Welcome to Day 1 of €100,000 EPT Super High Roller
It's been a great start to the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino and the high-rollers were given a chance to ease their way into the festival over the past couple of days. However, now it is time for the largest buy-in of the festival as the €100,000 Super High Roller is set to take place over the next three days, starting today at 12:30 p.m. local time.
Some of the best high-stakes players in the world have made their way to the French Riviera and are ready to put up a six-figure buy-in in a shot at one of the largest prizepools over the course of the week. In the first couple of high-rollers, it was French businessman Jean-Noel Thorel and Brazilian poker pro Yuri Dzivielevski who took down the titles.
Some other players to keep an eye on that are expected to pony up the €100,000 include Sam Greenwood, Nick Petrangelo, Timothy Adams, PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton, along with Ali Imsirovic, Jake Schindler, and Sergi Reixach who will be looking to tell some different storylines than those of the past couple of weeks.
The players will have an extra incentive to be in their seats at the start of play, receiving a 50% refund of the registration fee if they are. Each starting stack will be worth 250,000 chips with the blinds starting at 500/1,000 and a 1,000 big blind ante. The levels will be 60 minutes in length throughout the tournament with a 20-minute break after every two levels. A total of eight levels is on the schedule for Day 1.
Late registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 and players will be given the opportunity of an unlimited number of re-entries within that time frame. Shot clocks will also be in play from the start of the tournament to keep the pace rolling.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be at the Monte Carlo Sporting complex to bring you all of the live updates throughout the tournament en route to crowing a champion.
only improved Schindler to a full house, sending Imsirovic to the rail.
with around 50,000 in the middle. 
and Davies checked again. Pardo took some time and then shoved for 70,000. Davies glanced at his cards once more, looked at his own stack, then put in some chips for the call. 
for the flopped set for Davies to try and throw his cards into the muck. The dealer retrieved them and revealed the 
, Watson checked, Imsirovic put out a 25,000-value chip and announced a bet for less than that. Watson raised it up to 31,000 for Imsirovic to make the call.
completed the board and Watson took some time. With 5 seconds left on the shot clock, he collected all his chips and put them over the line for the all-in for 48,500. Imsirovic sat up straight, stared at the board and Watson, used two time bank cards, and then flicked in two chips for the call. 
for just top pair.
for Badziakouski to hold with the rockets to eliminate Schindler for now,
completed the board. Mateos pushed all in for 146,500 and Eibinger went into the tank for over a minute before making the call. Mateos flipped over 
for a flush and was awarded the double-up.
for a set of sevens and Petrangelo's cards went into the muck, claiming he had 
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on the turn was a brick but the 
on the river gave Watson a flush to eliminate Heath for the second time today.
landed on the turn. Dvoress led out with a bet of 20,000 and Tsoukernik called. The 
for a pair of aces which out-flopped Tsoukernik's 
