€100,000 Super High Roller
Dia 1 Concluído
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€100,000 Super High Roller
Dias: 1
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€98,000
Prize Pool
€6,888,420
Entradas
71
Nível
26
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000
Igor Kurganov Leads Day 1 of Super High Roller
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Nível 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The opening day of the €100,000 Super High Roller at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final has come to a close. Following the first eight levels of action, Igor Kurganov emerged as the chip leader with an even 1 million in chips. Of the 64 entries tallied, 44 remained when the day was over.
Kurganov is no stranger to success at the EPT Grand Final. He has six cashes from this festival, with the earliest coming in 2011 when he took second in the €10,300 Turbo High Roller for €123,000 in Madrid. In 2012, he amplified his EPT Grand Final winnings in a big way by capturing the title and first place in the €25,500 High Roller to the tune of €1.08 million.
In 2013's stop, Kurganov placed 74th in the Main Event for €16,000 and seventh in the €25,500 High Roller for €154,700. He followed those results up the next year with two more — first taking third in this event, the €100,000 Super High Roller, for over €1.128 million and then cashing in 52nd place in the Main Event for €24,400.
All told, Kurganov has hauled in over €2.526 million from the EPT Grand Final.
One thing that will be working against him is the fact that through the first three editions of this event, only one Day 1 chip leader has cashed — Jason Mercier in 2013 when he took second for more than €1.115 million.
Speaking of Mercier, he bagged 142,000 to advance to Day 2.
Other notables who advanced from Thursday's start to the event were Ole Schemion (930,000), Erik Seidel (857,000), Fedor Holz (536,000), Talal Shakerchi (392,000), Phil Ivey (360,000), and Daniel Negreanu (273,000). Last year's winner, Daniel Colman, moved on with 248,000.
Two other players who advanced were George Danzer (615,000) and Anthony Zinno (527,000). Both of these players are playing their first super high roller event and did very well on Day 1 to bag up over double the starting stack. Now we'll wait to see if they can ride the early momentum to a big result.
Day 2 will commence at 12:30 p.m. local time, and PokerNews will be back for more live coverage straight from the tournament floor. Registration and reentry will remain open until the start of Day 2, so the field size will likely increase before things kick off. We'll see you tomorrow.
FantasyWired Podcast April 29, 2015: Licking Our Wounds
Nível 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
If fantasy sports are your thing, then you need to check out FantasyWired, part of the iBus Media family along with PokerNews. It doesn't matter if you're more interested in traditional season-long leagues or love the new excitement behind the more immediate daily fantasy sports, you're covered at FantasyWired.
On the latest podcast, FantasyWired's Matt Brown and Brett Collson talk about the beating they took on Tuesday, but their pick-of-the-day Nelson Cruz came through. They're ready to lick their wounds and get back on the horse Wednesday, and you should be, too!
End-of-Day Chip Counts (Completo)
Nível 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | 684,000 |
|
930,000 | 337,000 |
|
857,000 | -8,000 |
|
792,000 | 102,000 |
|
683,000 | 372,000 |
|
615,000 | 10,000 |
|
536,000 | 132,500 |
|
527,000 | 62,000 |
|
492,000 | 255,000 |
|
486,000 | 46,000 |
|
445,000 | 75,000 |
|
403,000 | 153,000 |
|
400,000 | 43,000 |
|
397,000 | -64,000 |
|
392,000 | -113,000 |
|
384,000 | 89,000 |
|
380,000 | 184,000 |
|
372,000 | 153,000 |
|
361,000 | -39,000 |
|
360,000 | 130,500 |
|
350,000 | 77,000 |
|
346,000 | -169,000 |
|
341,000 | 197,500 |
|
323,000 | -77,000 |
|
318,000 | 13,000 |
Bagging and Tagging
Nível 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The day has come to an end, and the surviving players are bagging and tagging their chips, even Phil Ivey.
How Things Change and How Things Stay The Same
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: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
A lot has changed on the European Poker Tour since it first came to Monaco in Season one. But in one important way it has stayed very much the same. Make a note, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Last Five Hands
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: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The tournament clock has been paused, and the players have been informed they will play five more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
Zinno's Squeeze Gets Shoved On
Nível 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Anthony Zinno just attempted to squeeze in a three-bet from the small blind after Pratyush Buddiga opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Scott Seiver called on the button. Zinno made it 40,000 to go, and then action folded back to Seiver. He took some time, then reraised all in for 246,000. Zinno took a few moments, then folded, and Seiver won the pot.
Zinno, who is playing his first super high roller event to our knowledge, recently was crowned World Poker Tour Player of the Year. Although he lost this pot, he's profitable on the day at about 465,000 in chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000 | -85,000 |
|
|
305,000 | 55,000 |
|
250,000 | 40,000 |
Seiver Back to Starting Stack
Nível 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Reigning World Series of Poker Player of the Year George Danzer check-called a bet of 40,000 on the 
board against Scott Seiver. After the river completed the board with the 
, Danzer checked again. Seiver bet almost all of his stack for 102,500, and Danzer gave it up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
605,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 25,000 |
Leon Tsoukernik Beats Jungleman for €100k during Super High Roller
Nível 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik busted out from the EPT 11 Grand Final Super High Roller early on Day 1, but after winning €100,000 from Dan 'Jungleman' Cates he bought right back in. We caught up with Tsoukernik about this match, and the big cash game that went on at his casino last week.