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Last year Ivan Soshnikov won €382,050 by defeating Olivier Busquet heads up
In 2010 the European Poker Tour debuted a high roller during the EPT Prague festival. Nichlas Mattsson came out on top of a 26 player field. Every year since the tournament has grown, and this year promises to be bigger than ever.
The Super High Roller at the start of the tournament saw 42 people enter and 9 players re enter for €50,000 each. Leonid Markin defeated Paul Newey heads up to grab the title and the €777,360 first place prize. This "regular" high roller will only be bigger! Let's take a look at the fields and winners since its inception in 2010:
Year
Champion
Entries
Trend
First Place Prize
2010
Nichlas Mattsson
26
-
€127,000
2011
John Andress
50
+24
€176,400
2012
Marvin Rettenmaier
108
+58
€365,300
2013
Ivan Soshnikov
176
+68
€382,050
The schedule tells us there will be 10 levels of play today, so it's going to be around 1 am tonight before the players can bag and tag. The starting stack is 50,000 jetons and the first two levels will be 100/200 with a 25 ante so players are getting 250 big blinds to start with. The total schedule for todays play:
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
Duration
1
100
200
25
60 minutes
2
100
200
25
60 minutes
break
20 minutes
3
150
300
25
60 minutes
4
150
300
25
60 minutes
break
20 minutes
5
200
400
50
60 minutes
6
300
600
75
60 minutes
break
75 minutes
7
400
800
100
60 minutes
8
500
1,000
100
60 minutes
break
10 minutes
9
600
1,200
200
60 minutes
10
800
1,600
200
60 minutes
The tournament will start at 1 pm local time, so in about two hours from now. Players are allowed one re-entry per person. PokerNews will bring you updates all through the tournament so you don't have to miss a hand!
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