The €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller II Kicks Off at 12:30 p.m.
Another day and another high-stakes tournament at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris is being held at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile in the French capital of Paris. On tap for today is the second version of the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller single-day tournament, just hours after the first one wrapped up at nearly 3:30 a.m.
It was Chris Brewer who overcame a field of 44 entries to take home the title and the first-place prize of €357,180. Brewer outlasted Brazilian Felipe Ketzer in an epic heads-up battle that lasted into the wee hours of the night. Other players that finished inside the top six and took home some money included Daniel Dvoress, Nick Petrangelo, Ren Lin, and Orpen Kisacikoglu.
These players along with many of the other usual suspects are expected to return to the felt for another high-stakes battle with plenty of euros up for grabs. This is all just a lead-up to the €50,000 EPT Super High Roller that will be getting underway tomorrow in the larget buy-in event of the festival.
The structure will be the same as yesterday with the cards going in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time and a starting stack being worth 100,000 chips. For all of those players seated at the start of play, they will be reimbursed 50% of the registration fee. The blinds will begin at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante and the levels will be 30 minutes in length.
Late registration will remain open for 10 levels with a single reentry option available throughout that period. However, based on the players' requests, the dinner break has been moved to after Level 13, therefore the late registration period will be closed at approximately 6:00 p.m. The shot clock will be in play from the start with each player receiving four time banks plus an additional time bank after every two levels.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates as the action unfolds en route to crowning another champion later tonight.
and Watson check-called a bet of 11,000 from Greenwood. The 
paired the board on the turn and Watson checked again. Greenwood moved all in and Watson didn't hesitate before calling off his last 45,000 chips.
for a pair and a flush draw but Greenwood held 
for the best hand at the time. The 
on the river bricked out and Watson was the first casualty of the day.
and Greenwood continued with a bet of 10,000. Thorel raised to 40,000 and Greenwood shoved all in. Thorel called off his stack of 66,000 and the cards were tabled.
which narrowed Thorel's outs to just six. The 
on the river bricked and Thorel's stack went in Greenwood's direction.
and Grafton was able to double up with two pair.
on the turn and the 
on the river was not enough for Grafton for stay alive.
, Juan Pardo checked from the big blind to Seth Davies in the hijack who bet 15,000. Ren Lin then moved all in from the cutoff for 83,000. Pardo went into the tank, using a time bank before opting to fold.
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