European Poker Tour's first-ever €100.000 buy-in Super High Roller event is now underway in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

According to PokerStars Blog, a total of 38 players paid the six-figure buy-in to play in the tournament.

The tournament has also a re-entry option, and there were five re-entries on Day 1. Also, both Gus Hansen and Leon Tsoukernik will be firing another bullet into play today when day 2 kicks off.

A total of 29 players will come back today with Talal Shakerchi currently leading the way with a whopping 1.165 million in chips.



Shakerchi, for example, eliminated Viktor "Isildur1" Blom from the tournament on one of the last hands of the night.

Remaining players:

Talal Shakerchi 1,165,000
Jonathan Duhamel 779,000
Dan Shak 670,000
Tobias Reinkemeier 639,000
Sorel Mizzi 593,000
Phil Ivey 532,000
Philipp Gruissem 487,000
Vanessa Selbst 485,000
Bryn Kenney 455,000
Tony G 442,000 -98,000
Patrik Antonius 368,000
Tom Marchese 363,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier 351,000
Justin Bonomo 316,000
Dieter Albrecht 315,000
Sam Chartier 307,000
Isaac Haxton 292,000
Martin Kabrhel 288,000
Will Molson 263,000
Eugene Katchalov 250,000
Erik Seidel 249,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy 218,000
Bill Perkins 209,000
Anton Allemann 201,000
David Sands 145,000
Dan Smith 140,000
Daniel Negreanu 118,000
Masa Kagawa 104,000
Scott Seiver 68,000