Daniel Colman limped in from the button for 4,000, Bryn Kenney completed the bet from the small blind, and then Ole Schemion raised to 18,000 from the big blind. Colman reraised all in for 107,500, Kenney folded, and Schemion called.
Colman tabled the , and Schemion had the .
Just as Colman began to stand up from his chair to gather his things in anticipation of an exit, the dealer fanned out the flop to deliver him with a leading set of fours. The turn was the , and the river was the . Colman stayed in front after the flop and doubled up over 200,000. Schemion was left with just under 600,000.
"Lucky!" Schemion said to Colman with a big smile on his face.
JC Alvarado opened for 10,000 from the hijack and his next door neighbor live satellite winner Mikita Badziakouski made the call from the cutoff. Jason Koon in the big blind came along for the ride as well.
The flop came and action checked to Badziakouski. Badziakouski bet 13,000. Koon folded, Alvarado called.
Alvarado check called another 36,000 on the turn, and 63,000 on the river. Badziakouski showed and Alvarado mucked.
Team PokerStars Pro George Danzer is the reigning World Series of Poker Player of the Year, but he had never played a Super High Roller event before. The German pro's playing his first one today, and we asked him some questions about his first time in many other things.
Leon Tsoukernik was busted early today and apparently ran into Daniel Cates right after. Tsoukernik challenged Cates for a €100,000 heads up match playing €500/€1,000 in the cash game area. The two played for ten minutes time and Tsoukernik won, so his second bullet was on Cates.
Right before the last break Tsoukernik busted again, and he told PokerNews host Remko Rinkema that he was going to look for Cates to win another €100,000 to buy back in. If he found Cates and won another bullet, or reached into his own pockets this time we don't know, but we do know Tsoukernik is back in the game with a crispy €250,000 stack.
Be sure to look out for a video interview Rinkema just did with Tsoukernik, which will appear right here as soon as possible.
Cates in the mean time, hasn't shown his face in the tournament yet, though he still is in the building.
In this abridged edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Rich catches up with Asher Conniff and Brian Yoon before the start of the World Poker Tour World Championship final table.
Ole Schemion and Leon Tsoukernik each put in 55,000 in unknown action on the flop. After the paired the board on the turn, Schemion bet 54,000. Tsoukernik called, and the river was the to complete the board. Schemion moved all in, covering Tsoukernik's remaining stack of roughly 100,000 in chips. Tsoukernik tanked for a bit, then folded the face up, and Schemion was awarded the pot. He didn't show.