€25,000 EPT High Roller Dia 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€25,000 EPT High Roller

Dia 1 Terminado

2024-05-03 03:11 UTC+2

Maher Nouira Leads Day 1 of €25,000 High Roller After Earlier Title Triumph

Nível 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Day 1 of the €25,000 EPT High Roller has concluded here at 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo, attracting a high-quality field of 229 entrants.

So far the field has generated a current prize pool of €5,498,290, surpassing 2023's total prize pool by almost €500,000. Registration remains open until the start of Day 2, and it is expected the field will grow, with any players entering on Day 2 starting with over 30 big blinds.

112 players have progressed, with Maher Nouira of Tunisia leading the way (362,000), closely followed by Henri Kasper of Estonia (290,000) and Christopher Puetz of Germany (267,000).

Amazingly, Nouira jumped into this event and bagged the chip lead after he triumphed over a field of 69 entries earlier in the day in Event #35, a €25,000 buy-in, for a €369,210 payday. Nouira will be gunning for a second title in Monte Carlo and will be tough to stop on current form.

Kasper is an EPT regular and will be looking to add to his impressive resume of over $1,200,000 in live earnings, his best live cash being a fifth place finish in the EPT Paris 2023 €5,300 Main Event.

EPT founder John Duthie and EPT Monte Carlo 2023 €5,300 Main Event champion Mike Watson have both gathered a top ten stack with 201,000.

End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Maher Nouira	Tunisia	362,000	241
2	Henri Kasper	Estonia	290,000	193
3	Christopher Puetz	Germany	267,000	178
4	Vladyslav Martynenko	Ukraine	245,500	163
5	Matthias Lipp	Austria	235,000	156
6	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	233,500	155
7	Cesar Garcia	Spain	220,000	146
8	Bert Stevens	Belgium	206,500	137
9	John Duthie	United Kingdom	201,000	134
10	Mike Watson	Canada	201,000	134

Recap of Day 1 Action

33 players were registered for the first level of the day, and Gabi Livshitz was the first player to exit when he ran into the set of Artur Martirosian.

Leon Sturm got off to a strong start when he knocked out Vasily Klyukin after his opponent's flush draw missed, although he took a dent when defending champion Mikita Badziakouski spiked the river for a one-card flush to crack Sturm's pocket kings. Both Sturm (130,500) and Badziakouski (141,500) ultimately progressed to Day 2.

Manchester City and Argentina football legend Sergio Aguero hopped in, and although he required two bullets, he has found a bag for Day 2 and will be returning to play 80,500, right in the middle of the pack.

Justin Bonomo (145,500) was among the chip leaders for much of the day but took a slight hit later on when his flush draw missed against Mario Navarro .

Streamer Elias Gutierrez (147,500) and PokerStars Ambassadors Sam Grafton (64,000), Andre Akkari (44,000), Rafael Moraes (38,000) and Alejandro Lococo (37,500) all managed to progress to Day 2 and will be hoping to put together a run at the title.

The remaining players will return on Friday, May 3rd at 12 p.m. local time to Sporting Monte-Carlo for Day 2, where it is expected a minimum of ten 60-minute levels will be paid. The players will return to Level 11, featuring 1,000/1,500 blinds with a 1,500 big blind ante. The overall prize pool and payouts will be confirmed once late registration is closed.

Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage as we see who will emerge triumphant in Monte Carlo.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Andre Akkari Artur Martirosian Bert Stevens Cesar Garcia Christopher Putz Daniel Rezaei Elias Gutierrez Gabi Livshitz Henri Kasper John Duthie Justin Bonomo Leon Sturm Maher Nouira Mario Navarro Matthias Lipp Mike Watson Mikita Badziakouski Rafael Moraes Sam Grafton Sergio Aguero Vasily Klyukin Vladyslav Martynenko

2024-05-03 01:50 UTC+2

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Nível 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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2024-05-03 01:47 UTC+2

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (Completo)

Nível 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Maher Nouira	362,000 362,000	362,000

Henri Kasper	290,000 290,000	290,000
Christopher Putz	267,000 53,600	53,600
Vladyslav Martynenko	245,500 245,500	245,500
Matthias Lipp	235,000 -2,000	-2,000
Daniel Rezaei	233,500 -3,500	-3,500
Cesar Garcia	220,000 220,000	220,000
Bert Stevens	206,500 -3,500	-3,500
John Duthie	201,000 81,000	81,000

Mike Watson	201,000 -19,000	-19,000

Andrew Chen	198,500 13,900	13,900
Aleksei Vandyshev	195,500 173,500	173,500
Artur Martirosian	194,500 -21,500	-21,500

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	193,500 193,500	193,500
Daniel Dvoress	190,500 57,500	57,500
Luca Marki	188,500 35,500	35,500
Ihar Soika	179,500 179,500	179,500
Mounir Tajiou	175,500 48,500	48,500
Pascal Lefrancois	172,500 133,500	133,500
Ilya Nikiforov	172,500 33,500	33,500
Eric Sfez	169,000 117,000	117,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	167,500 167,500	167,500
Masashi Oya	159,000 157,000	157,000
Lewis Spencer	155,000 98,000	98,000
Govert Metaal	152,500 500	500