The opening day of the €100,000 Super High Roller at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final came to a close Thursday following the first eight levels of action. When it was all said and done, Igor Kurganov emerged as the chip leader with an even 1 million in chips.
Of the 64 entries tallied, 44 remained. Other notables who advanced from Thursday's start to the event were Ole Schemion (930,000), Erik Seidel (857,000), Fedor Holz (536,000), Talal Shakerchi (392,000), Phil Ivey (360,000), and Daniel Negreanu (273,000).