High Roller Final Day – Ten Players Remain
Another record has been set for the European Poker Tour here in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. A mixture of amateurs and professionals swelled the field of entrants to 137 unique entrants and 39 re-entries for a total number of 176 buy-ins to create a prize pool of €1,724,800. This means the winner will take home €382,050.
Dmitry Yurasov from Russia leads the way with 1,404,000, with Olivier Busquet from the USA in second place on 1,239,000 and Austria’s Thomas Muhlocker, who has 1,150,000, in third.
The short stacks are Ivan Soshnikov (313,000) and Mike McDonald (272,000), who both saw cruel river cards during the last level to knock them down the leader board. They are both playing just over 10 big blind stacks, so expect them to make a move early on. A finish in 10th place pays €32,800.
Vanessa Selbst is the only PokerStars Team Pro member to have made the final day with Eugen Katchalov bubbling late in the day, closely followed by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Slebst returns with a stack of 850,000.
The players are currently 5 handed on two tables. After the first elimination there will be a re-draw for the final table of nine.
Some are predicting another long day ahead with potentially another 12 levels before we have a winner, while others are expecting a fast and furious aggressive shoot out. Either way it’s sure to be a fascinating day of poker with dramatic swings in fortune and intriguing table dynamics.
The only was to find out how it all pans out is to follow the action right here from 12 p.m CET as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you the stories, big hands and bust outs as they happen.