The €50,000 EPT Super High Roller Kicks Off Today at 12:30 P.M.
Big money, bigger action, and the biggest names in the poker world. The largest buy-in event at the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague is set to get underway today. One of the marquee events at the festival includes the €50,000 EPT Super High Roller and the action is slated to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time.
The tournament series being held at King's Casino Prague is full of high-roller events over the course of two weeks with plenty of cash up for grabs. Thus far, it has been the Ben Heath show as he recently captured both of the €25,000 Single-Day High Rollers, amassing a total of over €500,000 in the first few days. Other players to cash in multiple events thus far include Pablo Brito Silva and Jorryt van Hoof.
This event is expected to attract some of the biggest names in the poker world, especially those in the high-roller scene. Some other notables expected to be seen at the felt today include Adrian Mateos, Timothy Adams, Sam Greenwood, Daniel Dvoress, and Steve O'Dwyer just to name a few.
The cards are scheduled to go in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time with all of those registered before the start of the tournament receiving half of the registration fee returned in cash. A starting stack will be worth 250,000 chips with the blinds being 60 minutes in length and starting at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. There will be a total of eight levels played on Day 1 with a 20-minute break after every two levels.
This is expected to be a three-day event with late registration staying open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow. There will be an unlimited number of reentries permitted for those who bow out early. The shot clock will be in play from the start with 15 seconds to act preflop and 30 seconds on all later streets.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates from this high-stakes tournament en route to crowning a champion in the days to come.
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and Staahle checked again. Ponakovs gave it some thought and made a large bet of 50,000. Staahle check-raised to 100,000 and Ponakovs called.
paired the board on the river and Staahle fired out another bet of 100,000. Ponakovs quickly called and Staahle showed 
for a full house and the best hand to scoop a monster pot in the opening level.
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landed on the turn. Adams led out with a bet of 55,000 and Thorel shoved all in. Adams called off his stack of 140,500 and the cards were tabled.
for a pair of queens and Thorel was way behind with 
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completed the board and Adams earned a double-up, leaving Thorel on fumes.
. Alex Kulev led out with a bet of 15,000 which prompted a fold from Jorryt van Hoof. Gerard Pique raised to 32,000 and Kulev sent his cards to the muck.
and Pique continued with a bet of 4,500. Watson called and the 
and Grafton quickly checked. "See, this one's easy for you."
and Ponakovs' aces held on for a triple up. Staahle managed to scoop the side pot and Talvitie was the first eliminated today.
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for a full house. Thorel was forced to show his 
before exiting the tournament area.
on the river. Vaskaboinikau flicked in a bet of 25,000 and Suvarna raised to 105,000. Vaskaboinikau looked him up and Suvarna tabled 
and Thorel tossed in a bet of 25,000 into a pot of around 60,000. Grafton check-raised to 85,000 and Thorel responded with a three-bet to 160,000. Grafton called and the 
for a rivered straight. Thorel sat in disbelief as he was forced to show 
flop to take a stranglehold on the hand. The 