Down to Nine in the €2,000 IPT High Roller
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Nível 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
While the Main Event has been playing out on one side of the room, the Italian Poker Tour €2,000 High Roller is taking place on the other. That tournament is now down to the final nine.
Leading the way is Italian player Juri Mereu. Also still in is last night’s chip leader, Italian pro Gaetano Preite. Others still in contention for the €77,800 first prize are American EPT Campione runner-up Olivier Busquet and EPT Kyiv runner-up Alex Dovzhenko. There were 181 entries in the event which played down to the bubble last night. The €351,140 prize pool was divvied up between 27 players in all.
| Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Juri Mereu | Italy | 940,000 |
| Gaetano Preite | Italy | 670,000 |
| Aleksandr Gofman | Russian Federation | 630,000 |
| Artur Koren | Germany | 270,000 |
| Olvedo Heinze | Netherlands | 230,000 |
| Alexander Dovzhenko | Russian Federation | 230,000 |
| Tom Hall | United Kingdom | 140,000 |
| Olivier Busquet | United States | 135,000 |
| Matthieu Lamagnere | France | 130,000 |