Toma Leads Final Nine of the EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller, O'Dwyer Second
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Day 2 of the EPT €100,000 Super High Roller bagged after eight levels of an hour with nine players making it through to the final day.
Eight new players were added to the field with one no-show from Day 1 to bring the total number of entries up to 64 (including fifteen reentries.) This created a prize pool of €6,209,280 for nine players to get paid at the end of the road. The winner will walk away with the Super High Roller trophy and the first-place prize of €1,816,210 at 2019 edition of EPT Barcelona.
Tsugunari Toma claimed the chip lead with 3,755,000 in chips. Toma was celebrating his birthday on the penultimate day of the tournament and will be looking back upon that day with some fond memories. Toma burst the bubble to end the day and to reach the final table when Daniel Dvoress four-bet jammed with ace-king. Toma held pocket queens and those held. Dvoress also bubbled the last Super High Roller in Monte Carlo in a hand which featured two eliminations, he was one 5,000-chip shorter than Seth Davies when Alex Foxen took them out.
Steve O’Dwyer collected 2,680,000 in chips to put in his bag by the end of Level 16. Kahle Burns also finished on the Day 2 podium when he bagged 2,340,000. Completing the final table are Sergi Reixach, Luc Greenwood, Danny Tang, Sam Grafton, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, and Rui Ferreira.
PokerStars EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 1,700,000 | 43 |
| 2 | Luc Greenwood | Canada | 1,790,000 | 45 |
| 3 | Rui Ferreira | Portugal | 445,000 | 11 |
| 4 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 620,000 | 16 |
| 5 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 3,755,000 | 94 |
| 6 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 2,680,000 | 67 |
| 7 | Kahle Burns | Australia | 2,340,000 | 59 |
| 8 | Sergi Reixach | Spain | 1,805,000 | 45 |
| 9 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 985,000 | 25 |
Adrian Mateos, Foxen, Ben Heath, Cary Katz, Charlie Carrel, Filipe Oliveira, Kristen Bicknell, and Oleksii Khoroshenin were the eight players who entered at the start of the day. Heath was the one to last the longest of them all when he was eliminated in the penultimate level of the day. Heath called with pocket kings for his tournament life after Mikalai Vaskaboinikau had shoved when Sam Greenwood had raised. The ace on the turn meant the end of Heath’s run.
The only German to join the field, Christoph Vogelsang busted when he shoved his king-queen into the ace-jack of Heath and got no help of the board.
Day 1 chip leader Ahadpur Khangah finished in second place last year but won’t be repeating that feat this year as he fell at the hands of Luc Greenwood who had flopped a set in a pot that went four-way to the flop. Teun Mulder, Sergio Aido, Michael Addamo, and Gakuto “Gackt” Oshiro followed him in the chip counts at the start of the day, but all failed to make it through to the halfway point of the tournament.
Linus Loeliger hasn't been on the live tournament grind for too long but has already made a name for himself. After putting the fear in people's eyes online under his monicker “LLinusLLove” for years, he's shown to be able to do so too live with almost $1.8 million in cashes already. The Swiss player entered the €100,000 Super High Roller but lost his stack in two hands, first doubling Dvoress up and then losing the rest to Toma.
When the players return to the tables in Casino Barcelona for the final table, they will start with Level 17 which features a small blind of 20,000, big blind of 40,000, and a big blind ante of 40,000. All returning players are guaranteed at least €180,070.
PokerStars EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller Final Table Payout
| Position | Prize in € | Prize in $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €1,816,210 | $2,021,169 |
| 2 | €1,303,950 | $1,451,101 |
| 3 | €847,570 | $943,218 |
| 4 | €639,560 | $711,734 |
| 5 | €496,740 | $552,797 |
| 6 | €384,980 | $428,425 |
| 7 | €304,250 | $338,530 |
| 8 | €235,950 | $262,534 |
| 9 | €180,070 | $200,358 |
* Prize in $ via XE.com
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the €100,000 Super High Roller live updates. The team will be on the ground from the start at 12:30 p.m. local time on Monday, August 26 untill it finishes.
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