Welcome to the EPT London £25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
It is now time for the second £25,000 Single-Day High Roller at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London at the Hilton Park Lane hotel. Those who have been eliminated from the £5,300 EPT Main Event will be able to enter into some high stakes action starting from 12:30 p.m. local time.
American poker pro Byron Kaverman took down the £25,000 Single-Day High Roller I late on Thursday night defeating a field of 30 entries to claim the £273,710 first-place prize after defeating Orpen Kisacikoglu heads-up. Others will be trying to replicate his success in this event.
The one-day tournament will see each player start with 100,000 chips with blinds starting at 500/1,000 with an 1,000 big blind ante. This tournament features unlimited reentries with late registration ending at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time at the start of Level 11. Blind levels will be 30-minutes in length with a 15-minute break after Levels 4 and 7 and a 75-minute dinner break at approximately 6:00 p.m. local time. Thereafter, players will get a 15-minute break every three levels.
A shot clock will be implemented from the start of the event. Players receive eight 30-second time-bank cards before play, seven cards on Level 1, six cards on Level 2 & 3, five cards on Level 4 & 5, and four cards on Level 6 & higher. On the final table, players will receive an additional five time-bank cards.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings updates until a winner is crowned, along with updates of other events from EPT London.
and Phua continued for 2,500. Kulev called. 
was the turn and Kulev check called the 6,000 bet from Phua. 
and Phua fired 20,000 when checked to. Kulev used a time bank card before making the call. Phua showed 
for top pair and Kulev mucked conceding the pot to Phua.
and Viera bet 7,000 when checked to. Punsri called.
was the river and Vieira bet 16,500 when checked to. Punsri moved all in for 90,500. Vieira used two time bank cards before calling covering Punsri. Punsri showed 
while Vieira showed 
to eliminate Punsri with a flush. 
. Christoph Vogelsang was under the gun against Paul Phua in the big blind. Vogelsang continuation bet for 3,000 and Phua called.
paired the board.
and Vieira bet 15,000 when checked to. Only Dvoress called.
was the turn and Dvoress checked to Vieira who bet 30,000. Dvoress moved all in for 85,000 which resulting in Vieira folding.
and action checked to Tang who bet 5,500. Both Kulev and Kisacikoglu called.
and Tang pulled the trigger betting 57,000 when checked to. Kisacikoglu went into the tank before folding. Tang showed 
and Kisacikoglu said "Something stupid?" to which Tang responded "Yeah Aces". Tang laughed.
and Watson continued for 12,000. Phua moved all in for 20,000 and Watson quickly called.
which didn't help Phua. The river came the 