Cowen Leads the Field into Day 2 of €10,300 EPT High Roller
122 of the first 246 entries return Tuesday for Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour €10,300 EPT High Roller, with Great Britain’s Robert Cowen pacing the field with 285,100 chips.
A litany of poker’s elite and a who’s who of the high roller scene will be hot on his heels to start the day including Kenny Hallaert (258,400), Adrian Mateos (254,400), and Chris Brewer (230,800). Also in the top five is Canadian Thi Xoa Nyugen at 256,000. She had a 17th place finish in this event in 2019, and comes into the day with the third biggest chip count in the room.
A pair of PokerStars Ambassadors will also be entering the day with healthy chip stacks. Ramon Colillas starts Day 2 with 146,500, while Parker Talbot holds 135,500. PokerStars Team Pro Rafael Moraes also survived Day 1 with 54,200 chips.
At the bottom end of the leaderboard, 2021 WSOP Main Event champ Koray Aldemir (22,400) and Stephen Chidwick (16,800) will have some work to do with 14 and 10 big blinds respectively to start the day.
Late registration remains open until the start of play at 12:30 pm CET, and those who busted once Monday will still have the opportunity to re-enter at that point with a fresh 50,000 chip starting stack of just over 31 big blinds.
Once those final entrants have hopped into the tournament, the still-growing prize pool of €2,386,200 will be finalized and payouts for the final 15% will be announced. Play is expected to get into the money with a minimum of ten levels scheduled or play down to the final table, with a dinner break after level 16.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued full coverage of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague from King’s Casino at the Hilton Prague.
to keep Aldemir ahead but the turn was the 
to pair the king of Vecino. The river came the 
to confirm Aldemir's elimination on Day 2.
, Arsenii Karmatckii and Petrangelo had checked to Karakoukis in the cutoff, and with both opponents covered, he moved all in.
. From early position, Thi Xoa Nguyen bet 8,000. Ehsan Amiri raised to 25,000 on her direct left. Nguyen took a time extension before she three-bet to 67,000. After a few moments Amiri four-bet jammed all in and Nguyen called instantly. 
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flop brought Nguyen's participation in the tournament into jeopardy, and the 
brought no help.
, Badre Al Ghouch was put to the test by Juan Pardo for all of his remaining 90,000 chips.
and once more Ivarsson checked. This time, Darie slid forward a tower of T-5,000 chips that would cover Ivarsson's remaining 92,000 chips.
