Igor D'Ursel raised to 2,500 and Eros Calderone called. Joris Ruijs reraised to 13,700, D'Ursel folded and Calderone called.
The flop came . Ruijs continued for 7,000 and Calderone called. The turn came the and Ruijs bet 10,500. Calderone called again and action went to the river, which was the . Both players checked it back to showdown.
Ruijs showed and Calderone showed the face up before mucking.
Day 1 of the €10,300 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris High Roller has come to an end. 394 entries made their way to the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, of which 173 filled their bag with chips at the end of day. The players played ten one-hour levels, and in the end it was Kazuhiko Yotsushika who bagged the most chips with 433,000 (289 BB). The other 172 players will join him Saturday at 12:30 p.m. for Day 2 of this three-day tournament.
Close behind is fellow Japanese player Jun Obara, who bagged 401,000 chips. Jenya Gavrilovich is the final player on the podium, landing in third with 360,000. The prizepool these players are fighting is standing at €3,782,400, but registration is open until the start of Day 2, so that is still expected to grow.
€10,300 EPT Prague High Roller Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Day 2 Big Blinds
1
Kazuhiki Yotsushika
Japan
433,000
289
2
Jun Obara
Japan
401,000
267
3
Jenya Gavrilovich
Belarus
360,000
240
4
Alberto Okuda
Brazil
328,500
219
5
Rui Ferreira
Portugal
316,500
211
6
Lander Lijo
Spain
303,000
202
7
Igor Picone
France
299,000
199
8
Mateus Endo
Brazil
298,000
199
9
Julien Sitbon
France
284,500
190
10
Alexander Ivarsson
Sweden
269,500
180
Day 1 Action
The start of the day had a little delay as players were slowly finding their seats but, eventually, the field started growing at a rapid pace. Among those who found their way to the tournament room were high stakes regulars Sam Greenwood, Ren Lin, Adrian Mateos and Teun Mulder. All of them busted the two entries that were allowed and are thus out of contention for the win.
The likes of PokerStars Ambassadors Benjamin Spragg and Ramon Colillas also failed to make it through the day, but have only fired one bullet so can still reenter until registration closes at the start of Day 2.
Chris Brewer has bagged and tagged 55,000 chips and is looking to win his third trophy during this EPT Paris. Other players still in that have won an event already this festival are Mike Watson (94,000), Stephen Chidwick (87,000), Humberto Lopes Galindo (58,000), Andre Marques (16,000) and Bruno Fitoussi (11,000)
Other notable names that did make it through the day include Steve O'Dwyer (182,500) and Sam Grafton (111,000).
Play will continue on Day 2 at 12:30 p.m. local time in Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante. The field will play ten levels of 60 minutes before those who will make it through return on Day 3 on Sunday for the finale.
The PokerNews team will be there on Saturday for live coverage of the €10,300 High Roller, as well as other tournaments found at our EPT Paris Main Hub.