Shannon Shorr opened to 800 and Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren made it 1,800 behind him. Johan van Til called from the blinds and Shorr folded.
Both players checked the flop and it was checked to Coren on the turn and she bet 3,000. Van Til check-raised to 10,500 and Coren quickly moved all in, the Dutchman doing likewise.
Van Til:
Coren:
The river changed nothing and Van Til was eliminated but he has rebought and ended up the same seat.
The High Roller event has brought out the stars of the game, as well as a handful of players who only seem to appear when the buy in is ramped up a bit. PokerStars Blog takes a walk through the room to spot some familiar faces they haven't seen in a while.
Rachid Ben Cherif opened to 1,500 preflop and was called by Marvin Rettenmaier on the button, Olivier Busquet in the small blind and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier in the big blind.
It was checked to Ben Cherif on the flop and he bet 3,500 with Busquet the only caller. The on the turn was checked, as was the on the river.
Ben Cherif flipped for a turned two pair but he was going to have to split the pot with the French-Canadian as Busquet turned over .