€2,200 French National Championship High Roller
Jour 1 a débuté
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€2,200 French National Championship High Roller
Jours 1
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€1,043,720
Entrants
538
Niveau
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
The €2,200 French National Championship High Roller is Kicking Off at 12:30 PM
Welcome back to the fourth day of the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour and the fifth tournament that the PokerNews live reporting team is covering here at the Monte Carlo Bay Resort & Hotel. At 12:30 PM local time, the first day of the €2,200 French National Championship High Roller kicks off in the Salle des Etoiles which promises to be a lively day filled with the action coming at you from every corner of Monaco.
Last year’s version of this tournament attracted 358 unique players with 104 reentries totaling to 462 entries creating a prize pool of €896,280 with Dimitry Shchepkin walking away with €173,000 and the renowned PokerStars Spade trophy. The final table he conquered was a star-studded event as it included Dario Sammartino, Karim Abdelmoumene, Smain Mamouni, Raffaele Carnevale, Christopher Chaudey, Isabel Baltazar, and Alexandre Reard.
Other notable players who made the money last time include Leo Margets, Rainer Kempe, Jan Bendik, Jack Salter, and Dominik Nitsche who have all already been spotted in the tournament area. Some of them are still playing in one of the other tournaments who are playing down to the final day today but might jump in later today.
Players will receive 30,000 in chips for their €2,200 buy-in and can reenter once today as long as it’s before the start of Level 9 (at 7:45 PM approximately) which is when the late registration and reentry period closes. The schedule features a big blind ante with 40-minute levels and a 20-minute break after every three levels. A 75-minute dinner break will take place after Level 8. Play will continue until 15% of the field is left and players need to make Day 2 to be in the money.
Day 1 Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | BB Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 100 | 100 | - |
| 2 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 | 40 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 40 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 40 | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 7 | 40 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 40 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| Dinner Break | 75 | |||
| 9 | 40 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 40 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 40 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 12 | 40 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 13 | 40 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| 14 | 40 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 15 | 40 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| 16 | 40 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 17 | 40 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 18 | 40 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 19 | 40 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 20 | 40 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team right here as the players will start their campaign towards victory in the French National High Roller!
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Niveau 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The players have been welcomed to the tables and the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.
One Hundred Entries
Niveau 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
With 100 entries showing on the clock, these familiar faces have been spotted already on their seats at the tables.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
My Stack App Activated
Niveau 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Niveau: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
More Familiar Faces in the Field
Niveau 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
The PokerStars Ambassadors Maria Konnikova and Fatima Moreira De Melo have just sat down.
Sylvain Loosli won the €10,300 NLHE -Single Reentry yesterday for €198,610 and is sitting on lucky Table #13.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
Streaming onto the Tables
Niveau 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
With the field up to over two hundred now, a bunch of well-known players have flooded the tables.
Players like Kalidou Sow, the French PokerStars Ambassador and Dutch footballer, Royston Drenthe are all geared up to battle it out on the felt today.
Dimitry Shchepkin, the defending champion is also here and is seated at the same table as Aylar Lie.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Small Pot for Alt
Niveau 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Julien Martini has just been eliminated in the French National by Ole Schemion and is now trying his luck here in the French National High Roller.
He is seated at the same table as Dinesh Alt who finished in 22nd place last year.
The player in the cutoff raised to 300 and Alt three-bet to 1,000 from the button which the initial raiser called.
The flop came 
, Alt's opponent check-called the 700 continuation-bet of Alt.
They both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Alt's opponent tabled 
to play the board but the 
of Alt contained the higher kicker to claim the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |