Two players created a pot of 35,000 and the Q♣9♠3♠ flop was already on the felt.
Tsugunari Toma check-raised a bet of 8,000 from Tobias Duthweiler to 23,000, and Duthweiler stuck around with a call.
When the K♠ fell on the turn, Toma continued for a bet of 28,000, and Duthweiler matched the bet.
The 10♣ completed the board on the river, and after using his entire 30 seconds, Toma decided to check. Duthweiler instantly checked back. Toma rolled over A♣5♦ before being shown the K♣J♥ of Duthweiler.
"Good give up," Said tablemate Sam Grafton, then looked at Duthweiler and asked, "You weren't going to fold right?"
"I don't know," Duthweiler replied with a chuckle.
Action was picked up with Ben Heath all in for 133,000 after Thomas Santerne had opened from the button for 12,000. Orpen Kisacikoglu reraised all in for 300,000 from the big blind and Santerne quickly folded.
Ben Heath: 5♦5♥
Orpen Kisacikoglu: A♦Q♠
The J♥4♣10♥ presented the nut straight draw for Kisacikoglu but Heath's pocket pair still remained ahead. The 4♠ turn gave Heath two pair before Kisacikoglu spiked the Q♥ on the river to give him a better two pair, sending Heath to the rail.
Day 2 of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris €50k Super High Roller is set to commence at 12:30p.m. local time today here at the Palais de Congres. Elite players from around the world will continue to battle it out in the highest buy in event at this years EPT Paris schedule.
The top three comprises of Juan Pardo with 919,000, Duco ten Haven with 897,000 and Niklas Astedt with 810,000. This can all change very quickly as this ultra competitive field assembles again here for Day 2. Also included in the top 10 are Stephen Chidwick, Timothy Adams and Aleksejs Ponakovs.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Juan Pardo
Spain
919,000
184
2
Duco ten Haven
Netherlands
897,000
179
3
Niklas Astedt
Romania
736,000
147
4
Sirzat Hissou
Germany
771,000
154
5
Kayhan Mokri
Norway
686,000
137
6
Timothy Adams
Canada
591,000
118
7
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Latvia
581,000
116
8
Pieter Aerts
Belgium
581,000
116
9
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
538,000
108
10
Thomas Boivin
Belgium
516,000
103
There have been 51 total entries so far, with 31 players left in the field. Late registration is still open until the tournament restarts at 12:30 p.m. Any late entrants will be given a stack of 250,000 chips and four time bank cards, which are worth 30 seconds each. The current prize pool stands at €2,446,080, but will change with any additional entries.
At the start of every new level, players will receive one additional time bank card until the tournament ends. Eliminated players who reenter can claim the number of time bank cards they had at elimination in this single reentry event. After registration closes, players have 30 seconds to act pre-flop instead of the 20 seconds they had yesterday.
Play will resume with blinds at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante. There is 12:45 left on the clock for this level.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for further coverage of this stacked Super High Roller tournament.