216 Players Advance to Day 2 in the $2,200 Eureka High Roller
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa continues today with Day 2 of the $2,200 Eureka High Roller.
Over a total of two starting flights hosted yesterday, an impressive 1,444 entries were recorded, contributing a massive $2,772,480 to the prize pool. Of those, 216 players will be returning to the felt today to battle it out as both starting flights merge for the first time. While official payouts are yet to be confirmed, all players to have progressed to Day 2 are in the money.
Returning to the felt as the overall chip leader is Maximilian Silz who managed to accumulate an impressive 1,134,000 on Day 1a yesterday. Silz’s chip lead is emphasised as he is the first player to eclipse the one million chip mark.
Coming into the day second in chips is Alejandro Lococo who managed to amass his plentiful stack of 665,000 late last night on Day 1b. Lococo is the only member of the PokerStars Team Pro that managed to find a bag in this event, so there’s no doubt all eyes will be on the ambassador.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maximilian Silz | Germany | 1,134,000 | 142 |
| 2 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 665,000 | 83 |
| 3 | Pascal Hartmann | Germany | 610,000 | 76 |
| 4 | Wooram Cho | South Korea | 599,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Anton Wigg | Sweden | 548,000 | 69 |
| 6 | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | 526,000 | 66 |
| 7 | Konstantin Voronin | Russia | 525,000 | 66 |
| 8 | Sergey Baranksi | Belarus | 520,000 | 65 |
| 9 | Hwany Lee | South Korea | 510,000 | 64 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Denisov | Russia | 509,000 | 64 |
Some other notable names to bag chips and move on to Day 2 were PSPC Champion Aliaksandr Shylko (96,000), 2018 EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion Piotr Nurzynski (99,000), 2013 EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion Tom Middleton and 2010 EPT Copenhagen Main Event Champion Anton Wigg (548,000).
Day 2 will restart at 12 p.m. local time today and will play down until just one player remains. Play resumes with 5 minutes on the clock of Level 17.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Eureka Poker Tour High Roller here at EPT Cyprus, so stay tuned.