Welcome to Day 2 of PokerStars Championship Prague €50,000 Super High Roller
The preliminary round is over, and it's time for the PokerStars Championship Prague €50K Super High Roller to really start taking shape. Today, on Day 2, they play for keeps, as players who are eliminated can no longer reenter the event.
Last night, a relatively short Day 1 ended with Koray Aldemir in first place out of the 19 remaining players from a field of 28 entries. However, with registration still open until the first card is pitched for Day 2, and players still able to buy in for over 40 big blinds at 3,000/6,000/1,000, it's anyone's guess as to whether the winner of the tournament has even entered yet.
While players formidable players like Aldemir, Erik Seidel and Christoph Vogelsang have managed to get head starts, we have it on good authority that the likes of Adrian Mateos, for one, will be entering the event today. It's still anyone's game with the top chip count being barely over three starting stacks. Last year's champ, Leon Tsoukernik, has yet to show up as well.
Players are scheduled to battle through 10 levels lasting one hour apiece today, with play ending at 25,000/50,000/5,000. It's likely that the tournament will be far along indeed at that point, given that there's 7 million total in play right now.
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 60 minutes | 3,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 60 minutes | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
| Break | 20 minutes | |||
| 11 | 60 minutes | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 12 | 60 minutes | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
| Break | 20 minutes | |||
| 13 | 60 minutes | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
| 14 | 60 minutes | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
| Break | 20 minutes | |||
| 15 | 60 minutes | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
| 16 | 60 minutes | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Break | 20 minutes | |||
| 17 | 60 minutes | 20,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| 18 | 60 minutes | 25,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
Today as yesterday, the PokerNews blog will sport feature coverage from this tournament and other tournaments throughout Hilton Prague. Head on over to
As has been the case throughout the year, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to report the Main Event and other huge events as follows:
| Dates | Event | Live Updates? |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 10-12 | €50,000 PokerStars Championship Super High Roller | No, feature style content |
| Dec. 12-18 | €5,300 PokerStars Championship Main Event | Yes |
| Dec. 13 | €25,500 PokerStars Championship Single-Day High Roller I | Yes |
| Dec. 14 | €25,500 PokerStars Championship Single-Day High Roller II | Yes |
| Dec. 16-18 | €10,300 PokerStars Championship High Roller | Yes |