Welcome to Day 1 of the �10,300 High Roller EPT 11 Deauville High Roller
In about 90 minutes from now at 1 p.m. local time (CET), the first day of the EPT 11 Deauville �10,300 High Roller kicks off at the Casino Barriere de Deauville. Some of the most well known names on the international poker circuit are expected to battle it out over the course of the next three days. Defending champion is Dominik Panka, who came fresh off taking down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and followed it up by defeating a field of 96 unique entries and 19 re-entries for a payday of �272,000.
Day 1 of the event is scheduled to play a total of 10 levels of one hour each and all participants will receive 50,000 in chips. Whoever busts can take advantage of a single re-entry and the registration will remain open until 11:45 CET on Friday February 6th. Every two levels there is a regular break of 20 minutes whereas the 75 minute-long dinner break takes place after the end of level six, bagging and tagging should occur around 1 a.m.
The blind structure for today is as follows:
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 2 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| break | |||
| 3 | 150 | 300 | 25 |
| 4 | 150 | 300 | 25 |
| break | |||
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 6 | 300 | 600 | 75 |
| 75 minutes dinner break | |||
| 7 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 8 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| break | |||
| 9 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 10 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| Day 1 ends 1 a.m. |
In the �1,500+100 Satellite last night, 128 runners generated 17 tickets as well as �9,220 for the 18th place finisher. Simeon Naydenov stone-bubbled to the money whereas Dario Sammartino, Dominik Nitsche, Alex Goulder, Amir Mozaffarian, Carlos Lopes, Daniel Erlandsson and Fabio Sperling all won their seats.
The PokerNews team will bring you all the key hands until a winner is crowned on Saturday, so make sure to check back regularly.