Philipp Gruissem had has a tough day so far, and it just got a lot worse. The German pro ended up all in for 52,500 chips and was up against Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu.
Well, he's at it again. Philipp Gruissem has opted to fire a third bullet in the tournament. Meanwhile, both Jonathan Duhamel and Sorel Mizzi have re-enter for the first time.
Action folded to Fabian Quoss on the button and he opened for 10,000. Chip leader Bill Perkins called from the small blind and then Sam Trickett three-bet to 36,000 from the big. Quoss got out of the way, Perkins announced that he was all in, and Trickett snap-called off for 156,000 total.
Trickett:
Perkins:
"I've got two out," the smiling Perkins said. Indeed he did, but he wouldn't find one as the board ran out .
Have a guess at just how much today’s 37 Super High Roller players have collectively earned in live poker tournaments. $100 million? $150 million? Think again – it’s actually well over £200 million, with an astonishing average of $5.7 million per player. Today’s field includes six of the Global Poker Index’s top 10: Ole Schemion (#2), Philipp Gruissem (#3), Mike Watson (#5), Steve O’Dwyer (#6), Igor Kurganov (#7), and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu (#8).
British pro Sam Trickett, runner-up in the 2012 WSOP “The Big One for One Drop” event, is the leading earner with total live tournament winnings of €19,880,794. He is narrowly ahead of Negreanu - well, if you can call $1.3 million “narrow” that is.
As it is, six of the players have won at least $10 million and together they have cashed nearly 1,900 times. Thanks to Alex Dreyfus from the Global Poker Index for all the info:
Talal Shakerchi has been nursing one of the shorter stacks all evening, and he finally found a hand he liked.
We're not sure of the preflop action, but we do know that Shakerchi got his last 165,000 all in holding the and was racing against the of Richard Yong.
"Fifty-fifty," Yong said. The flop made things interesting as Shakerchi picked up a flush draw to go along with his overs. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river would prove helpful and Shakerchi was eliminated from the tournament.
Meanwhile, Jeff Gross was eliminated from the tournament, though he stated that he will re-enter here in the last level of the night. No word on whether or not Shakerchi will do the same.