€25,000 Single-Day High Roller I | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

€25,000 Single-Day High Roller I

Jour 1 a débuté

2018-12-13 11:20 UTC+2

The First Single-Day High Roller Gets Underway at 12:30

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Andras Nemeth won the €25K SDHR in Barcelona

It's time for another single-day high roller event, the first of two here at PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague. Last year, when this event was hosted as part of the since defunct PokerStars Championship poker tour, Albert Daher (€324,727), Ryan Riess (€278,475), and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau (€239,098) chopped the 50-entry event.

At the second event, 52 entries were registered, and PokerStars Team Pro Igor Kurganov (€371,250) and JC Alvarado (€319,750) chopped it up. In 2016, when the event was announced as to be the final EPT ever, Isaac Haxton, Sam Greenwood, and Sergi Reixach all won events. At the last EPT in Barcelona, Andras Nemeth took down the 95-entry event.

While some of the aforementioned players are not in Prague but instead have opted to play the big event in Las Vegas, a sizable field is still expected today.

Players start with 100,000 in chips with a first blind level of 500 and 1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. Levels take 30 minutes, with reentries possible for those unfortunate to bust but deep enough pockets to try again.

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. At the final table, each player will receive an additional three time bank cards.

Level	Blinds	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	30 min	500	1,000	1,000
2	30 min	500	1,000	1,000
3	30 min	1,000	1,500	1,500
4	30 min	1,000	2,000	2,000
Break 20 min
5	30 min	1,000	2,500	2,500
6	30 min	1,500	3,000	3,000
7	30 min	2,000	4,000	4,000
8	30 min	2,500	5,000	5,000
Break 20 min
9	30 min	3,000	6,000	6,000
10	30 min	4,000	8,000	8,000
11	30 min	5,000	10,000	10,000
12	30 min	6,000	12,000	12,000
Break 20 min
13	30 min	8,000	16,000	16,000
14	30 min	10,000	20,000	20,000
15	30 min	10,000	25,000	25,000
16	30 min	15,000	30,000	30,000
Dinner Break 75 min
17	30 min	20,000	40,000	40,000
18	30 min	25,000	50,000	50,000
19	30 min	30,000	60,000	60,000
20	30 min	40,000	80,000	80,000
Break 20 min
21	30 min	50,000	100,000	100,000
22	30 min	60,000	120,000	120,000
23	30 min	80,000	160,000	160,000
24	30 min	100,000	200,000	200,000
Break 20 min
25	30 min	125,000	250,000	250,000
26	30 min	150,000	300,000	300,000
27	30 min	200,000	400,000	400,000
28	30 min	250,000	500,000	500,000
29	30 min	300,000	600,000	600,000
30	30 min	400,000	800,000	800,000

Tags: Albert Daher Andras Nemeth Igor Kurganov Isaac Haxton JC Alvarado Mikalai Vaskaboinikau Ryan Riess Sam Greenwood Sergi Reixach

2018-12-13 13:30 UTC+2

Early Arrivals

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The tournament is getting started any minute now. Some of the players that have already registered:

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Charlie Carrel	100,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	100,000

Sam Greenwood	100,000

Daniel Dvoress	100,000

Timothy Adams	100,000

Matthias Eibinger	100,000

2018-12-13 13:33 UTC+2

Play Underway

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The clocks is running, eight players have registered so far.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lucas Reeves	100,000

Vicent Bosca	100,000

Niveau: 1

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

2018-12-13 13:45 UTC+2

Sizable Pot, No Showdown

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

On the three-handed table (Orpen Kisacikoglu had bought in but hadn't sat down yet), Lucas Reeves opened the button for 3,000. Small blind Sam Greenwood called before big blind Charlie Carrel took his time staring and smiling at Reeves. Carrel took his time but eventually called.

Greenwood lead for 2,500 on and Carrel folded. Reeves called.

The hit the turn and Greenwood tossed in a single 5,000-chip. Reeves called once more.

With the completing the board, Greenwood checked. Reeves put out a bet of 7,000 and Greenwood ran his clock down, used a time bank card, and called. Reeves mucked instantly. Greenwood received the pot and also mucked, despite Carrel's best efforts to have Greenwood "show the hero call."

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sam Greenwood	119,000	19,000

Lucas Reeves	82,500	-17,500

Tags: Charlie Carrel Lucas Reeves Sam Greenwood

2018-12-13 13:45 UTC+2

Two New Challengers Appear

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

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jean-Noel Thorel	100,000

Luc Greenwood	100,000

2018-12-13 13:53 UTC+2

Thorel Folds Top Set

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

We only got there on the river in a hand between Matthias Eibinger and Jean-Noel Thorel. Eibinger had a bet of 35,000 in front of him it seemed, with the board reading . Thorel folded his face up, which prompted Eibinger to show his .