€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Completed
€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Completed
The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo continued today with the biggest buy-in tournament on the schedule; the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller. The Sporting Monte-Carlo opened its doors to high rollers from across the globe, all willing to compete at some of the highest stakes here in Monaco.
Over the eight levels of play, a total of 58 entrants tried their luck on the felt contributing to a prize pool that already stands at a massive €5,627,160. But with registration still open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow, this figure is only expected to grow.
As the dust settled, 29 players found a bag for tomorrow, with Jacob Amsellem capturing the title of the chip leader as he takes through a total of 1,094,000 for the Day 2 restart. Amsellem only took his seat on Level 8 of the day but seemingly used his time wisely to convert his late start into the largest stack in the room.
Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jacob Amsellem | France | 1,094,000 | 182 |
2 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 1,092,000 | 182 |
3 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 1,091,000 | 182 |
4 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 851,000 | 142 |
5 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 848,000 | 141 |
6 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 818,000 | 136 |
7 | Vicente Delgado | Spain | 692,000 | 115 |
8 | Shyngis Satubayev | Kazakhstan | 599,000 | 100 |
9 | Masashi Oya | Japan | 590,000 | 98 |
10 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 555,000 | 93 |
With players starting with 250 big blinds, it was going to take a real cooler to see these confrontations ending in an all-in and a call, but that’s exactly what happened to Ben Heath on the second level of the day. Heath picked up pocket kings, but was unfortunate enough to run into the pocket aces of Dan Smith, resulting in one of the day's first casualties.
Heath was quickly onto his second bullet and virtue of a flopped nut flush against Juan Pardo on the last level of the day, managed to bag big for the Day 2 restart.
Heath wasn’t the only one to experience a swingy session on the felt as the reigning champion of the EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller, Alex Kulev, saw off his first bullet when a hero call against opponent Masashi Oya went wrong.
However, Kulev gained a lot of traction on his second attempt, and managed to bag the third largest stack of the remaining players, meaning all eyes will be on Kulev as he navigates his 1,091,000 into back-to-back titles here in Monaco.
Day 2 is set to commence tomorrow, Sunday, April 28 at 12:30 p.m. local time which is when registration will end. Players will be returning to blinds of 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller, so stay tuned.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jacob Amsellem |
1,094,000
664,000
|
664,000 |
|
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Ben Heath |
1,092,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Alex Kulev |
1,091,000
-119,000
|
-119,000 |
Mikita Badziakouski |
851,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
Nick Petrangelo | 848,000 | |
Justin Bonomo |
818,000
188,000
|
188,000 |
|
||
Vicente Delgado |
692,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Shyngis Satubayev |
599,000
334,000
|
334,000 |
Masashi Oya |
590,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Stephen Chidwick |
555,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Orpen Kisacikoglu |
516,000
216,000
|
216,000 |
Christoph Vogelsang |
505,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Sam Grafton |
490,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
Dan Smith |
479,000
-196,000
|
-196,000 |
|
||
Morten Klein |
435,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Lewis Spencer |
425,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Sergio Aido |
425,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Aleksejs Ponakovs |
375,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
Byron Kaverman |
362,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
350,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
David Yan |
333,000
333,000
|
333,000 |
Yaman Nakdali |
311,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Steve O'Dwyer |
289,000
-166,000
|
-166,000 |
|
||
Matthias Eibinger | 204,000 | |
Ilya Nikiforov |
203,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Day 1 has concluded with 29 players bagging up chips for Day 2, which will commence at 12:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 28.
Updated chip counts and a recap of the day will follow shortly.
Action folded to Nick Petrangelo in the cutoff, who opened to 11,000.
Matthias Eibinger was in the small blind and produced a three-bet to 127,000, leading to a swift fold from Petrangelo.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick Petrangelo |
848,000
328,000
|
328,000 |
Matthias Eibinger |
204,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
Joao Vieira opened to 10,000 from early position, only to be met with a three-bet jam from Mikalai Vaskaboinikau to 56,000.
Action folded to Stephen Chidwick in the big blind, who produced a cold four-bet jam of 250,000. Vieira made the quick call.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: 5♠4♦
Stephen Chidwick: A♥9♥
Joao Vieira: A♠K♣
Vieira looked in great shape to scoop the pot and remained so after the J♠2♦10♣ flop and 8♠ turn.
However, the 9♠ rolled off on the river to give Chidwick a pair of nines and send him a chunky pot just before the end of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick |
595,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Joao Vieira |
80,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Busted |
The tournament clock has been stopped and the floor has just announced that the players will play five more hands before bagging for the night.
Alex Kulev opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and was called by Lewis Spencer on the button and Pasacal Lefrancois in the big blind.
On the J♣10♥9♥ flop, action was checked to Spencer, who put out a bet of 9,000. Lefrancois called before Kulev produced a check-raise to 40,000. Spencer called and Lefrancois got out of the way.
On the 2♠ turn, Kulev continued to fire, putting out a bet of 75,000. Spencer again called.
The 5♣ completed the board and after some thought, Kulev put out a bet of 200,000, earning a swift fold from Spencer.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Kulev |
1,210,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Lewis Spencer |
420,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
Pascal Lefrancois |
120,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Yaman Nakdali raised to 10,000 from the hijack, Ben Heath called in the cutoff, and Juan Pardo three-bet to 40,000 from the button. Both players called.
The action checked to Pardo, who continued for 26,000 on the Q♥9♥4♥ flop. Nakdali called and Heath check-raised to 58,000. Pardo called and Nakdali got out of the way.
Heath slowed down on the 7♣ turn. Pardo retook the lead for 70,000 and Heath responded with a second check-raise to 164,000. Pardo made the call.
The 8♠ landed on the river and Heath placed a bet of 163,000; an effective all in with just 1,000 behind the line. Pardo made a quick call. Heath tabled A♥10♥ for the flopped nut flush. With 1,000 still behind the line, Pardo was not required to show and slid his cards to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Heath |
917,000
537,000
|
537,000 |
Yaman Nakdali |
245,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
Juan Pardo |
60,000
-615,000
|
-615,000 |
Ilya Nikiforov moved all in for 70,000 from middle position. Action folded to Daniel Dvoress in the small blind, who rejammed for around 260,000, forcing a fold from the big blind.
Ilya Nikiforov: A♥10♥
Daniel Dvoress: K♣Q♦
Nikiforov's ace-high was ahead and remained so after the 2♦6♣6♦5♣9♥ runout, sending him a timely double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Dvoress |
190,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
Ilya Nikiforov |
152,000
37,000
|
37,000 |