€25k Update: Down to Three Tables; Money Bubble Looms
The PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT €25,000 High Roller is down to 24 players.
The chip leader at the moment is Oleksii Khoroshenin. Khoroshenin is third on the Ukrainian all-time money list and is a former EPT champion after he took down EPT Vienna back in 2014. Khoroshenin's best result in an EPT 25k is a third place in Malta two years ago where he took home €217,400.
Close behind him is Bryn Kenney, who has a rich pedigree in High Roller tournaments, having taken down the €100,000 Super High Roller this time last year in Monte Carlo for €1,784,500, and finishing fifth in the €25,000 Single Day High Roller earlier this week. He also is one of a select few players to have won a PokerStars-branded 25k, 50k and 100k (PCA 2017, PCA 2017 & Monte Carlo 2016)
| Seat | Name | Chip Count | Name | Chip Count | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert Daher | 80,000 | Bryn Kenney | 510,000 | Liwei Sun | 80,000 |
| 2 | Fady Kamar | 250,000 | Benoit Lam | 40,000 | Markus Durnegger | 280,000 |
| 3 | Pascal Hartmann | 165,000 | Shyngis Satubayev | 400,000 | Justin Bonomo | 150,000 |
| 4 | Christopher Frank | 160,000 | Joao Vieira | 130,000 | Mark Teltescher | 240,000 |
| 5 | Rainer Kempe | 350,000 | Roman Emelyanov | 125,000 | Ryan Riess | 110,000 |
| 6 | [Removed:414] | 495,000 | Thomas Muehloecker | 290,000 | Alexander Uskov | 470,000 |
| 7 | Mikalai Vaskaboinika | 390,000 | Stephen Chidwick | 50,000 | Saar Wilf | 160,000 |
| 8 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | 622,000 | Julian Thomas | 150,000 | Yan Shing Tsang | 120,000 |
A reminder that 17 places will be paid, with a min-cash worth €44,400. The payouts are as follows, with the winner taking home €711,500.
| Position | Payout (€) | Payout ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €711,500 | $853,800 |
| 2 | €481,000 | $577,200 |
| 3 | €312,500 | $375,000 |
| 4 | €259,000 | $310,800 |
| 5 | €208,700 | $250,440 |
| 6 | €164,535 | $197,442 |
| 7 | €126,000 | $151,200 |
| 8 | €94,500 | $113,400 |
| 9 | €70,500 | $84,600 |
| 10-11 | €58,000 | $69,600 |
| 12-13 | €51,000 | $61,200 |
| 14-15 | €46,500 | $55,800 |
| 16-17 | €44,400 | $53,280 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for continuing coverage, and head over to the PokerStars blog for live updates from the €25,000 High Roller.