Bertrand Grospellier raised to 2,300 preflop and Sorel Mizzi called from his immediate left. Talal Shakerchi called from the button and the action was on Martin Jacobson who three-bet to 9,500 from the small blind.
All three of Jacobson's opponents called.
The flop brought and Jacobson fired out 27,000 and Grospellier quickly folded. Mizzi tanked for a bit and called after which Shakerchi folded as well.
On the turn the hit and Jacobson showed no signs of slowing down as he bet 56,000. Mizzi looked back back down at his cards and pondered for about a minute before folding. Jacobson raked in this serious pot as Mizzi dropped below the 200,000-chip mark.
We're expecting quite a few players to filter in throughout the day, so the tables will constantly change. Even so, here's a look at the current table and seat draw:
As you can see from the seat draw, there are now four tables in play. That's thanks to the late arrival of five more players. Four of them, two from Germany and two from Macau, made a relatively quiet entrance, while Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu's was a little more attention grabbing.
The boisterous and entertaining Negreanu entered the tournament room and immediately set about greeting everyone he knew from the other players to the staff. All the while, the EPT cameras were catching his every move.
"You guys ready for work?" Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu yelled as he looked over his shoulder and spotted a group of guys called "Ze Germans".
The top Germans professional poker players are known for their ferocious playing style and that will come in handy during this extremely tough event.
We spotted Tobias Reinkemeier, Fabian Quoss, Philipp Gruissem and Max Altergott all picking up their seat cards at the same time, and with that the field is up to around 32 players.
Altergott won the €100,000 Super High Roller in Monte Carlo last May for €1.7 million and he’s looking for his second ever live tournament cash here in London.
Other Germans, Ole Schemion, Martin Finger and Johannes Strassmann are also playing in today’s event and that means there’s a really good chance one of “Ze Germans,” will make it to the final table.
"I kept asking where Ze Germans are," Mike Watson joked as he no longer has to look for these tough competitors. They are at his table.
John Juanda recently sat down and immediately got off to a hot start by winning a big pot off Bill Perkins.
It happened when Juanda opened for 2,600 from early position and Erik Seidel Called from middle position. Perkins defended his big blind and three players took a flop of . Perkins was first to act and led out for 5,000, and that inspired Juanda to raise to 16,500. Seidel got out of the way, Perkins made the call, and the appeared on the turn.
Perkins checked, Juanda bet 32,600 and Perkins woke up with a hefty check-raise to 82,000. Juanda tanked for nearly two minutes before putting in a call, the completed the board on the river, and Perkins bet 85,000. Juanda thought for about 40 seconds and then dropped in some chips.
"Good call," Perkins sighed. Juanda then tabled the for trips. "I'm representing what you've got. What took you so long?"
"I should have raised instead of call," Juanda quietly whispered.
"You don't even want to know how you got those chips," Perkins said before admitting, "I though I had ."
Dan Shak, one of the most successful poker players in Super High Roller events, also decided to join the party here in London. The huge New York Knicks fan came to the tournament room armed with his laptop, iPad and probably multiple cell phones as he's always doing business both on and off the table during these events.
Shak had his first Super High Roller result in the 2009 A$100,000 Challenge during the Aussie Million when he finished fourth for A$200,000. A year later Shak won the event he cashed in the year prior followed by a runner-up finish in the 2012 Super High Roller at the PCA for $846,700.
This is not all because 2013 has been extraordinary so far as well. Shak finished fourth in the Aussie Millions Main Event and Super High Roller for a combined A$637,000, won the $125,000 Premier League in March and also managed to cash the $111,111 One Drop event this summer in Las Vegas.
This week Shak (74th - $5,560,390) will try to add more to his impressive list of results as he's closing in on Scott Clements, Mike Sexton and Martin Staszko on the all-time money list.
Just prior to the break, we had two players hit the felt. The first to go was Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Unfortunately we missed the details surrounding his exit, but we did catch the elimination of Bill Perkins.
It happened in the last hand before the break when Perkins raised, Jeff Gross called and the flop came down . Gross checked, Perkins bet 4,000 and Gross woke up with a check-raise to 16,000. Perkins responded by moving all in for 120,000 or so and Gross called. "I gave him the sorry look," Gross would say after the hand.
Gross:
Perkins:
Perkins had the best hand preflop, but Gross spiked a set to jump out in front. Neither the turn nor river helped the man they call "Perky," and he hit the rail. Given there are unlimited re-entries here on Day 1, we'd be surprised if both Grospellier and Perkins didn't re-enter.
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and Jacobson fired out 27,000 and Grospellier quickly folded. Mizzi tanked for a bit and called after which Shakerchi folded as well.
hit and Jacobson showed no signs of slowing down as he bet 56,000. Mizzi looked back back down at his cards and pondered for about a minute before folding. Jacobson raked in this serious pot as Mizzi dropped below the 200,000-chip mark.
. Perkins was first to act and led out for 5,000, and that inspired Juanda to raise to 16,500. Seidel got out of the way, Perkins made the call, and the 
appeared on the turn.
completed the board on the river, and Perkins bet 85,000. Juanda thought for about 40 seconds and then dropped in some chips.
for trips. "I'm representing what you've got. What took you so long?"
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. Gross checked, Perkins bet 4,000 and Gross woke up with a check-raise to 16,000. Perkins responded by moving all in for 120,000 or so and Gross called. "I gave him the sorry look," Gross would say after the hand.
turn nor 
river helped the man they call "Perky," and he hit the rail. Given there are unlimited re-entries here on Day 1, we'd be surprised if both Grospellier and Perkins didn't re-enter.
