Sam Grafton opened 20,000, and both Pedro Marques on the button and David Coleman in the big blind made the call.
All three players checked to the J?5?3?4? turn, where Coleman and Marques both surrendered to a bet of 25,000 from Grafton.
The following hand, Grafton opened under the gun and only Aleksejs Ponakovs came along from the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of K?7?3?, and Ponakovs check-raised a bet of 20,000 to 52,000. Grafton called.
When the 5? hit the turn, Ponakovs checked and Grafton fired 40,000 across the line. After giving it almost 30 seconds, Ponakovs check-raised once again, this time to 145,000 and Grafton snap-mucked.
Bryn Kenney opened 20,000 in the cutoff and Niklas Astedt defended the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 6?3?2?, and Astedt took the lead, firing 16,000 into the middle. Kenney called.
The K? turn was checked through to see the 6? river. Astedt fired another bullet of 100,000, putting Kenney into the tank. After using a time bank, he made the call to see the bad news as Astedt tabled K?6? for a full house.
Shortly after, Kenney was seen walking away from the table as he was eliminated.
Kazuhiko Yotsushika opened 17,000 under the gun, and Quan Zhou shoved for 130,000 from a couple of spots to his left. The action folded around to Tsugunari Toma in the small blind who called off his remaining stack of 63,000 before Yotsushika dropped as stack of chips to make the call.
Tsugunari Toma: 6?6?
Quan Zhou: A?K?
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: A?A?
The J?J?10? flop gave Zhou a gutshot straight draw but the 10? turn and 4? river were no help for either player as Yotsushika scored the double knockout.
Timothy Adams opened from the cutoff to 13,000. Action folded to Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind who reraised to 70,000. Adams then opted to four-bet jam to put O'Dwyer all in. O'Dwyer snap-called and the players showed down.
Steve O'Dwyer: Q?Q?
Timothy Adams: J?J?
The A?10?K? flop presented Adams with a straight draw which O'Dwyer had removal too. His queens held through the 7? turn and he made two pair on the 10? river to gain a full double up.
Action was picked up when Sam Grafton moved all in for around 200,000 from the small blind. Tsugunari Toma in the big blind made the call after using up the full 30 seconds plus a time bank.
Sam Grafton: 9?9?
Tsugunari Toma: A?10?
Grafton left Toma drawing to a backdoor flush draw after he hit a set on 2?7?9?. Toma was drawing dead on the 4? turn and spiked a consolation A? on the river.
Day 2 of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris €50k Super High Roller is set to commence at 12:30p.m. local time today here at the Palais de Congres. Elite players from around the world will continue to battle it out in the highest buy in event at this years EPT Paris schedule.
The top three comprises of Juan Pardo with 919,000, Duco ten Haven with 897,000 and Niklas Astedt with 810,000. This can all change very quickly as this ultra competitive field assembles again here for Day 2. Also included in the top 10 are Stephen Chidwick, Timothy Adams and Aleksejs Ponakovs.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Juan Pardo
Spain
919,000
184
2
Duco ten Haven
Netherlands
897,000
179
3
Niklas Astedt
Romania
736,000
147
4
Sirzat Hissou
Germany
771,000
154
5
Kayhan Mokri
Norway
686,000
137
6
Timothy Adams
Canada
591,000
118
7
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Latvia
581,000
116
8
Pieter Aerts
Belgium
581,000
116
9
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
538,000
108
10
Thomas Boivin
Belgium
516,000
103
There have been 51 total entries so far, with 31 players left in the field. Late registration is still open until the tournament restarts at 12:30 p.m. Any late entrants will be given a stack of 250,000 chips and four time bank cards, which are worth 30 seconds each. The current prize pool stands at €2,446,080, but will change with any additional entries.
At the start of every new level, players will receive one additional time bank card until the tournament ends. Eliminated players who reenter can claim the number of time bank cards they had at elimination in this single reentry event. After registration closes, players have 30 seconds to act pre-flop instead of the 20 seconds they had yesterday.
Play will resume with blinds at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante. There is 12:45 left on the clock for this level.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for further coverage of this stacked Super High Roller tournament.