On a heads-up flop of with only 3,000 in the pot, Connor Drinan checked in the big blind and Adrian Mateos bet 1,000 on the button. Drinan check-raised to 4,000 and was called before checking again the turn.
Mateos bet 4,200 and Drinan check-raised all in for 14,325, picking up a call by the Spaniard.
Connor Drinan:
Adrian Mateos:
The river blanked and the EPT13 Barcelona High Roller champion doubled up his short stack.
Pascal Lefrancois raised to 1,400 from early position and Patrick Uzan in the small blind was the only caller. Both of them checked on and the hit the turn. Uzan checked, and called the 1,200-bet that followed.
With the completing the board, Uzan checked again. Lefrancois bet 5,500 and Uzan called. Lefrancois did one last take and quietly mucked. Uzan followed his example but did get the chips in the pot.
After an under-the-gun raise by Pablo Fernandez, Thomas Muehloecker three-bet to 4,200 and Fernandez called. On the flop, both players checked. Fernandez check-called a bet of 4,800 on the turn before the river brought no betting action. Fernandez turned over and Muehloecker flashed pocket queens.
One table over, Jean-Noel Thorel's raise received three callers including Martin Finger in the big blind. Only Finger check-called a bet worth 2,500 on the flop. On the turn, Finger checked and Thorel bet 12,000 to force a fold. He turned over for a set and Finger said "wow, good turn for me, I believed you."
In the previous hand, Kenny Hallaert had fired one barrel against three opponents and a second against the sole remaining caller to claim the pot on the turn.
Right after, Hallaert raised again to 1,400 and just Vicente Delgado in the big blind called. On the flop, Delgado check-called a bet of 2,700 and both players then checked the turn. On the river, Delgado checked and Hallaert bet 5,200.
Delgado check-raised to 30,000 with 15,000 behind and Hallaert preserved his big stack by folding.
In a preflop raising war, Oleksii Khoroshenin invested all but his last 75 chips against Pasquale Grimaldi in the small blind and then called all in after a flop of . Grimaldi turned over for top pair, while Khoroshenin had .
The turn restored the preflop order and Khoroshenin doubled up his short stack officially after the fell on the river.
On a board of we saw small blind Emil Patel bet out 5,000. Big blind Albert Daher folded, Daniel Dvoress called from early position and Konstantin Puchkov on the button folded.
The river came the and Patel checked. Dvoress moved in for 14,200 and Patel called. Dvoress showed for the nut flush and Patel mucked.
With currently 315 entries made into the High Roller, it's equally as big as last year's event. With registration remaining open till the start of Day 2, that number is sure to increase to a new record.
According to Aleksandar Spadijer, James Akenhead became a big stack by cracking pocket aces for 91,450 with the in a preflop raising war. The flop provided two diamonds and a gutshot, the turn gave the for a flush and the river was a blank for the opponent.
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with only 3,000 in the pot, Connor Drinan checked in the big blind and Adrian Mateos bet 1,000 on the button. Drinan check-raised to 4,000 and was called before checking again the 
turn.
river blanked and the EPT13 Barcelona High Roller champion doubled up his short stack.
and the 
hit the turn. Uzan checked, and called the 1,200-bet that followed.
completing the board, Uzan checked again. Lefrancois bet 5,500 and Uzan called. Lefrancois did one last take and quietly mucked. Uzan followed his example but did get the chips in the pot.
turn before the 
river brought no betting action. Fernandez turned over 
and Muehloecker flashed pocket queens.
flop. On the 
for a set and Finger said "wow, good turn for me, I believed you."
flop, Delgado check-called a bet of 2,700 and both players then checked the 
turn. On the 
. Grimaldi turned over 
for top pair, while Khoroshenin had 
fell on the river.
and Patel checked. Dvoress moved in for 14,200 and Patel called. Dvoress showed 
