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The plan today in the High Roller is to play ten levels or until the final table of eight is reached, whichever comes first. With five and a half of those ten levels completed lets take a look at how things stand…
Mid-day update
It’s been a devilishly good day for Igor Kurganov so far. The high stakes specialist who plays as ‘lechuckpoker’ online started the day with 666,000 and has almost trebled that as he’s now got 1,800,000 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 ante 3,000. He got his day off to a good start by turning two pair against Ivan Luca’s top pair to all but eliminate the Argentinian. When he busted Piotr Franczak with jacks against tens, in a pot worth over 200,000, he eclipsed the million chip mark for the first time and took the chip lead. Further eliminations of Andres Munoz and Jean-Noel Thorel have propelled him towards the two million mark.
A little dose of luck helps of course and the Pole had the Poker Gods smile on him when he eliminated Byron Kaverman just a shot time ago. The American, who currently sits atop the yearly Global Poker Index rankings, three-bet all-in with pocket queens and Urbanovich tank called (he had the clock called on him) with A♠10♦. An ace and a ten on the flop gave him the lead and the pot.That win boosted him to 1,600,000, good for third in the current chip counts, just behind Sam Greenwood, who has 1,670,000.
Chip counts
| Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Igor Kurganov | Russia | 1,800,000 |
| Sam Greenwood | Canada | 1,670,000 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 1,600,000 |
| Luuk Gieles | Netherlands | 1,500,000 |
| Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 1,160,000 |
| Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 1,000,000 |
| Steve O’Dwyer | Ireland | 790,000 |
| Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 740,000 |
| Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 710,000 |
| Anthony Zinno | USA | 503,000 |
| Bryn Kenney | USA | 485,000 |
| Dario Sammartino | Italy | 460,000 |
| Ole Schemion | Germany | 455,000 |
| Paul Newey | UK | 410,000 |
| Alex Bilokur | Russia | 370,000 |
| David Peters | USA | 323,000 |
| John Juanda | Indonesia | 260,000 |
| Timothy Adams | Canada | 240,000 |
| Chistoph Vogelsang | Germany | 200,000 |
Prize pool
Earlier today the prize pool information was announced, the total prize pool is a chunky €2,688,840, of which the winner will take home €806,650 with eight players cashing for at least €107,550. There will though be a new champion as Leonid Markin was eliminated by Fedor Holz.
| Place | Amount |
|---|---|
| 1st | € 806,650 |
| 2nd | € 583,500 |
| 3rd | € 376,400 |
| 4th | € 285,000 |
| 5th | € 220,500 |
| 6th | € 172,100 |
| 7th | € 137,140 |
| 8th | € 107,550 |
Notable eliminations
All of them! What you want more? Ok.
Team PokerStars Pro’s interest in this tournament ended with the elimination of Jason Mercier during the third level of the day. He three-bet all-in with K♥Q♥ for just over 13.5 big blinds, Daniel Dvoress called with pocket sixes and the pair held on a 4♣3♦5♦8♠A♠ board.
Sylvain Loosli won the last Super High Roller event, held in Barcelona back in August. He won’t be winning this one though as he lost the last of his chips with A♥3♥ against Paul Newey’s pocket eights.
The full list of Day 2 eliminations looks like this: Sylvain Loosli, Oleh Okhotskyi, Tobias Reinkemeier, Mike McDonald, Ivan Luca, Andres Munoz, Stephen Chidwick, Byron Kaverman, Alexander Denisov, Dominik Nitsche, Piotr Franczak, Jean-Noel Thorel, Fedor Holz, Jeffrey Rossiter, Mikita Badziakouski, Anton Astapau, Joni Jouhkimainen, Jason Mercier, Leonid Markin and Scott Margereson.
Key coverage links
Coverage of the Eureka Main Event is all handily organized on the Eureka Prague page.
You’ll find updates on the Super High Roller on this page throughout the day and all the schedule information is on the EPT App, which is available on both Android or IOS.
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