Who Succeeds Ivan Soshnikov?
In 2010 the European Poker Tour debuted a high roller during the EPT Prague festival. Nichlas Mattsson came out on top of a 26 player field. Every year since the tournament has grown, and this year promises to be bigger than ever.
The Super High Roller at the start of the tournament saw 42 people enter and 9 players re enter for €50,000 each. Leonid Markin defeated Paul Newey heads up to grab the title and the €777,360 first place prize. This "regular" high roller will only be bigger! Let's take a look at the fields and winners since its inception in 2010:
| Year | Champion | Entries | Trend | First Place Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Nichlas Mattsson | 26 | - | €127,000 |
| 2011 | John Andress | 50 | +24 | €176,400 |
| 2012 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 108 | +58 | €365,300 |
| 2013 | Ivan Soshnikov | 176 | +68 | €382,050 |
The schedule tells us there will be 10 levels of play today, so it's going to be around 1 am tonight before the players can bag and tag. The starting stack is 50,000 jetons and the first two levels will be 100/200 with a 25 ante so players are getting 250 big blinds to start with. The total schedule for todays play:
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 200 | 25 | 60 minutes |
| 2 | 100 | 200 | 25 | 60 minutes |
| break | 20 minutes | |||
| 3 | 150 | 300 | 25 | 60 minutes |
| 4 | 150 | 300 | 25 | 60 minutes |
| break | 20 minutes | |||
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 50 | 60 minutes |
| 6 | 300 | 600 | 75 | 60 minutes |
| break | 75 minutes | |||
| 7 | 400 | 800 | 100 | 60 minutes |
| 8 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 | 60 minutes |
| break | 10 minutes | |||
| 9 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 | 60 minutes |
| 10 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 | 60 minutes |
The tournament will start at 1 pm local time, so in about two hours from now. Players are allowed one re-entry per person. PokerNews will bring you updates all through the tournament so you don't have to miss a hand!
and Ismail Erkenov raking in a pot worth nearly 100,000. His 
got the better of Markin’s 
resulting in the first player hitting the rail.
. Just one opponent stuck around.
fell on the turn and Metaal's opponent checked. The number 11 of the Dutch All Time Money List shoved all in and got called. It turned out Metaal's opponent had pocket fives for a turned set and Metaal was in dire straits for one of the two remaining nines in the deck.
flop.
fell on turn, Haxton took a little longer to slide out another 11,500 in chips. His opponent made the call before the 
completed the board.
and Haxton had shoved for 14,200. The cutoff folded but Mandavia made the call.
but wouldn't win the showdown. Mandavia, who started a little late after a long night of online poker, already up to 65,000.
Schemion was seen betting 3,150 from the cutoff. His opponent on the button, Patrick Sacrispeyre, threw in two 5,000 chips. We're not sure if he made it 10,000 or said a number he wanted to raise to with that move. We are sure that Schemion three bet to 17,150 though. Sacrispeyre thought for a minute or two before moving in. Schemion snap called.
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and the French PokerStars Team Pro bet out 2,500. Metaal made the call, Andreev called again also.
for a straight flush. Metaal confidently turned over 
and only saw mili seconds later that he was beat. Andreev double checked his cards one last time, flashed at least an ace (we couldn't see the other card), and mucked as well.
fell on the river. O'Dwyer bet out 22,000 and now the big show started.
