million in career live earnings, sits atop the leaderboard when Day 2 begins at 12:30 local time inside Casino Barcelona. Petrangelo busted Kahle Burns with a flopped full house late on Day 1 to leap past Artur Martirosian into the chip lead with 1,250,000. Martirosian, who has already won the €25,000 event earlier at EPT Barcelona, is in second with 1,046,000.
Petrangelo and Martirosian are the only players above 1,000,000. Rounding out the top five are Daniel Dvoress (840,000), David Peters (727,000), and Mikita Badziakouski (720,000), who won this event the first time it was a €100,000 buy-in back in 2018.
€100,000 Super High Roller Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 1,250,000 | 208 |
| 2 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 1,046,000 | 174 |
| 3 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 840,000 | 140 |
| 4 | David Peters | United States | 727,000 | 121 |
| 5 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 720,000 | 120 |
| 6 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 688,000 | 115 |
| 7 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 598,000 | 100 |
| 8 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | 575,000 | 96 |
| 9 | Neymar | Brazil | 532,000 | 89 |
| 10 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 523,000 | 87 |
A total of 63 entries joined on Day 1, including 50 unique entries, nearly surpassing the number from the last event in 2019. With late registration still open until the start of Day 2, that mark should easily be eclipsed. The prize pool will be announced shortly after registration closes. Patrik Antonius, Sam Greenwood, and Burns were among the players who failed to bag on Day 1 and will be forced to reeneter today if they want a chance at winning this prestigious title.
Play will pick up on Level 9, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels. The tournament will play down to a final table today, which will be streamed with cards-up coverage by PokerStars Live on Twitch and Youtube tomorrow.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand throughout today as the field gets whittled down toward the money bubble and the final table.
. Benitez, in the small blind, checked to Vogelsang who checked behind.
and Benitez checked again. Vogelsang bet enough to put Benitez all in, and Benitez called for his last 110,000.
for the rivered set and Benitez, who has already won two titles here in Barcelona, quickly mucked and made his exit.
and was called by Aleksejs Ponakovs in the big blind. Steve O'Dwyer, in early position, raised to 55,000 and Davies called.
fell on the river.
and action checked to Seidel, who bet 25,000. Adams folded, but Neymar stuck around to see the 
. Both players checked.
for a pair of queens and Seidel shook his head before mucking.
, it was the end of the road for Conan as the ace-ten high for Vaskaboinikau held up.
to keep Hecklen's aces in the lead. After coming back from the break with 123,000, Hecklen is now above 700,000 just 10 minutes into the level.
, Lefrancois and Garagnani checked to Heath who continued for 23,000. Peters got out of the way and Lefrancois and Garagnani came along. 
turn the blinds checked again and Heath sized up to 108,000. Lefrancois took a moment before moving all in for roughly 400,000. Garagnani folded and Heath rechecked his cards before making the snap-call. 
, which at first looked good for Lefrancois, but made Heath a full-house and sent the Canadian to the rail.
on the river improved Watson to a full house and another double up.
and Neymar checked to Thorel who bet 10,000. Neymar raised to 50,000 and Thorel called to see the 
board, quickly making his way to the exit.
