€10,300 High Roller
Dia 3 Iniciado
€10,300 High Roller
Dia 3 Iniciado
There's just one more day of poker left in Barcelona, and it promises to be the biggest one of all. On one side of the room, the €5,300 Main Event will play down to a winner and look to award one fortunate player more than €1.4 million in first-place prize money. On this side of the room, though, it's all about the €10,300 High Roller, which will return with the final 30 players from a jaw-dropping field of 506 entries.
Leading the way is Aliaksei Boika, who bagged up 1.985 million in chips after yesterday's action. Hailing from Belarus, Boika will look to bring the title back to his home country for a second year running after Ihar Soika was victorious last year. Boika is already making a near best for the largest live tournament score of his career ($44,950), and with the chip lead he's amassed, we like his chances of being to surpass that.
Other notables still remaining are Adrian Mateos, Ami Barer, Nick Petrangelo, Mustapha Kanit, Jani Sointula, and Mike McDonald.
With 30 players left, a player-friendly structure, big stacks, and big prizes up for grabs, Day 3 has all the ingredients to be a very long one. In anticipation of the length of Day 3, the tournament staff made an adjustment to the schedule late last night that added a level of play to Day 2 and shortened today's levels to 55 minutes.
Last year, Day 3 returned with 21 players and took just over 12 hours to conclude. The staff this year is estimating a finishing time of around 1 or 2 a.m. local time.
As for the start of the event, that will be at 12:30 p.m. local time. PokerNews will be your live coverage provider from the get go, so be sure to stay tuned for all of the poker action coming your way.
Nível: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Cards are in the air for the final day of the €10,300 High Roller.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 55,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Onur Unsal in the small blind. He moved in over the top for just over 400,000 and action folded back to Kanit who called.
Kanit:
Unsal:
The board fell down , giving Kanit a winning set of jacks. Unsal was eliminated from play in 29th place and Kanit brought his stack up to about 1.54 million.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mustapha Kanit |
1,540,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
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Onur Unsal | Eliminado |
Paul Tedeschi raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and it folded over to Jiachen Gong in the small blind. Gong announced a three-bet all in to 356,000 and Tedeschi called.
Tedeschi:
Gong:
The flop came down , keeping Gong's tens in the lead. The hit the felt on the turn, meaning that Gong needed to dodge only an ace or a jack on the river in order to stay alive. Unfortunately for Gong, the peeled off on fifth street and he was eliminated from play in 28th place.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Paul Tedeschi |
1,175,000
262,000
|
262,000 |
Jiachen Gong | Eliminado |
From under the gun, Fedor Holz raised to 55,000. Paul Tedeschi made the call from the cutoff seat, and Nick Petrangelo called out of the big blind.
The three of them took the flop, and Petrangelo checked. Holz bet 55,000 before Tedeschi raised to 135,000. Petrangelo stared Tedeschi down for a few moments, then folded. Holz called, though.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Holz checked, and Tedeschi checked.
Holz turned over the , and Tedeschi mucked.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Nick Petrangelo | 1,200,000 | |
Paul Tedeschi |
1,020,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
Fedor Holz |
750,000
353,000
|
353,000 |
From the cutoff seat, Kevin MacPhee raised to 52,000. Martin Finger was on the button, and he reraised to 117,000. Play folded back to MacPhee, and he moved all in for around 625,000. Finger folded, and MacPhee won the pot. This hand left Finger with about 520,000 in chips.
On the very next hand, Matias Jansson opened from middle position to 55,000. Finger, who was in the cutoff seat this time, reraised all in for a little over 500,000. Play folded back to Jansson, and he quickly called with the . Finger had the .
Finger would only get one queen on the run out, and he was eliminated in 27th place.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Matias Jansson |
2,175,000
538,000
|
538,000 |
Kevin MacPhee |
750,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
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Martin Finger | Eliminado | |
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From the hijack seat, Paul Tedeschi raised to 50,000. Christian Jeppsson reraised on the button to 120,000. The two players in the blinds folded, and Tedeschi called to take a flop.
The flop was checked by Tedeschi, and Jeppsson bet 80,000. Tedeschi called.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Tedeschi bet 115,000, and Jeppsson folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Paul Tedeschi |
1,270,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Christian Jeppsson |
610,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
Gerald Karlic raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and it folded around to Niall Farrell in the big blind. He three-bet shoved for 555,000 total and Karlic called.
Karlic:
Farrell:
The board ran out , pairing Karlic's ace and eliminating Farrell from play. Karlic now has about 1.705 million in chips to his name.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Gerald Karlic |
1,705,000
533,000
|
533,000 |
Niall Farrell | Eliminado | |
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