€25,000 Single-Day High Roller I
Jour 1 a débuté
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague
€25,000 Single-Day High Roller I
Jours 1
The €25,000 Single-Day High Roller I Begins at 12:30 p.m.
With the Main Event now in full swing at the 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague, it is now time for some of the single-day high rollers to take place. Today will mark the first of two €25,000 Single-Day High Roller with a day off in the middle separating the two.
While some players will be participating in the Main Event on the last starting flight, there is a good chance that all of the usual high-roller players will take at least one shot in this event today. Adrian Mateos, Jean-Noel Thorel, Tsugunari Toma and Stephen Chidwick have been victorious in the high-roller events earlier this week, with Mateos, Thorel, and Toma cashing on multiple occasions.
The cards are scheduled to go in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time, but as with all high-roller events, there is often a slight delay until enough players have been seated. Each player will be given a starting stack of 100,000 chips and the blinds will start at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.
There will be an unlimited re-entry option for the players in this event with late registration staying open until the start of level nine. The levels will be 30-minutes in length, making this somewhat of a turbo format. There will be a 15-minute break after every four levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level 12. As most high-roller tournaments have become accustomed to, this event will run with a 30-second shot clock and each player will start with six 30-second time extensions.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back to bring you all of the action throughout the day on route to crowning another EPT champion.
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
First Entries
Niveau 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The cards are in the air to kick off of this single-day high roller with 10 players currently in their seats.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
More New Players
Niveau 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Thorel Flops Two Pair
Niveau 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Three players saw a flop of 
and Rainer Kempe was the first to act who checked. Jean-Noel Thorel bet 4,000 into a pot of around 8,000 and Sam Greenwood raised to 12,000 on the button. Kempe folded but Thorel counted out a re-raise to 39,000. Greenwood instantly mucked his cards and Thorel scooped the pot.
Thorel turned over 
for top two pair, proving that he had the goods.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
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120,000 | 20,000 |
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85,000 | -15,000 |
First All-in of the Day
Niveau 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
It was still early in the first level of the day, but that didn't stop some players at Table 1 from getting all of their chips in the middle. Teun Mulder opened to 2,500 from under the gun and Luuk Gieles three-bet to 7,500 in the cutoff. Ben Heath tossed in a four-bet to 20,000 on the button which got the blinds to quickly fold.
Mulder announced a five-bet shove for roughly 100,000 and Gieles got out of the way while Heath quickly called. Both players turned over ace-king offsuit and an ace on the flop with a rainbow board meant the two players would chop the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
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105,000 | 5,000 |
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105,000 | 5,000 |
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Kings for Hissou as he Doubles Through Kempe
Niveau 2
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The dealer was counting out a double for Sirzat Hissou against Rainer Kempe.
The board read 
and according to the table, Kempe had check-raised the flop before betting on the turn. Hissou shoved for 72,500 and Kempe called with 
for two pair. Hissou was ahead with 
for kings and twos, and rivered a full house for good measure to leave Kempe perilously short.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
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210,000 | 110,000 |
|
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5,000 | -95,000 |
Two New Players; Kempe First to Bust
Niveau 2
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | |
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Eliminé |