But! But! Late entry was open until play started at 12.30 CET today and surely there were at least seven people out there with €10,000 out there. There were. In fact 12 players bought in this morning taking the total number of runners to 315 (252 unique entries and 63 re-entries). The players who entered for the first time today were: Konstantin Maslak, Ramin Hajiyev, Parker Talbot, Rufat Mahmudov and Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier. Whilst Rainer Kempe, Stephen Chidwick, Adnan Chamaa, Jason Mercier, Ami Barer, Yingui Li and Vlad Darie all fired their second bullet.
They all get a fresh stack of 50,000 which puts them someway behind the overnight leader Kenneth Smaron. The American bagged up 274,700 to grab the lead late in the day from Kacper Pyzara who finished on 267,000. Both Smaron and Pyzara cashed the Main Event here in Prague finishing 91st and 59th respectively.
Other players who more than quadrupled their stack during the ten levels on Day 1 include: Jeffrey Rossiter (252,400), Anton Wigg (236,000), Daniel Cates (211,400) and Rocco Palumbo (206,600).
Selected chip counts
Below are selected chip counts from the 162 players who remain in the €10,000 High Roller
| Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Igor Kurganov | Russia | 180,000 |
| Kevin MacPhee | USA | 178,200 |
| Darrell Goh | Ireland | 175,500 |
| Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 162,600 |
| Charlie Carrel | UK | 157,000 |
| Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 153,300 |
| Alex Bilokur | Russia | 148,400 |
| Andrew Chen | Canada | 144,600 |
| Ihar Soika | Belarus | 143,400 |
| Steve O’Dwyer | Ireland | 142,100 |
| Robin Ylitalo | Sweden | 120,600 |
| Vanessa Selbst | USA | 119,700 |
| John Juanda | Indonesia | 116,100 |
| Mike McDonald | Canada | 112,900 |
| David Vamplew | Ukraine | 107,700 |
| Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 101,900 |
| Philipp Gruissem | Germany | 97,900 |
| Ivan Soshnikov | Russia | 93,400 |
| Simon Deadman | UK | 87,000 |
| Juha Lauttamus | Finland | 86,800 |
| Faraz Jaka | USA | 86,000 |
| Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 85,600 |
| Jonathan Little | USA | 83,200 |
| Benny Spindler | Germany | 76,100 |
| Senh Ung | UK | 76,000 |
| Paul Newey | UK | 67,100 |
| Dario Sammartino | Italy | 58,200 |
| Ludovic Geilich | UK | 57,200 |
| Roberto Romanello | UK | 51,700 |
| Adrian Mateos | Spain | 50,400 |
| Mike Watson | Canada | 48,000 |
| Liv Boeree | Ukraine | 47,800 |
| Sam Greenwood | Canada | 47,300 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 42,300 |
| Tobias Reinkemeier | Germany | 40,800 |
| Sam Chartier | Canada | 39,300 |
| Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 39,200 |
| Juha Helppi | Finland | 39,000 |
| Sylvain Loosli | France | 34,300 |
| Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 33,500 |
| Ole Schemion | Germany | 31,600 |
| Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 23,500 |
| Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | 21,400 |
| Max Silver | UK | 18,100 |
Key coverage links
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And side event coverage – lots of it – can be found here. Whilst the results of the events that have already finished are being collated here.
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