€100,000 Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
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
Mercier Leads The Chase For The Final Table
At least 30 players will return today for Day 2 of the 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Super High Roller with Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier in the lead. Up until play starts at 12:00 Noon today players are able to buy in but we already know that this year's event has broken last year's record.
Last year Justin Bonomo beat a field of 38 players, seven of which reentered, and walked away with the €1,640,000 first place prize after beating Tobias Reinkemeier heads up. Both Bonomo and Reinkemeier are still in the tournament as is fourth place finisher Patrik Antonius. Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand Grospellier finished third last year, he was knocked out yesterday but can still choose to reenter. Currently 41 players entered the tournament and seven already bought back in.
Today promises to be a very exciting day of poker as the Super High Rollers are playing down to the final table. A spot at the final table doesn't guarantee a payday, but it does mean that you're in a great position to win a huge sum of money!
Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Timothy Adams | United States | 306,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | 597,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Erik Seidel | United States | 494,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Antonio Esfandiari | United States | 281,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Daniel Stern | United States | 113,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Scott Seiver | United States | 759,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Mikhail Smirnov | Russian Federation | 24,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Tony Gregg | United States | 68,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Mike Watson | Canada | 573,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Igor Kurganov | Germany | 90,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Jason Mercier | United States | 1,183,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Niklas Heinecker | Germany | 372,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Max Altergott | Germany | 310,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Andrew Lichtenberger | United States | 272,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russian Federation | 737,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 346,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 203,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Marvin Rettenmaier | Germany | 354,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Dan Smith | United States | 177,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Philipp Gruissem | Germany | 481,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Sam Trickett | United Kingdom | 510,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Fabian Quoss | Germany | 797,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 96,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 470,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Faraz Jaka | United States | 452,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Tobias Reinkemeier | Germany | 300,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Alex Mos | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 166,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 319,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 260,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | 889,000 |
Slight Delay
The final reentries are being taken care off, and play is expected to start soon.
Ivey Back in, And One New Player
So far we've got one new player that has decided to enter on Day 2. Samir Taouint has decided to buy in and Phil Ivey put up another €100,000 to get back into the tournament for the third time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Dream Start for Antonius
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Patrick Antonius needed a double up he got one on the very first hand.
The Finn opened to 12,000 and then four-bet all in for 86,000 after Justin Bonomo three-bet to 28,000. Call.
Antonius: 
Bonomo: 
The board ran 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | 101,000 |
|
170,000 | -90,000 |
Kurganov the First Out
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Igor Kurganov told PokerNews that today would last no longer than eight levels after he took less than ten seconds to figure out the maths. He wasn't wrong about his own day as he was the the first player out.
He was all in for less than 90,000 ans found a willing customer in fellow German, Niklas Heinecker.
Kurganov: 
Heinecker: 
The board ran 
.
It'll be strange having a high roller final table without Kurganov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
472,000 | 100,000 |
|
Busted |
Heinecker Steam Rolling
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Niklas Heinecker is having a dream start after he took another short stack out from the feature table.
Mikhail Smirnov was the short stack coming back today and now he has no stack. He was all in for his last 20,000 or so and Heinecker battled with Jason Mercier to see who would isolate him. Heinecker's shove got Mercier off a big ace.
Smirnov: 
Heinecker: 
The board ran 
faling to got one of the Russian's two outs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000 | 88,000 |
|
Busted |
Heinecker Finds Aces; Gets Them Cracked
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Niklas Heinecker found queens and kings already to bust two players and he just found aces to put Faraz Jaka at risk.
The two players took to a 
flop. Jaka called a three-bet pre flop and then led on the flop. Heinecker raised and called when Jaka shoved.
Heinecker:
Jaka: 
The board ran out 
to hand Jaka the pot and a big double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | 298,000 |
|
|
220,000 | -340,000 |