At one point on Day 1 Adrian Mateos was the chip leader in this tournament. Now he's out.
On a board of Mateos overbet it all in for 55,400 into a pot of 40,000, but Roman Korenev looked him up and made the call with . Mateos was holding for live cards and a straight draw, but the river was a brick, and Korenev dragged in the pot.
Shortly after Mikita Badziakouski left this €10,300 High Roller as well. On a board of the Belarusian bet 25,000 into Stephen Chidwick and left himself only 11,800 behind. Chidwick pushed a tower of chips over the betting line to put his opponent all in, but Badziakouski folded to live another day.
It was short-lived however, as he busted a few hands later all in with against the of Pierre Neuville. Disaster struck on the turn, and that was it for Badziakouski.
There were 115 unique players and 29 re-entries to create a field of 144 entries and a total prize pool of €1,396,800. The top 20 spots will be paid at least €18,160 whereas the winner can look forward to a payout of €335,200 and the elusive High Roller trophy.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau is still on track to better his third place in this very event one year ago after just having sent Yang Zhang to the rail. Zhang open-shoved for around 25,000 from the small blind and Vaskaboinikau snap-called.
Yang Zhang:
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau:
The board came and the kings held up to eliminate Zhang. Right after that, the table broke and all players were sent to different tables, the tournament screens show 64 hopefuls remaining.
After his previous double up, EPT13 Malta €25,750 Super High Roller champion [Removed:17] then took care of Marc MacDonnell.
it was a flip with the of MacDonnell against the of Yan and the board ran out to eliminate the Irishman. Other players that followed to the rail were Xiaoyang Luo, Przemyslaw Piotrowski, Gaetano Brignone, Pratyush Buddiga and Morten Mortensen.
Joris Ruijs opened to 5,000 and Benjamin Pollak pushed all in for little more, which Cristian Egues in the big blind called and Ruijs also came along. On the flop, Egues shoved and Ruijs called all in for less.
Benjamin Pollak:
Joris Ruijs:
Cristian Egues:
The on the turn improved Egues to trips, and the river even gave the Spaniard a full house to eliminate two opponents.
It's only been 30 minutes since the tournament staff announced "Shuffle up and deal", but it's been 30 minutes of non-stop action. There is almost an avalanche of bust outs early of the day, and the avalanche have among others claimed Nick Petrangelo, Anthony Zinno and Ilkin Amirov.
First of Amirov got it in with against the of [Removed:17], and when the board ran out it was game over for Amirov.
A few seconds later "Seat open!" was announced once again. Petrangelo had got it in in a blind-battle with against the of Sam Greenwood's . A flop of put Petrangelo further behind, and when the turn and river came he headed for the rail.
Lastly Anthony Zinno faced an early exit. First off he lost all but 3,500 chips to Frederik Jensen, when the two faced a classic race situation.
Anthony Zinno:
Frederik Jensen:
Nor the flop, turn or river brought the American any help, and Jensen doubled up for the second time today. Zinno parted ways with his last chips a few hands later, when Ben Heath's held up against Zinno's .
Five players have been eliminated early on with some details to follow.
Max Silver was spotted on the rail checking out possible flight connections, while Koray Aldemir also just left the tournament area. He flipped with a short stack and against the of Vlado Banicevic and the board ran out seven-high to eliminate the Austrian.
Tomasz Panek raised to 4,500 from under the gun and received four callers including Christophe Larquemin, Philipp Gruissem on the button, as well as Michael Kane and Alexander Zayonts in the blinds.
On the flop, the action checked to Larquemin and he bet 5,800. Only Gruissem called and the on the turn went check, check. Larquemin also checked the river and folded to a bet of 30,000 by Gruissem.
Folded to Ben Heath on the button he opened the action for 4,000 before Frederik Jensen shoved all in from the small blind for his stack of 19,300. Kitai in the big blind got out of the way, and Heath made the call.
Ben Heath:
Frederik Jensen:
Heath went ahead on a flop, but the turn made the Dane a straight, and Heath was looking for queens and queens only.
River was the , and Frederik Jensens straight was enough to win the pot.
Mateos overbet it all in for 55,400 into a pot of 40,000, but Roman Korenev looked him up and made the call with 
. Mateos was holding 
for live cards and a straight draw, but the river 
was a brick, and Korenev dragged in the pot.
the Belarusian bet 25,000 into Stephen Chidwick and left himself only 11,800 behind. Chidwick pushed a tower of chips over the betting line to put his opponent all in, but Badziakouski folded to live another day.
of Pierre Neuville. Disaster struck on the 
turn, and that was it for Badziakouski.
of MacDonnell against the 
of Yan and the board ran out 
to eliminate the Irishman. Other players that followed to the rail were Xiaoyang Luo, Przemyslaw Piotrowski, Gaetano Brignone, Pratyush Buddiga and Morten Mortensen.![[Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
against the 
of Sam Greenwood's 
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against the 
, and Frederik Jensens straight was enough to win the pot.