€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€10,300 EPT High Roller

Day 1 Completed

09-02-2023 01:27 UTC+2

Steve O'Dwyer Among Chip Leaders at End of Day 1 in the €10,300 EPT High Roller

Tyler Foran

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The first day of the €10,300 EPT High Roller at the 2023 European Poker Tour (EPT) at Casino Barcelona wrapped up early this morning with High Stakes Professional Steve O'Dwyer bagging the chip lead with a stack of 364,500. O'Dwyer already has three cashes in the 2023 EPT Barcelona including a 3rd place finish in the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller. He is one of 179 players who will return for Day 2 in the three-day event.

Top 10 chip counts

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	364500	243
2	Ignacio Sagra	Argentina	358000	239
3	Martin Stausholm	Denmark	356000	237
4	Maks Sifrer	Slovenia	341000	227
5	Eric Sfez	France	333500	222
6	Thi Nguyen	France	326000	217
7	Vladas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	322500	215
8	Pakinai Lisawad	Thailand	311500	208
9	Louis Nyberg	Sweden	308500	206
10	Gianluca Speranza	Italy	304500	203

The High Roller attracted a big field of 433, and even bigger names creating a prize pool of $4,200,100. Registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 so the prize pool is expected to grow even more.

Some of the well-knowns who bagged on Day 1 include John Juanda, Timothy Adams,Nacho Barbero, Patrik Antonius, Anton Wigg,Maria Ho as well as PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton.

Dan Heimiller also found a bag after finding a late double-up against Nacho Barbero in the last couple of levels of the night as he ran aces against Nacho Barbero’s ace-king.

Those who weren't fortunate enough to find a bag include Thomas Boivin, Ethan ‘Rampage’ Yau, Niklas Astedt, Hall of Famer Erik Seidel and PokerStars ambassador’s Parker Talbot, Ramon Colillas, and Alejandro Lococo.

Day 2 action will pick up Saturday, September 2 at 12:30 p.m. local time and will play 60-minute levels with a 20-minute break after every second level. The day will begin on Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/1,500/1,500.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site tomorrow as EPT Barcelona starts wrapping up.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Anton Wigg Dan Heimiller Erik Seidel John Juanda Maria Ho Parker Talbot Patrik Antonius Timothy Adams

09-02-2023 01:15 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw

Tyler Foran

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds

1	1	Kemal Aslan	Turkey	185,500	124
1	3	Luciano Macchiarelli	Argentina	61,500	41
1	4	Markkos Ladev	Estonia	236,500	158
1	5	Ionut-Lucian Colciar	Romania	239,500	160
1	6	Ryan Price	Israel	142,500	95
1	7	Vlada Stojanovic	Croatia	63,000	42
1	8	Nacho Barbero	Argentina	48,000	32

2	1	Emil Bise	Switzerland	97,000	65
2	2	Nicolas Lecoeuvre	France	71,000	47
2	3	Mark Vronskii	Russia	80,000	53
2	4	Walter Ripper	Brazil	64,500	43
2	7	Alexandre Reard	France	176,500	118
2	8	Dan Djorno	France	38,500	26

3	1	Aleksandr Shevliakov	Russia	74,500	50
3	2	Maher Nouira	Tunisia	245,000	163
3	3	David Yan	New Zealand	169,500	113
3	4	Ignacio Sagra	Argentina	358,000	239
3	5	Fabrice Bigot	France	197,500	132
3	7	Rehman Kassam	United Kingdom	121,000	81
3	8	Stephen Song	USA	174,500	116

4	2	Yuki Hamada	Japan	69,000	46
4	3	Adolfo Vaeza	Uruguay	44,500	30
4	4	Ankit Ahuja	India	83,000	55
4	5	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	112,500	75
4	6	Erik Friberg	Sweden	183,000	122
4	7	Biao Ding	China	116,000	77
4	8	Oliver Bithell	United Kingdom	63,500	42

5	1	Roope Tarmi	Finland	141,000	94
5	2	Mesbah Guerfi	France	105,000	70
5	4	Anton Kraous	Bulgaria	29,000	19
5	5	Yaman Nakdali	Spain	64,000	43
5	6	Harsheel Kothari	USA	27,500	18
5	7	Kalybek Nurkozhoev	Kyrgyzstan	105,000	70
5	8	Adi Rajkovic	Austria	53,000	35

6	1	Anton Wigg	Sweden	93,000	62
6	2	Chun Jun Beum	South Korea	233,500	156
6	3	Vladas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	322,500	215
6	4	Jamil Wakil	Canada	80,500	54
6	6	Vinicius Pinheiro	Portugal	94,500	63
6	7	Nicholas Palma	USA	184,500	123
6	8	Gabriel Luz	Brazil	43,500	29

7	1	Alex Peffly	United Kingdom	168,000	112
7	2	Tom-Aksel Bedell	Norway	23,000	15
7	3	Alessio Sardone	Italy	81,500	54
7	4	Cedric Schwaederle	France	159,000	106
7	5	Selahaddin Bedir	Turkey	96,500	64
7	7	Pablo Melogno	Uruguay	139,000	93
7	8	Enrico Camosci	Italy	40,000	27

8	2	Anton Yakuba	Ukraine	116,500	78
8	3	Thomas Eychenne	France	42,500	28
8	4	Peter Jorgne	Sweden	48,000	32
8	5	Goran Mandic	Croatia	108,000	72
8	6	Thomas Groven	Norway	119,000	79
8	7	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	164,500	110
8	8	Ihar Soika	Belarus	24,000	16

9	1	Xiong Chen	China	259,000	173
9	3	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	29,000	19
9	4	Allan Mello	Brazil	101,000	67
9	6	Christophe Malaurie	France	146,500	98
9	7	Pakinai Lisawad	Thailand	311,500	208
9	8	Ivanildo Mascarenhas	Brazil	4,000	3

10	1	Tsugunari Toma	Japan	214,000	143
10	2	Romain Dours	France	166,500	111
10	3	Andres Korn	Argentina	21,500	14
10	4	Simone Andrian	Italy	211,000	141
10	6	Orhan Ates	Turkey	110,000	73
10	7	Krasimir Neychev	Bulgaria	111,500	74
10	8	Edilson Marques	Brazil	240,000	160

11	1	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	52,500	35
11	2	Fangzhou Zhu	China	76,500	51
11	3	[Removed:432]	France	63,000	42
11	5	Roelof Pepping	Netherlands	29,500	20
11	6	Juan Martin Pastor	Argentina	178,500	119
11	7	Kyle Cheong	Australia	108,500	72
11	8	Masato Yokosawa	Japan	44,500	30

12	1	Recep Aydemir	Turkey	196,500	131
12	2	Denise Pratt	USA	118,000	79
12	3	Patrik Antonius	Finland	120,000	80
12	5	Antoine Labat	France	39,000	26
12	6	Byron Kaverman	USA	212,000	141
12	7	Antoine Saout	France	101,500	68
12	8	Yea Joonhee	South Korea	120,500	80

13	1	Vadzim Lipauka	Belarus	148,000	99
13	2	Pablo Brito	Brazil	141,000	94
13	3	Louis Nyberg	Sweden	308,500	206
13	4	Saar Wilf	Israel	36,500	24
13	5	Aliaksei Boika	Belarus	34,500	23
13	6	Vlado Banicevic	Montenegro	177,000	118
13	7	Arsenii Karmatckii	Russia	63,000	42

14	1	Kelvin Kerber	Brazil	88,000	59
14	3	Viet Van Vo	USA	33,500	22
14	4	Fabiano Kovalski	Brazil	125,000	83
14	5	Daniel Heimiller	USA	232,000	155
14	6	Zhewen Hu	Hong Kong	35,000	23
14	7	Mark Teltscher	United Kingdom	31,000	21

15	1	Daewoong Song	South Korea	36,500	24
15	2	George Chiriac	Romania	217,000	145
15	3	Michel Dattani	Portugal	51,000	34
15	4	Liutauras Lisas	Lithuania	42,500	28
15	5	Maks Sifrer	Slovenia	341,000	227
15	6	Viktor Daniliuk	Russia	75,000	50
15	7	Marcelo Bonanata	Uruguay	126,000	84

16	2	Victor Pertile	Brazil	231,500	154
16	3	Paulius Plausinaitis	Lithuania	112,000	75
16	5	Apoorva Goel	India	32,000	21
16	6	Timothy Adams	Canada	123,000	82
16	7	Ramon Kropmanns	Brazil	218,500	146
16	8	Yiannis Liperis	Cyprus	72,500	48

17	1	Tsai Ting-Yi	Thailand	54,500	36
17	2	Arjel Daci	Albania	120,000	80
17	4	Meng Guo	Hong Kong	77,000	51
17	5	Nils Bardsley	USA	45,500	30
17	7	Song Xue	China	285,000	190
17	8	Francisco Benitez	Uruguay	129,500	86

18	1	Andras Nemeth	Hungary	192,000	128
18	2	Maria Ho	USA	31,500	21
18	3	Sung Hyun	South Korea	45,500	30
18	5	Wooseok Kim	South Korea	68,000	45
18	6	Kitty Kuo	Taiwan	117,000	78
18	7	Elliot Smith	Canada	133,000	89
18	8	Weiran Pu	China	153,500	102

19	2	Marco Sposito	Italy	49,000	33
19	3	Ka Kwan Lau	Spain	261,000	174
19	4	Jon Vallinas	Spain	138,500	92
19	5	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	285,500	190
19	6	Fabio Peluso	Italy	69,000	46
19	7	Huang Wei	Hong Kong	101,000	67
19	8	Johannes Sipila	Finland	33,500	22

20	1	Oleg Vasylchenko	Ukraine	115,000	77
20	2	Juan Pardo	Spain	81,000	54
20	3	Ian Bradley	United Kingdom	104,500	70
20	4	Govert Metaal	Netherlands	40,500	27
20	6	James Mendoza	USA	89,500	60
20	8	Petteri Jouhkimainen	Finland	25,500	17

21	1	Martin Stausholm	Denmark	356,000	237
21	2	Liem Huynh	Sweden	45,500	30
21	3	Roberto Sagra	Argentina	68,000	45
21	5	Giuliano Bendinelli	Italy	84,000	56
21	7	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	172,500	115
21	8	Lee Changjae	South Korea	159,000	106

22	1	Hwany Lee	South Korea	172,000	115
22	2	Wender Oliveira	Brazil	86,000	57
22	5	Samuel Ju	Germany	200,000	133
22	6	Mehdi Chaoui	Morocco	52,500	35
22	7	Simon Lofberg	Sweden	118,500	79
22	8	Yunsheng Sun	Hong Kong	82,500	55

23	2	Tomi Brouk	Finland	104,000	69
23	3	Imad Derwiche	France	70,000	47
23	4	Vahe Martirosyan	Armenia	237,500	158
23	5	Evgenii Fidchuk	Ukraine	163,500	109
23	6	Nikita Kalinin	Russia	34,500	23
23	7	Eric Sfez	France	333,500	222
23	8	Gyuhyuk Lee	South Korea	22,000	15

24	2	Oleh Okhotskyi	Ukraine	179,500	120
24	3	Patrick Bruel	France	102,000	68
24	5	Adam Miller	United Kingdom	29,000	19
24	6	Conor Beresford	United Kingdom	187,000	125
24	7	Gianluca Speranza	Italy	304,500	203
24	8	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	364,500	243

25	1	Vlad Darie	Romania	148,000	99
25	2	Danilo Velasevic	Croatia	38,500	26
25	3	Alexandre Raymond	Canada	139,500	93
25	4	Mercedes Osti	France	109,000	73
25	6	Sirzat Hissou	Germany	76,500	51
25	7	Thi Nguyen	France	326,000	217
25	8	Souhayl Fjer	France	18,000	12

26	1	Christopher Chaudey	France	108,500	72
26	3	Jeferson Pinow	Brazil	215,000	143
26	4	[Removed:428]	Switzerland	97,500	65
26	6	Dennys Ramos	Brazil	121,000	81
26	7	Jacques Der Megreditchian	France	86,500	58
26	8	Kuljinder Sidhu	United Kingdom	63,000	42

27	1	Benjamin Winsor	United Kingdom	95,000	63
27	2	Arthur Conan	France	70,500	47
27	3	John Juanda	Indonesia	68,500	46
27	4	Gab Yong Kim	South Korea	103,500	69
27	6	Alex Keating	USA	170,500	114
27	7	Mihails Morozovs	Latvia	103,000	69
27	8	Tony Lin	USA	59,500	40

09-02-2023 01:14 UTC+2

End of Night Chip Counts (full)

Tyler Foran

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	364,500 24,500	24,500

Ignacio Sagra	358,000 94,000	94,000
Martin Stausholm	356,000 311,000	311,000
Maks Sifrer	341,000 341,000	341,000
Eric Sfez	333,500 -16,500	-16,500
Thi Nguyen	326,000 125,000	125,000
Vladas Tamasauskas	322,500 18,900	18,900
Pakinai Lisawad	311,500 -47,500	-47,500
Louis Nyberg	308,500 66,500	66,500
Gianluca Speranza	304,500 49,500	49,500
Teun Mulder	285,500 15,500	15,500
Song Xue	285,000 88,000	88,000
Ka Kwan Lau	261,000 210,800	210,800
Xiong Chen	259,000 259,000	259,000
Maher Nouira	245,000 245,000	245,000
Edilson Marques	240,000 215,000	215,000
Ionut-Lucian Colciar	239,500 171,500	171,500
Vahe Martirosyan	237,500 -12,500	-12,500
Markkos Ladev	236,500 -23,500	-23,500
Chun Jun Beum	233,500 233,500	233,500
Dan Heimiller	232,000 106,300	106,300
Victor Pertile	231,500 -28,500	-28,500
Ramon Kropmanns	218,500 -10,500	-10,500
George Chiriac	217,000 124,200	124,200
Jeferson Pinow	215,000 107,000	107,000

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09-02-2023 01:05 UTC+2

End Of Day 1

Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

All the tables have stopped playing, and players are now bagging their chips, marking the end of Day 1 of the €10,300 EPT High Roller.

Stay tuned for the chip counts and a recap of the day's action.

09-02-2023 01:00 UTC+2

Eychenne Goes All In

Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In the last few hands, Michel Dattani raised to 2,500 from middle position and was called by 2023 PSPC finalist Thomas Eychenne on the button, and Sung Hyun in the big blind.

After the flop 10♣3♥7♥, Hyun and Dattani checked to Eychenne, who bet 2,200. But Hyun decided to check-raise to 5,600. Dattani quickly folded, then Eychenne four-bet all in for 30,000 chips. Fortunately for him, Hyun folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sung Hyun	53,000 53,000	53,000
Michel Dattani	53,000 -51,000	-51,000

Thomas Eychenne	43,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Michel Dattani Sung Hyun Thomas Eychenne

09-02-2023 00:45 UTC+2

Five More Hands For Today

Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The clock is now stopped on 11 minutes and 39 seconds. Five more hands will be played today before the end.

09-02-2023 00:42 UTC+2

Bendinelli Wins Flip to Stay Alive

Tyler Foran

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Peter Jorgne opened 2,800 under the gun and Giuliano Bendinelli three-bet jammed for 25,500 from a couple of spots to his left. The action folded back to Jorgne and he made the call.

Giuliano Bendinelli: 10♥10♦
Peter Jorgne: A♦Q♦

It was a classic flip and the K♥9♥8♠6♠7♠ run out gave Bendinelli a straight as he remained seated nearing the end of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Jorgne	57,200 -60,000	-60,000
Giuliano Bendinelli	54,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Giuliano Bendinelli Peter Jorgne

09-02-2023 00:34 UTC+2

Bruel Sends Sargsyan To The Rail

Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

After an open by Patrick Bruel on the button, Aram Sargsyan in the small blind three-bet all in for 24,200 chips. Bruel took one earpiece out of his ear, and asked for the count twice. He eventually called.

Aram Sargsyan: A♠9♠
Patrick Bruel: 3♣3♠

Both players were nervous when the dealer revealed the flop 6♣Q♦J♥ and the turn 8♠. But after the river 4♣, Bruel was relieved, while Sargsyan was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Bruel	105,000 55,000	55,000
Aram Sargsyan	Busted

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Patrick Bruel

09-02-2023 00:23 UTC+2

Rezaei Puts Max Pressure on

Tyler Foran

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Three players saw the A♠6♠2♣ flop and both Dimitar Danchev and Gyuhuk Lee checked to Daniel Rezaei who fired 2,100 into the pot of about 7,000. Only Danchev made the call.

When the 3♣ hit the turn, Danchev check-called another bet of 17,000 from Rezaei.

The 7♥ completed the board, and Danchev checked once more before Rezaei announced all-in. Danchev had about 54,000 behind and tank for about a minute before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	139,000 97,000	97,000
Dimitar Danchev	54,000 -20,700	-20,700

Gyuhyuk Lee	45,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Dimitar Danchev