€2,200 Eureka High Roller
Day 1a Started
€2,200 Eureka High Roller
Day 1a Started
The PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour continues today at the Hilton Prague with the first starting flight of Event #18: €2,200 Eureka Poker Tour High Roller. The event is scheduled to kick off at 12 p.m. local time and is expected to attract high numbers after this week's Eureka Main Event has already smashed last year's record number of entries.
In 2022, Sander Ostlyngen bested a field of 1,534 to claim the trophy and title, alongside €463,850, in last year's high roller event. Ostlyngen put on an impressive display in Prague taking down both the Eureka High Roller and the €1,000 Super Hyper Turbo within the same series, and is sure to be looking to repeat his success this year.
PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | PRIZE (IN EURO) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sander Ostlyngen | Norway | €463,850 | |
2 | Stanislav Koleno | Slovenia | €289,420 | |
3 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | €206,470 | |
4 | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | €159,020 | |
5 | Nichita Verbitchii | Moldova | €122,330 | |
6 | Kasparas Klezys | Lithiunia | €94,130 | |
7 | David Hu | Netherlands | €72,390 | |
8 | Marius Gicovanu | Romania | €55,680 | |
9 | Hugues Mazerolle | France | €42,830 |
The Eureka High Roller starts at Level 1 with blinds of 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Those who enter will receive a starting stack of 30,000 chips and play through levels of 40 minutes, with a 20-minute break every three Levels. A 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 10, which is when late registration will end. Players are allowed unlimited re-entries.
Day 1 of this two-day event will play down to the money. The bubble will burst once approximately 15% of the field remains; all those to progress to Day 2 will have secured a minimum cash.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the coverage of this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on the 11th of December.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
With 248 players on the clock, the cards are in the air for Day 1a of the €2,200 Eureka High Roller
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julien Sitbon | 30,000 | |
Sven Stok | 30,000 | |
Natan Chauskin | 30,000 | |
David Docherty | 30,000 | |
Juha Helppi | 30,000 | |
Tobias Peters | 30,000 | |
Simeon Spasov | 30,000 | |
Raoul Refos | 30,000 | |
Antoine Labat | 30,000 | |
Symeon Alexandridis | 30,000 | |
Boris Angelov | 30,000 |
The pot stood at approximately 5,000 with two players looking at a board that read J♣4♠2♥4♥10♠.
Matei Lupascu, in early position, bet out 5,300 into Andreas Werner, who was in the cutoff. Werner thought for several minutes before making a frustrated call.
Lupascu tabled 10♣10♦ for a rivered fullhouse.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matei Lupascu |
37,100
37,100
|
37,100 |
Andreas Werner |
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
In what appeared to be a three-way, three-bet pot, Nikolaos Vouldis, Aleksandr Lakhov, and Niculina Grasu all checked on the 6♣9♦J♠ flop.
Vouldis then made a bet of 1,500 into the 6,000 pot on the 8♠ turn, and both of his opponents called.
The 5♠ river saw Vouldis check again, and this time it was Lakhov who fired a bet, of 6,000 chips. Grasu quickly folded but Vouldis tossed in a calling chip.
Lakhov showed K♠3♠ for a rivered flush and Vouldis sent his cards to the muck so sent a big pot Lakhov's way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aleksandr Lakhov |
43,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
Niculina Grasu |
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Nikolaos Vouldis |
21,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Vincenzo Schiavottiello raised to 400 from late position, Sebastian Szychulski called on the button, and Ali Zebarjad called in the big blind.
The flop came K♠5♣J♣. Action checked to Szychulski, who continued for 700. Ali Zebarjad then check-raised to 1,400. Schiavottiello folded and Szychulski called.
The turn was the 8♥. Zebarjad bet 1,200 and Szychulski folded to give Zebarjad an early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ali Zebarjad | 32,000 | |
Vincenzo Schiavottiello | 29,000 | |
Sebastian Szychulski | 28,000 |
Both Youcef Benzerfa, in the cutoff, and [Removed:459], on the button, had 2,000 out in front of them when Patrick Berger, in the big blind, put in a raise to 10,000. Benzerfa folded and El Rharbaouim made the call.
The J♥8♣7♦ flop checked through to the Q♦ on the turn. Berger put in a delayed continuation for 7,000 and El Rharbaouim elected to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrick Berger | 39,000 | |
Youcef Benzerfa | 28,000 | |
Karim El Rharbaouim
|
21,000 |
Wouter Beltz raised to 600 from middle position and Michele Nizzardelli came along from the small blind. Abraham Serrano then raised the price to 3,000 from the big blind, and only Nizzardelli called.
He checked the K♥10♥3♣ flop for Serrano to make a bet of 4,500. Nizzardelli called and the 7♦ was turned. Another check followed from Nizzardelli before Serrano downsized to 2,600.
Nizzardelli was not deterred by that bet and stuck in another call for the 2♠ river to complete the board. The deuce caused Nizzardelli to lead out promptly, for 10,000 chips.
Serrano snap called and showed his A♥K♣ for top pair. However, Nizzardelli had him beat with his 7♥2♥, who flopped a flush draw but made runner-runner two pair to scoop a big pot in the early stages of Day 1a.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michele Nizzardelli |
50,900
50,900
|
50,900 |
Wouter Beltz |
29,400
29,400
|
29,400 |
Abraham Serrano |
9,700
9,700
|
9,700 |