Sam Greenwood jammed for 54,000 from the button and Sirzat Hissou called from the small blind.
Sam Greenwood: A♠6♥
Sirzat Hissou: A♥8♠
Greenwood was dominated but not for long as he paired up to take the lead following the 7♦6♦3♥ flop. He made trips on the 6♠ turn to secure the double up and the 4♥ river completed the board.
Stephen Chidwick raised from the button and Mike Watson called in the big blind.
The flop came 2♦2♣4♥. Watson checked and Chidwick bet 7,000. Watson put in a raise to 25,000 and Chidwick made the call.
The turn was the 6♦. Watson bet out 20,000 and Chidwick raised to 45,000. The pot was already inflating before Watson moved all in for the rest of his chips. Chidwick looked up and then made the call.
Watson showed 6♠5♦ for top pair with a straight draw. Chidwick showed A♥6♥ for top pair with a higher kicker.
The river came the 7♥ for a blank and Chidwick held. Watson was eliminated from the tournament. As of now, he has not reentered.
Vicente Delgado also found himself on the wrong side of the rail after being eliminated.
Alex Kulev raised to 11,000 from early position and was called by Christoph Vogelsang in the small blind and Stephen Chidwick in the big blind.
The flop came 4♥6♦2♣ and all players checked. The turn was the 7♠, Vogelsang checked and Chidwick bet 10,000. Kulev and Vogelsang both called.
The river was the 2♠. Vogelsang checked, Chidwick bet 15,000 and Kulev raised to 55,000. Vogelsang made the call and Chidwick folded. Kulev showed A♥A♣ for two pair with the deuces on board and pocket aces. Vogelsang mucked his hand and Kulev added the chips to his stack.
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Action was on the river on a board of 6♠3♠5♣Q♦2♥ with around 150,000 already in the pot. Nicholas Petrangelo shoved the river for his remaining 60,000 and Orpen Kisacikoglu made the call. Players revealed their cards, with Petrangelo at risk.
Nicholas Petrangelo: A♠4♠
Orpen Kisacikoglu: Q♣9x
Kisacikoglu had a pair of queens. Petrangelo had been playing a flush and straight draw combo and had made his straight on the river to give him the double up.
However, the very next hand, Mikita Badziakouski raised from late position and Petrangelo reraised all in from the small blind. Badziakouski made the call.
Nicholas Petrangelo: 10♣10♠
Mikita Badziakouski: J♠J♥
The board ran out 3♠J♦4♦A♠8♠. Badziakouski made a set of jacks on the flop and doubled up. Petrangelo's stack was once again reduced to fewer than 100,000 chips.
Players in the €100,000 Super High Roller have now bagged and tagged their chips for the end of Day 1. So far, 32 entries have been made and there are 21 players remaining. Late registration remains open until the start of Day 2, which is slated for 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for a full recap of Day 1.
It's been another busy day at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ and the action stepped up a gear today with Day 1 of the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller wrapping up moments ago.
The biggest buy-in event of the series saw 32 entrants on its first day, generating a prize pool of €3,104,640. Just 21 of those made it through to Sunday's Day 2.
Norway's Kayhan Mokri was the player who ended the opening session with the chip lead and will transfer a stack of 976,000 for the event's second stage. Mokri began his ascent by taking some chips from Sam Greenwood and was propelled to the top of the chip counts after picking off a bluff from Isaac Haxton. Throughout the rest of the day, Mokri steadily added to his stack and is in great shape for Day 2.
Stephen Chidwick and Orpen Kisacikoglu also had a fruitful session on the tables and bagged and tagged 835,000 and 831,000, respectively.
€100,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Kayhan Mokri
Norway
976,000
163
2
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
835,000
139
3
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Turkey
831,000
139
4
Christoph Vogelsang
Germany
578,000
96
5
Adrian Mateos
Spain
467,000
78
6
Artur Martirosian
Russia
455,000
76
7
Seth Davies
United States
441,000
74
8
Alex Kulev
Bulgaria
367,000
61
9
Mikita Badziakouski
Belarus
342,000
57
10
Sirzat Hissou
Germany
331,000
55
Action from Day 1
The day began with 23 entries and, as expected, it was a star-studded lineup that consisted of poker's elite, such as Justin Bonomo, Steve O'Dwyer and Nick Petrangelo, to name just a few.
Defending champion Adrian Mateos was also in the mix and nabbed the first bust out of the day after eliminating Santhosh Suvarna. Mateos ended the day with 467,000 and is still in contention to pull off back-to-back EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller wins.
It is unlikely that Suvarna will return for Day 2 after firing two bullets today. Soon after he reentered, he lost a huge flip to Chidwick and was then finished off by the Englishman just a few hands later.
Another player to buy in twice was Mike Watson, and like Suvarna, he failed to find a Day 1 bag. On his first entry, he ran his pocket tens into O'Dwyers pocket queens and failed to improve.
Timothy Adams and Haxton were the other two players to put in an extra €100,000. Adams was eliminated late in Level 6, while Haxton was dispatched as Level 7 got underway. As mentioned, both players opted to reenter and still ended Day 1 with less than a starting stack.
Sosia Jiang, Joao Vieira, Vicente Delgado and Jean-Noel Thorel also bought in on Day 1 but were unable to navigate the first hurdle. However, as late registration is open until the start of Day 2, they all have the option to take one last throw of the dice.
Proceedings for Day 2 start at 12:30 p.m. local time, with the players returning on Level 9, where the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with 6,000 big blind ante.
Expect more entries as well as the growth of the already seven-figure prize pool, so be sure to stick with PokerNews to keep up with all the action.