€5,200 PLO Single-Day High Roller Day 1 | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

05-01-2019 16:53 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Krzysztof Magott	50,000
Norbert Szecsi	50,000
George Ana	50,000
Nick Pupillo	50,000
Dimitri Holdeev	50,000
Konstantinos Bouloutsos	50,000
Afshin Taheri	50,000
Sylvain Loosli	50,000 50,000	50,000

Aaron Shtainer	50,000 50,000	50,000
Wai Leong Chan	50,000 50,000	50,000
Max Silver	50,000 50,000	50,000

Lee Doubles Through Big Stack Yotsushika

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 400/800, 0 ante

On a flop, Hok Lee was all in with having flopped two pair against the of Kazuhiko Yotsushika.

Yotsushika had chipped up to just under 200,000, and needed some help to eliminate Lee . The turn and river didn't help and Lee doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	150,000 100,000	100,000
Hok Lee	75,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Hok Lee Kazuhiko Yotsushika

05-01-2019 16:47 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 400/800, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Loosli	Busted

Maksim Pisarenko	Busted
Oliver Weis	Busted

David Dayan	Busted
Guillaume Diaz	Busted
Max Silver	Busted
Bogdan Capitan	Busted
Aaron Shtainer	Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

05-01-2019 16:02 UTC+1

€5,200 PLO Single-Day High Roller Pictures

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05-01-2019 15:59 UTC+1

Break

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Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 300/600, 0 ante

Players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day.

05-01-2019 15:58 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 300/600, 0 ante

After doubling up Alexander Uskov earlier, everything appears to have been going Imad Derwiche's way.

On a board Derwiche was in position and obscuring his view of the board with his hands. The river was the and his opponent Joao Vieira bet 5,500. Derwiche quickly called.

Vieira showed for trip threes, but Derwiche showed for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	170,000 115,000	115,000
Saman Nakhjavani	85,000 40,000	40,000
Guillaume Diaz	65,000 15,000	15,000
Christopher Frank	58,000 8,000	8,000
Muhyedine Fares	50,000
Ole Schemion	47,000 9,000	9,000
Michael O'Grady	25,000 -25,000	-25,000
Joao Vieira	25,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Alexander Uskov Imad Derwiche Joao Vieira

05-01-2019 15:45 UTC+1

Leow into Chip Lead with Thorel Elimination

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Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 300/600, 0 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel was spotted re-entering, despite being above starting stack a short while ago. He had been eliminated by Ivan Leow who has now moved into the chip lead with well over 150,000 in chips.

Anson Tsang and Chan Wai Leong have both been eliminated recently. Players can make use of a single re-entry if they wished.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Leow	185,000 75,000	75,000
Davidi Kitai	105,000 55,000	55,000

Paul Leckey	70,000 -30,000	-30,000
Sam Higgs	65,000 25,000	25,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	50,000 50,000	50,000
Joao Vieira	35,000 -15,000	-15,000
Sergey Verkhoturov	20,000 -60,000	-60,000
Anson Tsang	Busted
Wai Leong Chan	Busted

Tags: Anson Tsang Chan Wai Leong Ivan Leow

05-01-2019 15:40 UTC+1

Timothy Adams Wins the EPT Monaco €25K Single Day High Roller for €548,030

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Level 5 : 300/600, 0 ante

https://www.pokernews.com/video/timothy-adams-wins-the-ept-monaco-25k-single-day-high-roller-11891.htm

Sasha Salinger catches up with Timothy Adams coming off his win in the EPT Monaco €25K Single Day High Roller. He discusses the benefits of the single-day high rollers and the benefits of having a big stack deep in a tournament when the other players tighten up waiting for the smallest stack to bust.

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0