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There is a lot on the line today and so far we haven't seen too much crazy action. We just saw a few raises take down pots on all four outer tables, and even where there was a call the pot was decided on the flop.
Patrik Antonius has been fairly active in the early goings after he just bought in this morning. One table over we saw Shawn Buchanan rake in a pot, but more than a few big blinds were not involved.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier was just knocked out by Bill Perkins. Mercier started out short and ended up all in for his final 113,000 preflop.
Mercier: 
Perkins: 
The board ran out 
and Mercier was knocked out. We will definitely see Mercier return for the Main Event on either Sunday or Monday.
Meanwhile, Joni Jouhkimainen has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
812,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
812,000 | |
|
594,000
358,000
|
358,000 |
|
538,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
469,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
|
306,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
|
||
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
|
469,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
462,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
423,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
397,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
|
||
|
226,000
-114,000
|
-114,000 |
|
||
|
153,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
It’s Day 2 of the EPT10 London £50k Super High Roller. Viktor Blom and Patrik Antonius have bought in late while other players have dipped back into the bankrolls to re-enter. Quick recap AND the seat draw here.
With 80,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, Philipp Gruissem checked from middle position and Viktor Blom bet 35,000 from the button. Gruissem made the call and then both players checked the 
turn as well as the 
river.
Blom reluctantly turned over the 
, which was no good as Gruissem rolled over the 
. It wasn't much of a pot, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on their stacks.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
159,000
-91,000
|
-91,000 |
Nível: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
In one of the last hands of Level 9, we happened upon a pot with 500,000 in the middle and a board reading 
. Christoph Vogelsang had checked from the under-the-gun position and Steve O'Dwyer ended up doing the same from the button.
"Straight," Vogelsang said and tabled the 
. O'Dwyer longingly looked back at his own cards, which promoted Vogelsang to ask, "Did you have an eight or was it a bluff?"
O'Dwyer did not answer and instead sent his cards to the muck unseen.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
443,000
|
443,000 |
|
500,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
||
Viktor Blom did not play at all yesterday as he was probably busy crushing some high stakes online cash games, but today he's focused on some tournament poker. Or is he?
Blom just ended up all in for his tournament life against David Benefield and the showdown played out as following.
Blom: 
Benefield: 
The board ran out 
and the pot was chopped. Blom had quite a lot of outs to win the pot but eventually his profit was minimal.
"I only played because it was suited," Blom said with a smile.
After a moment of silence he continued, "I'm gonna be out in an hour anyway, I'm just here to have some fun," the Swedish high stakes specialist said.
Blom has around 220,000 chips and that's still very comfortable, but we all know how much he likes to get his chips into the pot!
