€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€100,000
Prize Pool
€6,597,360
Entries
68
Level
28
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
68
Players Left
8
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.
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The players have taken their seats and unbagged their chips, and Day 2 is now underway.
New Entries
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
Bujtas An Early Casualty
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On one of the first hands of Day 2, Laszlo Bujtas got his last 132,000 in the middle from the big blind and was up against Aleksejs Ponakovs on the button, who barely had him covered.
Laszlo Bujtas: 
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 
The board ran out 
and Ponakovs' two queens were good enough to send Bujtas to the rail early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 132,000 |
|
Busted |
Badziakouski Strikes Early
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The action was picked up in a pot of roughly 50,000 on a board showing 
. Mikita Badziakouski checked from the big blind and Dan Smith bet out 35,000 from the hijack, which was called.
On the 
river Badziakouski took the lead with a bet of 35,000. Smith put some thought in before letting his hand go and the early pot was sent to Badziakouski
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
810,000 | 90,000 |
|
151,000 | -65,000 |
Vogelsang Rivers a Set to Send Out Benitez
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Francisco Benitez and Christoph Vogelsang built a pot of around 70,000 by the turn with the board showing 
. Benitez, in the small blind, checked to Vogelsang who checked behind.
The river came the 
and Benitez checked again. Vogelsang bet enough to put Benitez all in, and Benitez called for his last 110,000.
Vogelsang turned over 
for the rivered set and Benitez, who has already won two titles here in Barcelona, quickly mucked and made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000 | 157,000 |
|
Busted |
Garagnani Scores Big Double Thru Lefrancois
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Pascal Lefrancois had a three-bet to 30,000 in front of him from the cutoff before button Pedro Garagnani reraised to 72,000. Action folded back around to Lefrancois, who shoved all in. Garagnani quickly called for his last 380,000.
Pedro Garagnani: 
Pascal Lefrancois:
It was a classic race situation, and Garagnani would come out on front as the board came 
, giving him trip kings and the nearly 800,000 chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
780,000 | 492,000 |
|
180,000 | -220,000 |
Everyone Has a Flush as Davies Triples
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Seth Davies bet 15,000 on a board of and was called by Aleksejs Ponakovs in the big blind. Steve O'Dwyer, in early position, raised to 55,000 and Davies called.
Ponakovs then shoved all in for 285,000 and O'Dwyer tanked for a moment before calling. Davies snap-called for 270,000 as they turned their cards over, Davies and Ponakovs being at risk.
Seth Davies: 
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 
Steve O'Dwyer: 
All three players had turned a flush, but Davies was ahead with the nut flush. O'Dwyer and Ponakovs were already drawing dead as the 
fell on the river.
Ponakovs was eliminated, while Davies took a chunk off O'Dwyer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 558,000 |
|
575,000 | 73,000 |
|
|
Busted |