Welcome to Day 1 of 2018 EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller
On the fourth day of PokerNews' coverage of 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, we bring you the biggest buy-in event of the festival, the start of the €50,000 Super High Roller.
This very special event will feature some of the best of the best no-limit hold'em players duking it out in an exclusive field for huge prizes. Superstars of the game like Sam Greenwood, Steve O'Dwyer and Timothy Adams have been battling in other events in the series and may be in attendance today.
Last year, Adams took this one down for €555,000 in a field of 34 runners, topping a final table that included Greenwood, Adrian Mateos and Mikita Badziakouski.
The unlimited reentry event is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. local time here in the Czech capital, although with how the super high rollers typically go, it remains to be seen whether that will actually be the case. Day 1 will be a short one as only eight levels are on the docket, each lasting one hour. Players start with 250,000 in their stacks and a double level of 500/1,000/1,000 kicks things off. A 30-second clock will be in play, and players get six time banks for their bigger decisions.
Entries and reentries are permitted throughout the day and up until the start of Day 2. Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow the nosebleed action from Hilton Prague.
and Elias Talvitie called on the button. On the 
river, Greenwood put in 11,000 and Talvitie called after a brief think but Greenwood had the goods with 
for trips.
flop and Elias Talvitie called in the hijack. Tran bet 23,000 on the 
and Talvitie called once again. On the 
river, Tran checked and Talvitie bet 65,000. Tran thought briefly and flicked in a chip but Talvitie showed 
for a flush.
, Talvitie checked and Helppi bet 12,000. Talvitie now decided to raise to 30,000 which Helppi called.
of Talvitie who had flopped the set.
on the river completed the board and made Helppi the first elimination of the day.
turn.
for a bluff and Tran rolled over 
on the river to keep Grafton ahead with the higher pocket pair. After counting out his stack, the dealer confirmed Grafton would double up for 165,500 in total.
flop from early position and Michael Addamo raised to 15,500 on the button. Tran quickly announced all in and Addamo called off for his 61,000 or so.
, Adams continued with a bet of 26,000 and Tran called.
, Adams considered his options and then decided to shove for 108,000 in total. Tran snap-called with the bigger stack.