€25,000 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€25,000 EPT High Roller

Day 2 Started

05-05-2023 11:09 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw

Andrew Knowles

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Murad Akhundov	Azerbaijan	32,500	22
1	2	Manig Loeser	Germany	165,500	110
1	4	Paul Newey	United Kingdom	27,500	18
1	5	Lars Kamphues	Austria	38,500	26
1	6	Lander Lijo	Spain	100,000	67
1	8	Florian Guimond	France	47,000	31

2	1	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	99,000	66
2	2	Enrico Camosci	Italy	155,000	103
2	4	Saar Wilf	Israel	128,500	86
2	5	Stanislav Urodlivchenko	Ukraine	26,500	18
2	6	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	361,500	241
2	7	Ben Heath	United Kingdom	228,500	152
2	8	Marius Kudzmanas	Lithuania	364,000	243

3	1	Julien Sitbon	France	44,000	29
3	2	Samuel Ju	Germany	17,000	11
3	3	Seth Davies	USA	176,000	117
3	5	Thomas Eychenne	France	48,000	32
3	6	Masashi Oya	Japan	58,000	39
3	7	Sam Greenwood	Canada	23,500	16
3	8	Lim Chin Wei	Malaysia	84,500	56

4	1	Jacob Amsellem	Israel	88,000	59
4	2	Rui Martins	Portugal	18,000	12
4	4	Mikhail Rudoy	Russia	16,000	11
4	5	Laszlo Molnar	Hungary	25,000	17
4	6	Lucas Silva Rocha	Brazil	12,500	8
4	7	Patrik Antonius	Finland	84,000	56
4	8	Ricardo Caridade	Portugal	33,000	22

5	1	Johan Guilbert	France	113,000	75
5	2	Aleksejs Ponakovs	Latvia	52,000	35
5	3	Mikita Badziakouski	Ukraine	199,000	133
5	4	Philip Sternheimer	United Kingdom	44,000	29
5	6	Pedro Neves	Portugal	136,000	91
5	7	Aliaksei Boika	Belarus	23,000	15
5	8	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	32,000	21

6	1	Artur Martirosian	Russia	48,000	32
6	3	Dominykas Mikolaitis	Lithuania	212,500	142
6	5	Alexandru Danes	France	60,500	40
6	6	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	131,500	88
6	7	Fabrice Maltez	France	53,500	36
6	8	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	68,000	45

7	1	Weiran Pu	China	156,000	104
7	2	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	73,500	49
7	3	Kuljinder Sidhu	United Kingdom	59,000	39
7	4	Felipe Fontoura	Brazil	213,500	142
7	7	Dario Sammartino	Italy	123,000	82
7	8	Sosia Jiang	New Zealand	39,000	26

8	1	Daehyung Lee	South Korea	146,000	97
8	2	Patrick Bruel	France	101,500	68
8	4	Nacho Barbero	Argentina	99,000	66
8	5	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	223,000	149
8	8	[Removed:428]	Switzerland	20,500	14

9	1	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	108,500	72
9	2	Isaac Haxton	USA	94,500	63
9	3	Tomas Jozonis	Lithuania	187,000	125
9	6	Christoph Vogelsang	Germany	47,000	31
9	7	Shakhabiddin Muradov	Latvia	51,000	34
9	8	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	119,500	80

10	1	Carl Shaw	United Kingdom	44,000	29
10	2	Ramon Colillas	Spain	116,000	77
10	5	Boris Kolev	Bulgaria	53,500	36
10	6	Michel Dattani	Portugal	37,000	25
10	7	Timo Kamphues	Germany	190,500	127
10	8	Mario Navarro	Spain	187,000	125

11	1	Barak Wisbrod	Israel	102,000	68
11	2	Yuan Li	Hong Kong	145,000	97
11	3	Robert Greenberg	USA	1,000	1
11	4	Luke Schwartz	United Kingdom	54,000	36
11	8	Milos Petakovic	Serbia	105,500	70

12	1	Mehdi Chaoui	Morocco	30,000	20
12	2	Aliaksandr Hirs	Belarus	66,500	44
12	3	Motoyoshi Okamura	Japan	36,000	24
12	4	Harold Ichbia	France	25,500	17
12	5	Ramin Hajiyev	Azerbaijan	31,500	21
12	6	Ilya Nikiforov	Russia	97,000	65

13	1	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	206,000	137
13	3	Tom-Aksel Bedell	Norway	174,000	116
13	5	Adrian Mateos	Spain	159,500	106
13	6	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	65,900	44
13	8	Leon Sturm	Germany	74,000	49

14	3	Timothy Adams	Canada	65,000	43
14	5	Daisuke Ogita	Japan	67,500	45
14	6	Jenya Gavrilovich	Belarus	105,000	70
14	7	Roman Samoylov	Israel	134,500	90
14	8	Davidi Kitai	Belgium	93,500	62

15	2	Romain Lewis	France	251,000	167
15	4	Nick Petrangelo	USA	33,000	22
15	5	Christopher Puetz	Austria	46,500	31
15	6	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	239,000	159
15	8	Quan Zhou	Hong Kong	109,000	73

16	1	Patrik Jaros	Czech Republic	39,500	26
16	2	Justin Bonomo	USA	32,000	21
16	4	Juan Pardo	Spain	302,000	201
16	5	Alexandru Papazian	Romania	83,000	55
16	7	Santhosh Suvarna	India	49,500	33

05-05-2023 11:15 UTC+2

Day 2 of €25,000 EPT High Roller Kicks Off at 12:30 p.m.

Andrew Knowles

At 12:30 pm. local time, the €25,000 EPT High Roller kicks off Day 2 with late registration or reentry still possible until that moment. The 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ is coming to an end with two more days to play down but the action will be hot and heavy all day long. There were 183 entries collected on Day 1 and 95 of them made it nicely through to Day 2.

Argentina's Alejandro Lococo bagged one of the biggest stacks after the dust settled on Day 1 with an enormous stack of 361,500, good for 241 big blinds. Lococo will look to add to his already impressive poker resume with a deep run here.

Close on his tracks are high stakes regulars Juan Pardo (302,000), and Orpen Kisacikoglu (239,000) who finished in the top five.

Lithuania's Marius Kudzmanas bagged the chip lead with a stack of 364,000. Although Kudzmanas isn't a high roller regular, he will still be sure give the top name players a run for their money. Kudzmanas took down the EPT Monte Carlo €1,100 NLHE Freezeout for €42,590 in 2019 and finished runner-up in the €10,300 EPT Prague High Roller for €339,830 less than a year ago.

Top Ten Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Marius Kudzmanas	Lithuania	364,000	243
2	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	361,500	241
3	Juan Pardo	Spain	302,000	201
4	Romain Lewis	France	251,000	167
5	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	239,000	159
6	Ben Heath	United Kingdom	228,500	152
7	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	223,000	149
8	Felipe Fontoura	Brazil	213,500	142
9	Dominykas Mikolaitis	Lithuania	212,500	142
10	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	206,000	137

Many of the top names in poker came out to the action on Day 1 and some who were fortunate enough to find a bag included PokerStars Ambassadors Sam Grafton (223,000), and Ramon Colillas (116,000), as well as high stakes regulars Isaac Haxton (94,500), Patrik Antonius (84,000), and this series' €1,100 FPS Main Event Champion Daisuke Ogita (67,500).

Action will resume in Sporting Monte Carlo, with another 10 levels of 60 minutes each scheduled to play. Level 11 will be the first level of the day which features a small blind of 1,000, a big blind of 1,500, and a big blind ante of 1,500.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first flop till the final bag has been sealed for Day 3 so make sure to follow along.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Ben Heath Dominykas Mikolaitis Felipe Fontoura Jean-Noel Thorel Juan Pardo Marius Kudzmanas Marton Czuczor Orpen Kisacikoglu Romain Lewis Sam Grafton Seth Davies

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-05-2023 12:38 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With all late registrations taken care of, Day 2 of the €25,000 EPT High Roller has now begun. Just like Day 1, ten levels are set to be played.

05-05-2023 12:42 UTC+2

A Full List of Day 2 Buy-Ins

Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

28 players have bought in at start of Day 2, creating a total field of 212 entries. The prize pool stands at over €5,000,000 and the payout structure will be posted on PokerNews once it has been confirmed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	50,000 50,000	50,000

Martin Jacobson	50,000 50,000	50,000
Conor Beresford	50,000 50,000	50,000
Pablo Silva	50,000 50,000	50,000
Thimothe Busso	50,000 50,000	50,000
Pedro Marques	50,000 50,000	50,000
Pieter Aerts	50,000 50,000	50,000
Vicente Delgado	50,000
Imad Derwiche	50,000 50,000	50,000
Arthur Conan	50,000 50,000	50,000
Biao Ding	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ryhor Karapanau	50,000 50,000	50,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	50,000 50,000	50,000

Alex Kulev	50,000 50,000	50,000
Markkos Ladev	50,000 50,000	50,000
Stefan Lehner	50,000 50,000	50,000
Fahredin Mustafov	50,000 50,000	50,000
Tibor Nagygyorgy	50,000 50,000	50,000
Maher Nouira	50,000 50,000	50,000
Christophe Panetti	50,000 50,000	50,000
Adi Rajkovic	50,000 50,000	50,000
Luis Faria	50,000 50,000	50,000
Cedric Schwaederle	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	50,000 50,000	50,000
Nozomu Shimizu	50,000 50,000	50,000

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05-05-2023 12:53 UTC+2

Barbero Takes Early Pot From Bruel

Andrew Knowles

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a heads-up pot with 14,500 in the middle on a flop showing Q♥7♠2♦, Patrick Bruel led out from the hijack for 6,000 and Nacho Barbero made the call on the button.

The 2♣ hit the turn and Bruel kept up the aggression with a bet of 16,000, which Barbero called. On the J♠ river Bruel slowed down with a check to Barbero, who took his time, before betting 47,000. Bruel contemplated his options, but eventually let his cards go and the pot was sent to Barbero.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	136,000 37,000	37,000
Patrick Bruel	73,000 -28,500	-28,500

Tags: Nacho Barbero Patrick Bruel

05-05-2023 12:55 UTC+2

Faria has a Good Start

Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Luis Faria reentered at the start of today and was involved in a pot with Luke Schwartz. The players had gathered 10,500 in the middle when the flop spelled out 6♣7♠3♥. Both players checked before Faria bet 8,000 from the big blind on the 8♣ turn.

The river then fell the 2♠ and Faria fired another 21,000 into the pot. Schwartz , who was on the button, did not want to put half his stack in and quickly mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Faria	63,000 13,000	13,000
Luke Schwartz	43,500 -10,500	-10,500

Tags: Luis Faria Luke Schwartz

05-05-2023 13:00 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

Andrew Knowles

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

There has been a fury of bustouts in the opening few minutes of Day 2 with some of the top name players hitting the rail early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	Busted
Paul Newey	Busted
Robert Greenberg	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Lucas Silva Rocha	Busted
Rui Martins	Busted
Vicente Delgado	Busted
Tibor Nagygyorgy	Busted
Lars Kamphues	Busted
Maher Nouira	Busted

05-05-2023 13:03 UTC+2

Beresford Bets His Flush

Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Conor Beresford busted his first bullet on Day 1, but rejoined at the start of Day 2. He and Nikita Kuznetcov were battling over a 22,000 pot on a flop that read Q♦7♦8♦. Beresford fired out a bet of 4,000 from the button after a check from Kuznetcov. Kutznetcov made the call and a fourth diamond hit the turn in the shape of the 4♦.

Both players now checked and a 6♣ river was dealt. Kuznetcov checked once more, but Beresford fired in 22,500, leaving himself only 1,500 chips behind. Kutznetcov spent two time bank extensions before ultimately putting in the chips.

Beresford showed 10♣10♦ for the fourth-best flush and it had beaten Kuznetcov's holding, as his cards quickly joined the muck.