2022 PokerStars EPT London
£10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 2 Completed
Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour London £10,300 High Roller has closed after another ten levels of play, with 11 players returning to the fantastic Hilton Park Lane for the event’s final day.
Juan Pardo leads the pack of the survivors, after bagging and tagging a stack of 1,255,000. They were able to amass the sizeable the chip lead after stellar play throughout the day as well as bit of fortune.
Adam Miller and Alex Keating round out the top three stacks, and will return on Day 3 with 1,170,000 and 1,035,000 respectively. The star-studded line up returning also includes Davidi Kitai, Mike Watson, Marcello Marigliano and Renan Bruschi.
EPT London £10,300 High Roller Chip Counts
Place | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 1,255,000 | 78 |
2 | Adam Miller | United States | 1,120,000 | 70 |
3 | Alex Keating | United States | 1,035,000 | 65 |
4 | Daniel Aziz | Brazil | 835,000 | 52 |
5 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 795,000 | 50 |
6 | Marcello Marigliano | Italy | 790,000 | 49 |
7 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 575,000 | 36 |
8 | Sita Divari | Thailand | 410,000 | 26 |
9 | Lars Kamphues | Germany | 395,000 | 25 |
10 | Mike Watson | Canada | 285,000 | 18 |
11 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 270,000 | 17 |
Day 2 Recap
An extra 19 players opted to take advantage of the late registration period, which closed when Day 2 began.
Those players swelled the Day 2 field to 86 players, and they were all duking it out to get a slice of the £1,532,600 prize pool. After late registration was over, it was confirmed that the top 23 players would make the money, while the winner would walk away with the £358,550 first-place prize.
Notable names to fall in the early stages included Daniel Dvoress, Conor Beresford and Martin Jacobson. PokerStars ambassadors Alejandro Lococo, Parker Talbot and Sam Grafton were all in attendance for the event’s second day but neither came close to making the paid places. Grafton suffered a cruel beat at the hands of Marigliano. Both players had their stacks committed preflop with ace-king but the Italian would turn a flush to bust one of the games most charismatic stars.
Play began to slow as the bubble approached. It took 16 hands for the field to go from 25 to 24 and then a further six for the bubble to burst. Moonho Seo was the final player to leave empty-handed after his ace-jack could not jump ahead of Keating’s pocket three’s.
After the players were in the money, elimination came thick and fast with the likes of Pavel Plesuv, Danny Tang and Jonathan Proudfoot quickly following each other out of the door.
After Wayne Heung, Timo Kamphues, Leonard Maue and Philip Sternheimer departed, the tournament reached the final two tables.
The ever active Marigliano felted Kassam Rehman after his king-queen got their against Kassam’s pocket pair. 2022 WSOP Main Event Champion Espen Jorstad also ended up on the wrong side of the rail after Keating rivered trips to best his pocket queens.
Andras Nemeth, Martin Strausholm and Bruno Volkmann were the last eliminations of the day. Volkmann was ousted on the last hand of the day while the final 11 players confirmed their spot in the event’s final day, which plays out on Friday, October 28 at 12:30 p.m. BST.
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Adam Miller | United States | 1,170,000 | 73 |
1 | 3 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 270,000 | 17 |
1 | 4 | Lars Kamphues | Germany | 395,000 | 25 |
1 | 5 | Daniel Aziz | Brazil | 835,000 | 52 |
1 | 6 | Marcello Marigliano | Italy | 790,000 | 49 |
1 | 7 | Sita Divari | Thailand | 410,000 | 26 |
2 | 3 | Alexander Keating | United States | 1,035,000 | 65 |
2 | 4 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 575,000 | 36 |
2 | 5 | Mike Watson | Canada | 285,000 | 18 |
2 | 6 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 795,000 | 50 |
2 | 7 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 1,255,000 | 78 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Juan Pardo | 1,255,000 | |
Adam Miller |
1,120,000
262,000
|
262,000 |
Alex Keating |
1,035,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
Daniel Aziz |
835,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Santhosh Suvarna |
795,000
-138,000
|
-138,000 |
Marcello Marigliano |
790,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
Davidi Kitai | 575,000 | |
|
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Sita Divari |
410,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
Lars Kamphues |
395,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
Mike Watson |
285,000
-187,000
|
-187,000 |
|
||
Renan Bruschi |
270,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
On the final hand of the night, Bruno Volkmann opened to 25,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Juan Pardo who made the call in the big blind.
Pardo checked the flop, and called when Volkmann continued for 23,000. The action repeated on the turn, with Volkmann firing 57,000 and Pardo called.
The river produced another check from Pardo, who called once Volkmann moved all in.
Volkmann tabled for a bluff, while Pardo revealed for top pair. Volkmann wished everyone luck on his way out in 12th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Juan Pardo |
1,255,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
Bruno Volkmann | Busted |
Day 3 will close when the last five hands play out.
Davidi Kitai opened to 27,000 from the cutoff and was called by Juan Pardo from the big blind.
Pardo check-called for 20,000 and 85,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to show .
Pardo folded after Kitai jammed for around 290,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Juan Pardo |
760,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Davidi Kitai |
575,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
Mike Watson opened from early position and called when Martin Stausholm shoved from the big blind.
Martin Stausholm:
Mike Watson:
Stausholm was flipping for his tournament life, but the flop gave Watson additional outs. The turn completed Watson's flush, and the river saw Stausholm hit the rail in 13th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Watson |
472,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
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Martin Stausholm | Busted |
Just 48 minutes remain in Level 20, which is the final level of Day 2. Any players with chips in front of them after play concludes will bag and tag their stacks for Day 3.
However, if the field hits six players, play will also stop.
Daniel Aziz opened to 24,000 from under the gun before Marcello Marigliano three-bet to 57,000 on his direct left. Aziz called.
Aziz check-called for 45,000 on the flop before both players checked on the turn. Aziz checked again and his opponent bet 75,000 on the river. Aziz made the call and then mucked after Marigliano showed his .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marcello Marigliano |
1,000,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Daniel Aziz |
765,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |