€25,000 Single-Day High Roller
Jour 1 terminé
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€25,000 Single-Day High Roller
Jours 1
Niveau 26
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
After 16 hours of poker action, the second high stakes contest of the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® has come to a conclusion. Brazilian superstar Yuri Dzivielevski cut a heads-up deal with Daniel Dvoress as both players divided the lion's share of the €1,776,740 prize pool. It was yet another very successful High Roller attendance as field of 74 entries emerged the first €25,000 Single-Day High Roller of the EPT stop at the Monte-Carlo Sporting complex.
The final stages of the tournament lasted until the early morning hours and once Byron Kaverman was eliminated in third place, Dzivielevski and Dvoress agreed to an ICM deal and flipped for the trophy. The fortune was on the side of Dzivielevski, like it had been many times prior to that, and he claimed the PokerStars spadie along with a top prize of €448,515. For Dvoress, the runner-up finish came with a consolation prize of €387,435 and both discussed immediately after their potential plans for Day 1 of the upcoming €100,000 Super High Roller.
En route to success, Dzivielevski staged a huge comeback as he was the shortest stack on just three big blinds during the final table. The top 11 spots were paid with notables such as Andriy Lyubovetskiy, Andras Nemeth, PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton and Sam Greenwood all earning cash prizes. Sergi Reixach, who earned the most money in the €10,200 Mystery Bounty Event and finished second to Jean-Noel Thorel just one day ago, was eliminated on the bubble this time.
Football star and PokerStars Cultural Ambassador Neymar Jr was also among the participants as well but failed to make a deep run, bowing out soon after the late registration of the tournament closed.
Final Result €25,000 Single-Day High Roller
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | €448,515* |
| 2 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | €387,435* |
| 3 | Byron Kaverman | United States | €227,420 |
| 4 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | €175,010 |
| 5 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | €138,590 |
| 6 | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | €108,380 |
| 7 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | €85,280 |
| 8 | Reza Tabatabai | United Kingdom | €66,630 |
| 9 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | €50,640 |
| 10 | Rok Gostisa | Slovenia | €44,420 |
| 11 | Jose Quintas | Portugal | €44,420 |
*reflects ICM deal of the final two players
A recap of the action will be available in the morning.
Niveau 26
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Yuri Dzivielevski shoved blind from the button and Daniel Dvoress called too without looking.
Daniel Dvoress: 
Yuri Dzivielevski: 
"How did you get that hand?!" Dvoress asked and Dzivielevski laughed.
The flop came 
to keep Dzivielevski ahead.
The turn was the 
for Dvoress to pick up the gutshot to a straight but Dzivielevski picked up the nut flush draw.
The river completed the board with the 
.
"Not that ten!" Dvoress said with a smile before shaking Dzivielevski's hand and making his way to the payout desk to collect €387,435.
And with that nut flush, Dzivielevski laid claim to another PokerStars trophy and €448,515.
A recap of today's action is to follow.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
7,400,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Niveau 26
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
The two players have agreed to an ICM-deal:
Yuri Dzivielevski will receive €448,515 as he has the chip lead with 5,300,000 while Daniel Dvoress takes €387,435 with him due to his chip stack of 2,100,000.
The floor suggested that the biggest chip stack would get the trophy but they both agreed to flip for it.
Niveau 26
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Following a small blind shove by Yuri Dzivielevski, the quick call by Byron Kaverman in the big blind followed and the cards were on their backs with Kaverman at risk for around 1.9 million.
Yuri Dzivielevski: 
Byron Kaverman: 
The 
flop improved Dzivielevski to a pair of queens. Nothing changed on the 
turn and the 
river ended Kaverman's run in third place as the short-handed survival eventually came down to the final two players.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,300,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
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2,100,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
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Eliminé | |
Niveau 26
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
In case you are wondering when the next all-in showdown was to take place, it didn't happen just yet at the start of the new level. There were several all-in but none of them were called. Byron Kaverman had the most of it and chipped back up to leapfrog ahead of Daniel Dvoress, while Yuri Dzivielevski retained the top spot for the time being.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
|
|
2,150,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
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1,750,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
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Niveau 26
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress shoved from the small blind and Yuri Dzivielevski made the call in the big blind.
Daniel Dvoress: 
Yuri Dzivielevski: 
The board ran out 
for Dvoress to river the higher straight to stay alive.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,715,000
-1,395,000
|
-1,395,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
1,320,000
|
1,320,000 |
|
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Niveau: 26
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Niveau 25
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Byron Kaverman shoved from the button with the biggest stack for Yuri Dzivielevski to make the call in the big blind for the 2,465,000 he had in front of him.
Yuri Dzivielevski:
Byron Kaverman: 
The board ran out 
for Dzivielevski to stay ahead and even flop a set to double up with.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,110,000
2,510,000
|
2,510,000 |
|
|
1,150,000
-2,660,000
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-2,660,000 |
Niveau 25
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress got it in for the final 440,000 on the button and Yuri Dzivielevski flat-called out of the small blind to set up the following showdown.
Daniel Dvoress: 
Yuri Dzivielevski: 
Not the ace but two sevens appeared on the 
flop, vaulting Dzivielevski into a commanding lead. Yet, the story would get another twist as Dvoress hit the 
turn and 
river for quads to double as well.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,600,000
-360,000
|
-360,000 |
|
|
1,180,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
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