€50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Dia 1 Começado
€50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Dia 1 Começado
Welcome to the PokerNews coverage of the EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller which gets underway at 12:30 p.m.
This tournament will see some of the best players in the world battling it out in the biggest buy-in of the festival, with unlimited re-entry and eight levels of play on Day 1.
We may have to wait to see everyone, with late registration closing at the start of Day 2, but players who register in advance and take their seat before the tournament starts will be refunded 50% of the fee.
As has become the norm, a short clock will be in play from the start. Players will receive additional time bank cards as the tournament progresses, with each card granting an extra 30 seconds.
Poker fans can expect to see Tony G and Leon Tsoukernik jumping into this event, as well as EPT Prague €10,200 Bounty NLHE champion and PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we keep you up to date once cards are in the air.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The first nine players are seated across two tables and the €50,000 Super High Roller has officially kicked off.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Daichi Tominaga
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Chris Brewer
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Timothy Adams |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Sam Grafton |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Juan Pardo
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Mike Watson
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Stephen Chidwick |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
Juan Pardo opened to 2,500 and Daichi Tominaga called. Tominaga checked the flop to Pardo who bet 1,500.
Tominaga called and then checked the turn. Pardo bet 20,000 and after some thought, Tominaga folded.
"You don't like to play small ball?" asked tablemate Adrian Mateos.
Meanwhile, Daniel Dvoress has sat down at the same table.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Juan Pardo
|
255,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Sam Grafton |
255,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
253,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
Daniel Dvoress | 250,000 | |
Daichi Tominaga
|
237,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Timothy Adams limped in from the small blind and Stephen Chidwick raised it up to 4,000 in the big blind. The call by Adams followed and he then opted to check the flop, which prompted a bet worth 6,000 by Chidwick. Adams came along to the turn and check-called for another 15,000.
After the river, Adams checked the third street in a row. Chidwick now bet 51,000 and that was enough to claim the pot uncontested.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick |
275,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Timothy Adams |
225,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
Timothy Adams raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Chris Brewer defended his big blind.
Brewer check-called 2,000 on the flop and the turn was the
Both players checked. The river was the and Brewer checked. Adams bet 5,000 and after some thought, Brewer check-raised to 50,000.
Adams used two time extensions before re-raising to 140,000. Brewer sat back in his chair and instantly threw out two time extensions to ponder his decision.
He sighed and ruminated some more, before calling. Adams turned over for a rivered flush and took down the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Timothy Adams |
370,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
||
Chris Brewer
|
106,500
-143,500
|
-143,500 |
On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Sam Grafton and Adrian Mateos, the latter called a bet worth 8,500 on the . Grafton tabled the for kings and eights to win the pot.
Juan Pardo then raised to 2,500 and Mateos three-bet to 11,000 in order to claim the pot.
Grafton opened to 3,000 next and was called only by Pardo in the big blind. The Spaniard check-raised the flop from 2,000 to 10,000 and earned a call from Grafton. Both checked the turn and Pardo check-called the river when Grafton bet 18,000.
The Brit revealed for a full house to earn a healthy pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sam Grafton |
310,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Nick Petrangelo | 250,000 | |
Daniel Dvoress |
247,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Daichi Tominaga
|
240,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
235,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
||
Juan Pardo
|
220,500
-34,500
|
-34,500 |
Stephen Chidwick raised to 2,500 and Chris Brewer called.
Brewer check-called 2,000 on the flop. Both players checked the turn and river and Chidwick won the pot with
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick |
285,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Chris Brewer
|
105,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
In a battle under the gun versus big blind, the completed board showed and Nick Petrangelo checked his option. Daniel Dvoress now bet 55,000 and Petrangelo glanced at his table neighbour before making the call after around ten seconds.
Dvoress rolled over the for a busted straight and flush draw, which Petrangelo had beat with the for kings and tens.
In the meanwhile, Saar Wilf has also entered the field and took a seat on the same table.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Nick Petrangelo |
325,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Saar Wilf | 250,000 | |
Daniel Dvoress |
166,500
-80,500
|
-80,500 |