Shyam Srinivasan limped in from middle position, and Chance Kornuth followed suit in the cutoff. Eugenio Mattar completed, and Rami Boukai checked. Action checked to Srinivasan on the flop, and he bet 85,000. Kornuth called, Mattar made it 250,000, and Boukai jammed for 820,000. That flurry of action prompted folds from Srinivasan and Kornuth, and Mattar called.
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Boukai was in fantastic shape, and the run out was clean for him, reducing the former chip leader to just over two big blinds. He lost those last two one hand later when he got in against the of Kevin Schulz, and neither player hit anything to leave queen-high best.
The $25,000 High Roller event drew a huge crowd of 200 players and 69 reentries, creating a prize pool of $6.4MM. The eventual winner of this event will take home $1,294,460 and together with PokerNews' Editor in Chief Donnie Peters we looked at the numbers and what they tell us about the high stakes community.
Chance Kornuth defended his big blind from a 125,000 raise from Rami Boukai out of the cutoff. Both players checked the flop, and Kornuth bet out 170,000 on the . Boukai called, but the river bet was considerably bigger, 475,000 after the hit. Boukai thought or a couple of minutes, picked up his cards, and tossed them to the muck.
Chance Kornuth opened for 110,000 in the cutoff, and Juan Martin Pastor made it 300,000 in the big blind. Kornuth four-bet to 580,000, and Pastor decided to see the flop. Both players checked, and Pastor bet 800,000 on the turn. Kornuth wanted to see the river, which brought the . Two checks ensued, and Pastor showed , but it was no good against Kornuth's dominating .