Day 1 of the first-ever EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller was played yesterday. A total of 38 players paid $100,00 each and entered the tournament. 29 players survived the day and will return today to play Day 2.
Talai Shakerchi, from England, is leading the tournament with 1,165,000 chips. Shakerchi eliminated, for example, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom in one of the last hands of Day 1.
Jonathan Duhamel, the former WSOP Main Event champion, is in second place at the moment with 779,000 chips. Other big names that will return to play today are, for example, Sorel Mizzi, Phil Ivey, Vanessa Selbst, Tony G and Patrik Antonius.
Talal Shakerchi 1,165,000
Jonathan Duhamel 779,000
Dan Shak 670,000
Tobias Reinkemeier 639,000
Sorel Mizzi 593,000
Phil Ivey 532,000
Philipp Gruissem 487,000
Vanessa Selbst 485,000
Bryn Kenney 455,000
Tony G 442,000 -98,000
Patrik Antonius 368,000
Tom Marchese 363,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier 351,000
Justin Bonomo 316,000
Dieter Albrecht 315,000
Sam Chartier 307,000
Isaac Haxton 292,000
Martin Kabrhel 288,000
Will Molson 263,000
Eugene Katchalov 250,000
Erik Seidel 249,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy 218,000
Bill Perkins 209,000
Anton Allemann 201,000
David Sands 145,000
Dan Smith 140,000
Daniel Negreanu 118,000
Masa Kagawa 104,000
Scott Seiver 68,000
We will return with an update as soon as Day 2 has been completed.
source: highstakesdb.com
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