Another Shot at Glory Awaits in the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller in Prague
The next opportunity to shine awaits for the big names of the international poker circuit with the first of two Single-Day High Rollers of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague taking place at the stunning Hilton Hotel Prague. The tournament comes with a price tag of €25,500 and is the second most-expensive buy-in of the festival in "the City of a Hundred Spires."
Back in 2016 when the tour was still dubbed the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT), not only one but three events took place at the Hilton Hotel in Prague upon Twitter request by Steve O'Dwyer and the Irish/American poker pro is expected to be among those to take to the felt this time around again after participating in the €50,000 Super High Roller and bagging up chips on Day 1a of the €5,300 Main Event.
2016 EPT Prague Single-Day High Roller Events
| Buy In | Entries | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| €25,500 | 83 | €2,033,500 | Isaac Haxton | €559,200 |
| €25,500 | 25 | €612,500 | Sam Greenwood | €226,600 |
| €25,500 | 24 | €588,000 | Sergi Reixach | €217,750 |
The Single-Day High Roller has also been a fixture on the schedule of the PokerStars Championship and the last two festivals in Monte-Carlo and Barcelona hosted two each. In 2017, Stephen Chidwick has claimed the top spot and trophy twice while other champions include Bryn Kenney, the initial suggestor of this specific tournament format, as well as Quan Zhou, Oliver Weis, Spanish superstar Adrian Mateos, Philipp Gruissem and Pavel Plesuv.
| Year | PSC Stop | Buy In | Entries | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bahamas | $50,000 | 69 | $3,313,035 | Bryn Kenney | $969,075 |
| 2017 | Panama | $25,500 | 44 | $1,078,000 | Stephen Chidwick | $366,500 |
| 2017 | Macau | HK$206,000 | 62 | HKD12,152,000 | Quan Zhou | $469,090 |
| 2017 | Macau | HK$206,000 | 47 | HKD9,212,000 | Oliver Weis | $402,860 |
| 2017 | Monte-Carlo | €50,000 | 64 | €3,104,000 | Adrian Mateos | €908,000 |
| 2017 | Monte-Carlo | €25,500 | 85 | €2,082,500 | Philipp Gruissem | €485,135 |
| 2017 | Barcelona | €25,500 | 112 | €2,744,000 | Stephen Chidwick | €690,400 |
| 2017 | Barcelona | €25,500 | 66 | €1,617,000 | Pavel Plesuv | €406,300 |
Action will get underway at approximately 12.30 p.m. local time. All levels last 30 minutes each and a single re-entry is available during the registration period for the first eight levels, the participants receive 100,000 in chips. After the end of level 12, a 75-minute dinner break takes place before the tournament will then play down to a winner until the early morning hours. As usual, the PokerStars High Roller event also comes with a 30-second shot clock and all players receive three time banks at the start, one more after the end of the registration period and an additional time bank after reaching the nine-handed final table.
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