€25,000 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€25,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€4,297,790
Entries
179
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
160
Players Left
69
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
It was an action-packed start to the €25,000 EPT High Roller as the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino starts to wind down. There were a total of 160 entries over the course of the first 10 levels and just 69 players bagged up chips to move on to Day 2.
Many players managed to run up a healthy stack with over half of the field eliminated. Steve O'Dwyer had a strong start to the day, taking over the chip lead in the opening levels and cruised to a stack of 251,500 chips by the end of the day. Stephen Chidwick, on the other hand, had a tough start to the day but finished strong and finished with a stack of 246,800, good enough for a top-ten stack.
O'Dwyer and Chidwick are both regulars on the high-roller circuit and have accomplished so much in their careers. O'Dwyer is recently coming off a win at the Irish Open in his home country, something he said means more than most of his other victories. Meanwhile, Chidwick just captured a title two months ago at EPT Prague in the €5,200 6-Max and has gone on to add three six-figure scores since.
Top 10 Notable Chip Counts from Day 1
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | 359,000 | 224 |
| 2nd | Troy Quenneville | Canada | 294,800 | 184 |
| 3rd | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 263,200 | 165 |
| 4th | Kent Staahle | Norway | 255,900 | 160 |
| 5th | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 251,500 | 157 |
| 6th | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 246,800 | 154 |
| 7th | Ramiro Petrone | Argentina | 245,800 | 154 |
| 8th | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 216,500 | 135 |
| 9th | Pascal Lefrancois | Canada | 197,100 | 123 |
| 10th | Rodrigo Seiji | Brazil | 188,700 | 118 |
Finishing the day on the top of the leaderboard was German poker pro Sirzat Hissou, with a chip count of 359,000. Sirzat will hold a comfortable lead heading into Day 2 with Troy Quenneville being his closest opponent at 294,800. Rounding out the top three counts was Orpen Kisacikoglu who wound up at 263,200 chips.
The action got underway at 12:30 p.m. local time with 50 players in their seats for the 50% registration fee rakeback offered by PokerStars. The number of entries grew consistently throughout the day, despite the single re-entry format. Some of the notables that were eliminated on Day 1 include Koray Aldemir, Kitty Kuo, Patrik Antonius, Seth Davies, Dietrich Fast, and PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton who narrowly missed out on some "EPT history".
Grafton was dwindled down to just a couple of big blinds and started to spin it back up for all of a couple of hands, stating that he was going to make a historic EPT comeback. That dream was diminished just a couple of hands later when Grafton lost a flip.
Late registration will remain open until the start of Day 2 for those that still wish to play, or for those that still have a re-entry available to them. Day 2 will begin at 12:30 p.m. local time in America's Room at Monte Carlo Sporting, where another 10 levels will be on the schedule. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates throughout the day.
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
359,000
65,400
|
65,400 |
|
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294,800
-17,200
|
-17,200 |
|
263,200
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
255,900
19,900
|
19,900 |
|
251,500
-54,500
|
-54,500 |
|
||
|
246,800
75,600
|
75,600 |
|
245,800
245,800
|
245,800 |
|
216,500
31,500
|
31,500 |
|
197,100
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
188,700
34,700
|
34,700 |
|
188,000
45,100
|
45,100 |
|
||
|
183,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
173,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
166,400
99,400
|
99,400 |
|
164,600
47,100
|
47,100 |
|
164,100
24,100
|
24,100 |
|
155,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
147,700
58,700
|
58,700 |
|
141,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
140,700
32,700
|
32,700 |
|
139,200
34,700
|
34,700 |
|
||
|
136,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
132,700
49,200
|
49,200 |
|
|
||
|
132,600
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
131,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
A selection of chip counts and the recap are to follow.
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jordan Westmorland shoved from the hijack for 10,800 and Tsugunari Toma three-bet to 26,000 from the cutoff. Alexandre Reard four-bet jammed for 48,200 on the button. The blinds folded and Toma asked for a count. The dealer confirmed the amount and Toma used a time bank card while counting out his stack before opting to make the call.
Jordan Westmorland: 
Tsugunari Toma: 
Alexandre Reard: 
The board ran out 
for Reard to hit top pair and improve to the best two pair to double up through Toma and take Westmorland's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,200
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
61,000
-2,300
|
-2,300 |
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Timothy Adams drew the number five card so there will be five more hands at each table before the night finishes.
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Rainer Kempe was down to just 17,500 chips and shoved all in from the cutoff. Yaman Nakdali called from the big blind to put Kempe at risk.
Rainer Kempe: 
Yaman Nakdali: 
It was a coin flip and Kempe held the lead through the 
flop. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
as Kempe doubled up to stay alive late in Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
36,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Rodrigo Selouan raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and Matthias Eibinger three-bet to 8,400 from the button. The blinds folded and Selouan made the call.
The flop came 
, Selouan checked, Eibinger continued with a bet of 6,500. Selouan responded with a raise to 16,000 which Eibinger called after contemplating it for a bit.
The turn was the 
and Selouan checked but folded when Eibinger announced a bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
91,800
|
91,800 |
|
|
137,000
-77,300
|
-77,300 |
|
129,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
|
124,000
-21,200
|
-21,200 |
|
115,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
93,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
45,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
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Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Conor Beresford (big blind) just doubled up through Dominik Nitsche in the cutoff when the board read 
with around 80,000 in the middle already. When Beresford went all-in with the 
, he still had 29,600 behind at that point. Nitsche held the 
for top pair to pay Beresford.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | |
|
73,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The action folded to Stephen Chidwick in the small blind who ripped all in with Daniel Dvoress being the short stack in the big blind. Dvoress called off his last sub 20,000 chips and the cards were on their backs.
Daniel Dvoress: 
Stephen Chidwick: 
An interesting flop of 
hit the felt and Chidwick picked up plenty of outs. The 
on the turn gave both players a straight but Chidwick had the freeroll as he rubbed his hands together. The river was the and Chidwick improved to a flush to eliminate Dvoress.
"You f***er," Dvoress said as he stood up. "Where's the floor? I wanna buy-in right now."
Dvoress threw a €25,000 chip on the table and Chidwick jokingly exchanged it with 25,000 tournament chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
171,200
14,200
|
14,200 |
|
Busted | |
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