Sam Greenwood Leads 22 Players on Day 1 of Super High Roller Bowl Europe
Day 1 of Super High Roller Bowl Europe has come to a conclusion with Sam Greenwood finishing as the chip leader fresh off his runner-up finish in Event #6 for $473,000. Greenwood was one of the late entrants on Day 1 and quickly pushed his chip stack to the top of the leaderboard as he bagged 757,000 in chips.
Trailing Greenwood includes Teun Mulder (560,000), Elton Tsang (551,000), and Ali Imsirovic (524,000) as the only players over half a million in chips. Phil Ivey has a huge lead on the Super High Roller Series Europe leaderboard and finished 17th overall with 220,000 in chips with this event attracting the lion’s share of PGT points that could make the difference in who wins the Super High Roller Series Europe Championship and $25,000 championship bonus.
Just 22 players remain following the conclusion of Day 1 in the $250,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Europe, but for the two players eliminated, and all those yet to take a seat, registration is open until the start of Day 2 on Thursday, April 14, at 1 p.m. local time.
The second running of Super High Roller Bowl Europe kicked off with players spread over three tables as Artur Martirosyan would be an early casualty when he was eliminated by Jake Schindler after his ace-king failed to improve against the American’s kings. Following the conclusion of Event #6, Greenwood immediately jumped into the field to prompt the opening of a fourth table while 22 players headed to dinner with Martirosyan on top after winning a pot to head to break against Chris Brewer with the nut flush against Brewer’s queen-high flush.
Once play resumed, Brewer and Elton Tsang were eliminated, while Event #6 winner and Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas champion Daniel Dvoress entered the field. Marius Gierse and Tsang both worked their way up the leaderboard and would soon be joined by Super High Roller Bowl VI champion Michael Addamo. As play entered the final level, Greenwood held the chip lead and carried that through to when play ended for Day 1 following the conclusion of six levels.
Greenwood finished with 757,000 in chips ahead of Mulder, Tsang, and Imsirovic, while previous Super High Roller Bowl champions including Christoph Vogelsang, Cary Katz, Timothy Adams, and Dvoress all survived into Day 2. With the field having reached 31 entrants, that number is expected to climb as registration is open through to the start of Day 2 on Thursday, April 14, at 1 p.m. local time.
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