€10,300 EPT High Roller Jour 1 | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

2018-12-17 02:20 UTC+2

HR EPT Prague : Gianluca Speranza en tête, Kitai, Ropert, Reard et Thorel bien placés

will_shill

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Après avoir terminé 56e du Main Event pour 14 520€, Gianluca Speranza a sauté sur le High Roller Single Re-Entry à 10.300€ du festival PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague. Alors qu'il reste 99 joueurs et que les inscriptions sont encore ouvertes jusqu'à l'entame du Jour 2, l'Italien est chipleader avec 365 000 jetons soit un peu plus de 7 fois le tapis de départ.

245 entrées ont été comptabilisées pour le moment (dont 54 re-entries) alors que le Day 2 reprend à midi 30 sur les blindes 1000 - 2000 (2000). Les retardataires auront donc 25 blindes pour une entrée tardive.

Des joueurs comme Bahram Chobineh (352,000), Sam Grafton (259,500), Ole Schemion (244,500), Max Silver (241,500) ou encore le vainqueur PCA Dimitar Danchev (240,000) auront eux une bien meilleure profondeur.

Le quatuor francophone composé de Davidi Kitai (209 000), Corentin Ropert (170 000), Alex Reard (155 000) et Jean Noel Thorel (132 000) aura lui aussi le temps de développer son poker.

Vainqueur l'an passé pour 381 000€, Danny Tang est au Jour 2 avec 102,500 jetons. Il y retrouvera Thomas Boivin (70,000) ou encore le vainqueur du premier High Roller à 10300€ du festival, Akin Tuna (117,500).

L'Australien Michael Addamo (181,500) Patrik Antonius (125,500), Joao Vieira (117,000), Julien Sitbon (100 000), Martin Finger (77,000), Charlie Carrel (70,000) et Bryan Paris (55,000) sont toujours dans la course d'un tournoi à suivre sur PokerNews en intégralité.

à partir de midi 30

Level	Blinds	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
11	60 min	1,000	2,000	2,000
12	60 min	1,000	2,500	2,500
Break 20 min
13	60 min	1,500	3,000	3,000
14	60 min	2,000	4,000	4,000
Break 20 min
15	60 min	2,500	5,000	5,000
16	60 min	3,000	6,000	6,000
Dinner Break 75 min
17	60 min	4,000	8,000	8,000
18	60 min	5,000	10,000	10,000
Break 20 min
19	60 min	6,000	12,000	12,000
20	60 min	8,000	16,000	16,000

Tags: Akin Tuna Bahram Chobineh Bryan Paris Charlie Carrel Corentin Ropert Danny Tang Dimitar Danchev Gianluca Speranza Joao Vieira Martin Finger Max Silver Michael Addamo Ole Schemion Patrik Antonius Sam Grafton Thomas Boivin

2018-12-17 01:02 UTC+2

Ropert Doubles Through Dimov

AaronMcBride

Niveau 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Corentin Ropert, who yesterday won the biggest title of his career after he took down the €25,000 EPT Single-Day High Roller, has just doubled through Ognyan Dimov.

The completed board was down , and Ropert was facing an all in from Dimov for 75,000.

Ropert had 63,000 behind and was in the tank. A crowd gathered to watch Ropert decided, and ultimately he called.

Dimov tabled for a pair of nines, and Ropert revealed for a set to win the pot and leave Dimov short.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Corentin Ropert	150,000	115,000
Ognyan Dimov	12,000	-28,000

Tags: Ognyan Dimov Corentin Ropert

2018-12-17 00:07 UTC+2

Astedt Falls to Finger

AaronMcBride

Niveau 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Niklas Astedt moved all in and saw Martin Finger call.

Astedt:
Finger:

Board:

Astedt's pocket nines were dominated by Finger's pocket tens, and there was no miracle board for the Swede who saw his second bullet come to no use.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Martin Finger	160,000	50,000
Niklas Astedt	Eliminé

Tags: Martin Finger Niklas Astedt

2018-12-16 22:41 UTC+2

Wigg Coolered Out of High Roller

will_shill

Niveau 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was an open and two calls including Jiayu Ruan before Anton Wigg defended his big blind.

The players checked a flop of and the turn checked to Ruan who bet 8,700. Wigg check-raised to 27,000. Ruan moved all in and Wigg called.

Anton Wigg:
Jiayu Ruan:

Both players held sets but the river improved Ruan to quads and a shocked Wigg was eliminated.

"That's one way to lose," he said as he headed to the cashier to re-enter.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jiayu Ruan	185,000	135,000
Anton Wigg	Eliminé

Tags: Anton Wigg Jiayu Ruan

2018-12-16 19:22 UTC+2

Schemion Eliminated

AaronMcBride

Niveau 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

The action folded to Ole Schemion in the cutoff, and he moved all in for just 400. Mark Buckley raised to 1,600, and Johnny Nedved called in the big blind.

Buckley and Nedved checked all the way on the board, and the three players went to a showdown.

Ole Schemion:
Mark Buckley:
Johnny Nedved:

Buckley's pocket threes were enough to win the pot, and Schemion departed from the table.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mark Buckley	43,000	-7,000
Johnny Nedved	36,000	36,000
Ole Schemion	Eliminé

Tags: Johnny Nedved Mark Buckley Ole Schemion

2018-12-16 17:39 UTC+2

Grafton Hits a House to Double

AaronMcBride

Niveau 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Sam Grafton raised to 900 from under the gun, and both Alexandru Papazian and Georgios Kitsios called.

The flop fell and all three players checked. The turn card was the and Kitsios bet 2,500 from the big blind. Grafton called from early position, and Papazian folded on the button.

When the river card fell the , Kitsios bet 5,600. Grafton moved all in for around 18,000 and was met with a call.

Grafton tabled for the full house, and Kitsios was unfortunate to lose holding for the rivered flush.

Grafton is now sat with a stack worth 45,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sam Grafton	45,000	39,000
Georgios Kitsios	22,000

Tags: Alexandru Papazian Georgios Kitsios Sam Grafton

2018-12-16 16:09 UTC+2

Riess and O'Dwyer Enter

AaronMcBride

Niveau 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Among the players who made their way to the registration desk during the first break was Ryan Riess, Steve O'Dwyer, Anton Kraus, Walid Bou Habib, Simon Burns, Maxim Lykov, Martin Czuczor, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Gary Hasson, and Satish Sanan.

Hiroyuki Noda is also back in the action having busted on his first bullet.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ryan Riess	50,000
Steve O'Dwyer	50,000
Anton Kraus	50,000
Walid Bou Habib	50,000
Simon Burns	50,000
Maxim Lykov	50,000
Martin Czuczor	50,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	50,000
Gary Hasson	50,000
Satish Sanan	50,000
Hiroyuki Noda	50,000

Tags: Gary Hasson Hiroyuki Noda Marc Andre Ladouceur Martin Czuczor Maxim Lykov Ryan Riess Simon Burns Steve O'Dwyer Walid Bou Walid Bou Habib

2018-12-16 14:49 UTC+2

Carrel First Out

AaronMcBride

Niveau 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Charlie Carrel is the first player see their €10,300 EPT High Roller participation come to an end. His exit comes less than 12 hours after he finished 8th in the €25,000 Single-Day event, and just missed out on a place in the top six and the money spots.

Carrel will have the option use to use his single reentry before the start of Day 2 tomorrow at 12:30 pm.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Charlie Carrel	Eliminé

Tags: Charlie Carrel

2018-12-16 14:35 UTC+2

Carrel Shoves on Molnar

AaronMcBride

Niveau 1 : 100/200, 100 ante

The flop was down , and after Charlie Carrel checked from middle position, Laszlo Molnar bet 2,000 into a 5,500 pot from the button.

Carrel called, and both players checked on the turn.

The river fell the , and Carrel moved all in for 10,500. Molnar sat quietly for around ten seconds and then pushed his hand into the middle allowing Carrel to pick up the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Laszlo Molnar	40,000
Charlie Carrel	22,000	-28,000

Tags: Laszlo Molnar Charlie Carrel

2018-12-16 12:05 UTC+2

Welcome to Day 1 of the EPT Prague €10,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller

AaronMcBride

The third and final €10,300 buy-in event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague festival gets underway at 12:30 pm local time in the Hilton Prague as a new bunch of players look to emulate the achievements of Akin Tuna over the next three days.

Tuna took full control of the opening €10,300 event earlier this week when he bagged both the Day 1 and Day 2 chip leads before going on to claim the trophy along with a payday worth €125,330.

In the €10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha Single-Day event, Alexander Norden came through a 26-player field to seize victory for €93,300.

Today, players will compete across ten 60-minute levels with a starting stack worth 50,000. Late registration will be open until the start of Day 2 (12:30 Monday, December 17) with each player allowed a single reentry.

The 30-second shot clock will be implemented from the start of the event, and each player will receive six time bank cards of 30 seconds each at the start of play.

Level	Blinds	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	60 min	100	200	200
2	60 min	100	200	200
Break 20 min
3	60 min	100	300	300
4	60 min	200	400	400
Break 20 min
5	60 min	200	500	500
6	60 min	300	600	600
Dinner Break 75 min
7	60 min	400	800	800
8	60 min	500	1,000	1,000
Break 20 min
9	60 min	600	1,200	1,200
10	60 min	800	1,600	1,600

With the likes of Charlie Carrel, Steve O'Dwyer, Timothy Adams, Dietrich Fast, Andras Nemeth, and Benjamin Pollak all taking part in yesterday's €25,000 Single-Day High Roller, you can expect to see an array of talent once again battle it out for the glory here in Prague.

PokerNews will be bringing you all the action over the next three days, so be sure to check in with us again from 12:30 pm!

Tags: Akin Tuna Andras Nemeth Benjamin Pollak Charlie Carrel Dietrich Fast EPT Prague Steve O'Dwyer Timothy Adams