Nick Petrangelo Leads Star-Studded Field After Day 1 of the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller
After eight 60-minute levels of play in the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller here at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour, it was Nick Petrangelo coming out on top of this star-studded lineup. Petrangelo bagged 1,250,000 and will return to Day 2 looking to keep that momentum going in hopes of a deep run.
A whopping 63 entries joined today to generate a prize pool of €6,112,260, and with late registration and reentries still open until the start of Day 2, will sure to be even more. A total of 42 bagged a stack for Day 2 tomorrow but will have a long way to go to take down this prestigious event. This year is approaching the amount of entries for 2019 as that event had 64 entries total and with registration still open should surpass that number.
€100,000 EPT Super High Roller Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Nick Petrangelo | 1,250,000 | 208 |
| 2 | Artur Martirosian | 1,046,000 | 174 |
| 3 | Daniel Dvoress | 840,000 | 140 |
| 4 | David Peters | 727,000 | 121 |
| 5 | Mikita Badziakouski | 720,000 | 121 |
| 6 | Juan Pardo | 688,000 | 114 |
| 7 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | 598,000 | 100 |
| 8 | Teun Mulder | 575,000 | 95 |
| 9 | Neymar | 532,000 | 88 |
| 10 | Sergio Aido | 523,000 | 86 |
Petrangelo got off to a slow start but found heat late in the evening as he flopped a full house against Kahle Burns to double up to the chip lead. Burns was the only player to bust out on two attempts but will still have a chance to make a deep run if he choses to rebuy again.
Other notables who bagged big stacks include Artur Martirosian (1,046,000), Daniel Dvoress (840,000), David Peters (727,000), and football star Neymar Jr (532,000).
Neymar came in to the day late but was the star of the show as fans and players alike lined up on breaks to get pictures and autographs from the Brazilian football icon.
Day 2 starts tomorrow, Aug 15th at 12:30 p.m. local time. Blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. Players will be able to register or rebuy up until start of day. Day 2 is scheduled to play down until a final table and bag up for Day 3 on Tuesday.
Make sure to come back to PokerNews for continuing coverage of the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller as well as the rest of the scheduled events.
before he was raised to 17,000 by Nick Petrangelo in the big blind. Burns made it 37,000 and Petrangelo called.
and Petrangelo checked to Burns who bet 26,000. Petrangelo raised to 72,000 and Burns used up a time chip before calling to see the 
on the river.
for the flopped full house and Burns flashed 
before making his exit for the second time.
for two pair, while Peters was on a straight draw with 
. The 
river completed the straight for Peters and Antonius made his exit near the end of the day.
, Artur Martirosian checked from middle position to Neymar who bet out 31,000. Martirosian took a moment but made the call. 
turn both players checked their options. The 
completed the board and Martirosian checked again. Neymar quickly cut out 88,000 and slid it forward. Martirosian pondered his decision but reluctantly folded and the chips were sent to Neymar. 
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and Martirosian bet 36,000. Burns called, then called another bet of 125,000 on the 
turn.
and Martirosian shoved all in for 331,000. 
for a full house, kings full of eights.
when Michael Soyza bet 30,000 from the small blind and Ben Heath called on the button.
on the river improved Heath to quad nines and secured him the double up.
on the river. Addamo bet around 70,000, leaving himself one red 500 chip behind, then called when Petrangelo shoved all in.
for the runner-runner flush and Addamo splashed his chips in the middle before quickly making his way to the exit.
and Pardo continued for 25,000. Neymar called and the 
. The river was the 
