At Least 69 Players Return for Day 2 of the €25,000 EPT High Roller
At 12:30 pm. local time, the €25,000 EPT High Roller kicks of Day 2 with late registration or reentry still possible until that moment. The 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ is coming to an end with two more days to play down but the action will be hot and heavy all day long. There were 160 entries collected on Day 1 and 69 of them made it nicely through to Day 2.
Sirzat Hissou is coming back with a big chip lead of 359,000 in chips which is worth 40 big blinds more than the 294,800 Troy Quenneville amassed on Day 1. Completing the top five at the start of the day are Orpen Kisacikoglu, Kent Staahle, and Steve O'Dwyer.
But as expected, there are still so many players left in the field that you'd see in any High Roller regularly. Rainer Kempe, Byron Kaverman, Cedric Schwaederle, Andrey Andreev, Erik Seidel, Jean-Noel Thorel, Fabian Quoss, Alexandros Kolonias, and Mike Watson are some of the players who have some work ahead of them as they can be found at the bottom of the chip counts.
Top Ten Chip Counts from Day 1
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | 359,000 | 224 |
| 2nd | Troy Quenneville | Canada | 294,800 | 184 |
| 3rd | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 263,200 | 165 |
| 4th | Kent Staahle | Norway | 255,900 | 160 |
| 5th | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 251,500 | 157 |
| 6th | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 246,800 | 154 |
| 7th | Ramiro Petrone | Argentina | 245,800 | 154 |
| 8th | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 216,500 | 135 |
| 9th | Pascal Lefrancois | Canada | 197,100 | 123 |
| 10th | Rodrigo Seiji | Brazil | 188,700 | 118 |
Action will resume in the America Room at the Monte Carlo Bay, with another 10 levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled to play. Level 11 will be the first level of the day which features a small blind of 800, a big blind of 1,600, and a big blind ante of 1,600.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first flop till the final bag has been sealed for Day 3 so make sure to follow along.
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gave Beresford the freeroll. The 
on the turn gave Beresford the flush right away and the 
on the river was insignificant.
and Mattern remained in a comfortable lead with his pocket aces. The 
hit the turn which changed nothing. Vieira pushed one of his kings toward the board as if to magnetize another one from the deck, but it was the 
on the river that allowed all three players to remain in the tournament.
which boded well for Staahle. The 
hit the turn which gave Loeser a straight draw but Staahle also picked up a flush draw. However, it was the 
on the river that made Loeser's straight and Staahle was eliminated.
and the aces held to knock Garagnani out of the tournament and burst the bubble. The final 27 players will now be guaranteed a min-cash of €42,980.
and the queens held to elimination Greenwood from the tournament.
and the ace-queen held to eliminate Ventura from the tournament in 23rd place for €47,280.
and Lopes check-called a bet of 20,000 from Nitsche.
for a full house to win a monster pot.
