Adams Leads 33 Returnees With More to Come in �50,000 Super High Roller
Nearly half the field may have been thinned on Sunday, but with registration and reentry still available until the start of the play on Day 2 Monday, the field of 33 in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris �50,000 Super High Roller is certain to grow significantly.
Anybody wishing to pony up �50,000 to join the previous 58 entries before play begins at 12:30 p.m. local time will receive 250,000 chips (41 big blinds) to take their shot at chasing down a huge seven-figure first prize, which along with the rest of the payouts will be announced once registration is closed. Thus far, �2,728,320 has already been collected in the prizepool.
The chip leader entering the day is two-time EPT Super High Roller title-holder Timothy Adams. The Canadian brings 1,184,000 chips into play Monday. He, along with just four other players will bring more than 100 big blinds to their table from Day 1. Former PCA champion Dimitar Danchev comes in second in chips (1,112,000), while Nikita Kuznetsov also brings over a million to the table (1,017,000).
�50,000 Super High Roller Top Ten Chip Counts Entering Day 2
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 1,184,000 | 197 |
| 2 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 1,112,000 | 185 |
| 3 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 1,017,000 | 169 |
| 4 | Jules Dickerson | United Kingdom | 821,000 | 136 |
| 5 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 642,000 | 107 |
| 6 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 500,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 489,000 | 81 |
| 8 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 473,000 | 78 |
| 9 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 460,000 | 76 |
| 10 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 433,000 | 72 |
Plenty of recent EPT High Roller champions are among the many other superstars still in the mix for Day 2 including EPT Barcelona 2022 �50,000 Single-Day High Roller winner Mike Watson (399,000), EPT London 2022 ��25,000 High Roller winner Daniel Dvoress (343,000), EPT Paris 2023 �25,000 High Roller champ Chris Brewer (185,000), and EPT Monte Carlo 2022 �100,000 High Roller champ Adrian Mateos (143,000).
Play resumes with Level 9 and blinds of 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. The money will be reached on Monday with the top 15% of the field earning a payday. 60-minute levels will be played through the day with 20-minute breaks at the completion of every second level, and a 75-minute dinner break scheduled following Level 14.
Keep your browsers locked on PokerNews as our live reporting team will be there to cover all the action as the brightest stars in poker continue their chase of a prestigious EPT Paris 2023 Super High Roller title here at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.