€100,000 Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€98,000
Prize Pool
€4,851,000
Entries
50
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
EPT9 Grand Final: Welcome to the €100,000 Super High Roller Event
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final will finish this spectacular 10-day festival in style over the next three days with the highly-anticipated €100,000 Super High Roller.
The smaller sibling of this event, the €25,000 High Roller, was a single re-entry tournament, but the shackles have been taken off for this one. Registration is open until the beginning of Day 2, and the players can re-enter as many times as they want up until that point. Yes, you heard that right: the very deep-pocketed players can fire as any €100,000 bullets as they wish.
Last season's Grand Final Super High Roller took place at the beginning of the festival and drew 45 entries. Justin Bonomo was the last player standing, and he took home the €1.64 million first-place prize after he defeated Tobias Reinkemeier heads-up.
Both these players are planned to be back and will be joined by a star-studded cast that to include Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Trickett, Gus Hansen, Isaac Haxton, Scott Seiver, Talal Shakerchi, Dan Smith and Philipp Gruissem.
Steven Silverman won the €25,000 High Roller last night after winning his way in through a €3,000 satellite. He won €775,400 for that victory, and he's playing today to see how far he can "run the gauntlet" as they say. Also playing are Tony Gregg — second place to Silverman — and Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier, who both came very close to winning the €10,000 Main Event after making the final table yesterday.
Each player that enters will begin with 250,000 in tournament chips, and the levels will last 60 minutes. Cards are due in the air at 12 p.m. CET, so be sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team back here then for the start of play. This is one you surely do not want to miss!
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The cards are in the air!
The plan for today is to play eight one-hour levels.
The Early Birds
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Registration for this tournament is open until the start of Day 2 but these players already made it to the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
Three More
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We're expecting to see players enter all throughout the day and we just spotted One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari, Dan Smith and Vladimir Troyanovsky sit down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
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250,000 | 250,000 |
Aces Good For Blom
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Viktor Blom has won an early pot with pocket aces.
He bet on a 
board and called when Mikhail Smirov check-raised to 35,600 from the small blind. The river came as the 
and both players checked.
Smirov, who famously folded quads in the One Drop Million Dollar buy-in last summer, opened 
and lost out to Blom's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000 | 200,000 |
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200,000 | 100,000 |
Negreanu Ready for a Big Day; Involved Early
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu is back in action following a fourth-place finish in the €10,000 Main Event last night. He also attending the PokerStars party last night, but stayed off the alcohol in preparation for a big, important day of poker. Last year, Negreanu had a little bit too much fun prior to the start of the €100,000 Super High Roller and suffered through the last hours of Day 1 following a late entry.
On the 
flop, Negreanu was involved with Mike "Timex" McDonald. Both players checked, with Negreanu acting first, then the dealer placed the 
out on the turn. Both players checked again.
The river completed the board with the 
, and Negreanu checked. McDonald opted to go for a bet, and wagered 4,500. Negreanu folded, and McDonald won the pot.
On the next hand, action folded to Negreanu on the button, and he raised to 2,500. McDonald called from the small blind, and once again it was these two taking a flop together.
The 
rolled out, and that's as far as this hand would go. Following a check from McDonald, Negreanu's continuation bet of 3,200 was enough to do the trick because McDonald folded.
Two Pair for Ivey Beat's Bulychev's Cowboys
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
From under the gun, Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 3,000. Russia's Ilya Bulychev called from the cutoff seat, and Phil Ivey called from the button.
The flop came down 
, and action checked to Ivey. He fired 6,000, and Lichtenberger folded. Bulychev made the call.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Bulychev led for 10,000, and Ivey called.
Bulychev showed the 
, but his cowboys were no good against the two pair that Ivey held with the 
.
Duhamel Might've Saved Chips
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
From the button, Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel raised to 3,000. Dani Stern made the call from the small blind, then Vladimir Troyanovsky reraised to 11,000 from the big blind. Duhamel and Stern both called, and the dealer pulled in the bets before running out the 
flop.
On the flop, Stern checked first, then Troyanovsky fired 18,000. Duhamel flatted behind before Stern gave it up and left the other two to do battle.
The turn was the 
, and Troyanovsky checked. Duhamel checked behind.
The river was the , and Troyanovsky checked again. Duhamel took his time, then fired 28,000. Troyanovsky tank-called, and watched Duhamel roll over the for a missed flush draw. Troyanovsky showed the for two pair, but he also had spades, so it could've been very bad new for Duhamel if he did in fact hit his flush.