€50,000 EPT Paris Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
€50,000 EPT Paris Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€3,198,720
Entries
68
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
43
Players Left
11
Adams Leads 33 Returnees With More to Come in €50,000 Super High Roller
Nearly half the field may have been thinned on Sunday, but with registration and reentry still available until the start of the play on Day 2 Monday, the field of 33 in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris €50,000 Super High Roller is certain to grow significantly.
Anybody wishing to pony up €50,000 to join the previous 58 entries before play begins at 12:30 p.m. local time will receive 250,000 chips (41 big blinds) to take their shot at chasing down a huge seven-figure first prize, which along with the rest of the payouts will be announced once registration is closed. Thus far, €2,728,320 has already been collected in the prizepool.
The chip leader entering the day is two-time EPT Super High Roller title-holder Timothy Adams. The Canadian brings 1,184,000 chips into play Monday. He, along with just four other players will bring more than 100 big blinds to their table from Day 1. Former PCA champion Dimitar Danchev comes in second in chips (1,112,000), while Nikita Kuznetsov also brings over a million to the table (1,017,000).
€50,000 Super High Roller Top Ten Chip Counts Entering Day 2
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 1,184,000 | 197 |
| 2 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 1,112,000 | 185 |
| 3 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 1,017,000 | 169 |
| 4 | Jules Dickerson | United Kingdom | 821,000 | 136 |
| 5 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 642,000 | 107 |
| 6 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 500,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 489,000 | 81 |
| 8 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 473,000 | 78 |
| 9 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 460,000 | 76 |
| 10 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 433,000 | 72 |
Plenty of recent EPT High Roller champions are among the many other superstars still in the mix for Day 2 including EPT Barcelona 2022 €50,000 Single-Day High Roller winner Mike Watson (399,000), EPT London 2022 £25,000 High Roller winner Daniel Dvoress (343,000), EPT Paris 2023 €25,000 High Roller champ Chris Brewer (185,000), and EPT Monte Carlo 2022 €100,000 High Roller champ Adrian Mateos (143,000).
Play resumes with Level 9 and blinds of 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. The money will be reached on Monday with the top 15% of the field earning a payday. 60-minute levels will be played through the day with 20-minute breaks at the completion of every second level, and a 75-minute dinner break scheduled following Level 14.
Keep your browsers locked on PokerNews as our live reporting team will be there to cover all the action as the brightest stars in poker continue their chase of a prestigious EPT Paris 2023 Super High Roller title here at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.
Day 2 Entries
A flood of ten more players have entered the event to start Day 2.
They'll start the day with 250,000 chips, good for 41 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
Slight Delay to Start Play
The start of Day 2 has been delayed by a few minutes as the final late registrants are added to the tournament.
Ten new players so far have registered to start the day.
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
"LuckyChewy" Off and Running
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Canay Ekmen raised to 12,000 under the gun and was called by Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger in the hijack and Gregoire Auzoux in the big blind.
On the 
flop, action was checked to Lichtenberger who bet 13,000, got two folds, and took down his first pot of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
308,000 | -18,000 |
|
|
295,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
238,000 | -12,000 |
Two Fresh Stacks Go to Battle
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Galen Hall raised to 14,000 in middle position and was called by Jonathan Jaffe in the big blind. Two of the late entries went heads-up to a flop of 
. Jaffe checked to Hall who bet 16,000 and Jaffe called.
The 
paired the board on the turn and Jaffe led out with a bet of 22,000. Hall just called and the 
completed the board. Jaffe tossed in another bet of 25,000 and Hall quickly called again. Jaffe tabled 
but was defeated by the 
of Hall.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
335,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
170,000 | -80,000 |
O'Dwyer Doubles Through Vaskaboinikau
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Nick Petrangelo opened to 13,000 in early position and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 35,000 in the cutoff. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau four-bet to 100,000 in the small blind which got Petrangelo to fold. O'Dwyer five-bet ripped for 215,000 and Vaskaboinikau hesitantly called it off.
Steve O'Dwyer: 
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: 
The flop of 
put O'Dwyer well in front with the best pair of aces and a flush draw. The 
on the turn made O'Dwyer's flush and Vaskaboinikau was drawing dead to the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 229,000 |
|
137,000 | -234,000 |
Watson Flips Well vs Pardo
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Mike Watson raised to 13,000 in the cutoff and Juan Pardo reraised to 42,000 on the button. Watson responded by shoving all in for 350,000 and Pardo snapped him off.
Mike Watson:
Juan Pardo: 
It was a coin flip and the flop of 
gave Watson the lead with a pair of aces. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river secured the double-up for Watson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
715,000 | 316,000 |
|
198,000 | -192,000 |
|
Busted |
Vieira and Dvoress Battle in Blinds
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
After a raise to 21,000 in the small blind from Joao Vieira, Daniel Dvoress three-bet to 56,000 in the big blind.
Vieira called to see a flop of 
and checked. Dvoress bet 32,000 and Vieira called.
On the turn, Vieira checked again, but this time, Dvoress checked back.
The river was the and Vieira checked once more, and after some thought, Dvoress checked, avoiding Vieira's trap as he showed 
for a turned Broadway straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
635,000 | 162,000 |
|
249,000 | -94,000 |