Gruissem Leads All Star Field to EPT Grand Final SHR Day 2

German high roller aces dominate the action at the EPT Grand Final Super High Roller: Philipp Gruissem in the lead, Ole Schemion is close behind.

The EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller event launched on 24 April with 48 entrants on Day 1 and 11 re-entries. This means 59 buy-ins so far, although registration is still open at the start of Day 2, so expect more entries and an even larger official prize pool.

The first elimination of the day took place on Level 3 (200/800/1,600): Vladimir Troyanovskiy checked the 6 T 2 flop, Sam Trickett bet 8,200, Troyanovskiy raised to 21,000 and Trickett called. On the 8 turn, Troyanovskiy bet 27,000 and Trickett called again. Troyanovskiy chacked once more on the 4 river, Trickett tanked a bit and then moved all-in. The Russian snap-called and showed Q J for a flush, Trickett held A T and then admitted to expecting this hand of Troyanovskiy. The British ace did not return on Day 1 but may come back on Day 2.

Shortly after, Daniel Negreanu entered and crushed the day, finishing with 915,000 in chips for a third place in the chip counts. Already in his first hand, he took a major pot and eliminated Vanessa Selbst, who re-entered. Selbst had top pair and moved all-in on the river, to be easily cracked by the Canadian’s nut straight.

The German division of high roller specialists have also come and dominated as usual. Philipp Gruissem outperformed the field and finished 1st, counting 1,038,000 in chips, and Ole Schemion is not far behind in 4th place with a stack of 847,000. Tobias Reinkemeier (270,000), Max Altergott (250,000) and Fabian Quoss (155,000) also qualified for Day 2, where the average stack size is 398,649.

A total of 37 players remained and the field is worthy of an EPT Grand Final Super High Roller – just check the chip counts below and see for yourself. On Day 2 starting at noon, players will aim at getting to the finale.

The chip counts are as follows:

Philipp Gruissem – 1,038,000
Ping San Chan – 938,000
Daniel Negreanu – 915,000
Ole Schemion – 847,000
Chun Lei Zhou – 692,000
Alec Torelli – 635,000
Vanessa Selbst – 618,000
Igor Kurganov – 617,000
Isaac Haxton – 560,000
John Juanda – 547,000
Jason Mercier – 495,000
Christoph Vogelsang – 404,000
Olivier Busquet – 381,000
Paul Phua – 356,000
Timothy Adams – 339,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy – 325,000
Talal Shakerchi – 317,000
Dan Cates – 310,000
Antonio Esfandiari – 293,000
Lo Shing Fung – 288,000
Dan Smith – 283,000
Jeff Rossiter – 277,000
Tobias Reinkemeier – 270,000
Max Altergott – 250,000
Johannes Strassmann – 246,000
Justin Bonomo – 246,000
Phil Ivey – 234,000
Richard Yong – 230,000
Daniel Colman – 213,000
Adrian Mateos – 203,000
Paul Newey – 196,000
Erik Seidel – 173,000
Sorel Mizzi – 171,000
Mike McDonald – 168,000
Fabian Quoss – 155,000
Mikhail Smirnov – 137,000
Haralabos Voulgaris – 114,000
Mohsin Charania – 70,000