In the dying moments of Level 7, Orpen Kisacikoglu and Mikita Badziakouski were battling over a pot.
There was around 70,000 on the Q♣6♠3♦A♦ board and Badziakouski bet 20,000 from the hijack, Kisacikoglu made it 75,000 on his direct left and was called.
Badziakouski, with around 200,000 behind, checked the 9♥ river. Kisacikoglu moved all in as the bigger stack and Badziakouski opted to fold.
Day 1 of the EPT €100,000 Super High Roller has now reached the last 60-minute level of the day. So far, there have been 32 entries and 24 players remain.
Nível: 8
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Mike Watson raised to 10,000 from late position and Adrian Mateos called on the button. Stephen Chidwick then put in a reraise to 32,000, Watson folded and Mateos called.
The flop came J♠7♠5♥ and both players checked. The turn was the 9♦ and Chidwick checked again. Mateos bet out 60,000 and Chidwick called.
Both players checked again on the 2♠ river. Chidwick showed 8♠8♥ and Mateos mucked his hand.
Justin Bonomo opened to 8,000 from the button and was called by Daniel Dvoress from the small blind. Jean-Noel Thorel then min-raised it 12,000 and was called by both of his opponents.
Thorel continued for 30,000 on the A♥J♠4♥ flop, which prompted Bonomo and Dvoress to fold.
"You got 4,000 extra from me," commented Bonomo. "And me," added Dvoress.
The following hand, Bonomo opened to 8,000 again but decided to fold when Dvoress moved all in for 68,000.
Joao Vieira raised to 10,000 from early position and Aleksejs Ponakovs reraised to 30,000. Vieira made the call and two players went to the flop.
The flop came 9♠6♠9♦. Vieira checked and Ponakovs bet 27,000, which Vieira called. The turn was the Q♣ and Vieira checked again. Ponakovs put out a bet of 53,000 and Vieira called again.
The river was the J♦. Vieira checked for a third time and Ponakovs pushed all his chips in the middle, covering Vieira's stack.
Vieira used a time bank before making the call and showing A♠J♠ for two pair with a rivered pair of jacks. Ponakovs showed A♥A♦ for two pair with his pocket aces and scooped the pot. Vieira was eliminated from the event.
Meanwhile, Timothy Adams has reentered the tournament.
Seth Davies opened to 16,000 from the small blind and Justin Bonomo defended his big blind. Davies check-called for 12,000 and 40,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to show: 7♥5♣3♠4♣8♣. Davies checked for a third time, and Bonomo checked as well.
Davies tabled his K♣Q♣ for the flush and Bonomo mucked. The latter seemed displeased with the runout as he was shaking his head as the dealer started the next hand.
Davies opened again, this time from the button to 9,000 before Daniel Dvoress three-bet to 27,000. Davies called.
Davies called for 15,000 on the A♥2♦3♣ flop and called a bet of 20,000 on the 4♣ turn. On the 7♣ river, Dvoress, with 63,000 behind, checked. Davies put his opponent all in and after using up a time bank, Dvoress folded.
After being stacked by Steve O'Dwyer just before the break, Mike Watson is the third player of the day to fire a second bullet into the €100,000 Super High Roller.
The tournament has seen 31 entries so far, with 24 of them remaining. For the players to bag and tag a stack for Day 2, they need to survive this and the following level of play as Day 1 closes upon the completion of Level 8.
Late registration is open until the start of Day 2 and players are allowed unlimited reentries.
Kayhan Mokri opened to 8,000 from under the gun before Sirzat Hissou three-bet to 22,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Isaac Haxton in the big blind. He had 8,000 already invested in the pot thanks to the big blind and ante. He had just 1,000 behind and decided to chuck it into the middle. Mokri also called.
Mokri check-folded to a bet of 15,000 on the Q♠4♠4♦ flop, resulting in Hissou and Haxton tabling their cards.
Isaac Haxton: K♥5♥
Sirzat Hissou: A♠A♦
Haxton was drawing extremely thin and his exit was confirmed on the 3♠ turn. The 6♠ river completed the board and Haxton was eliminated. However, as the late registration period is still open, Haxton quickly reentered the tournament.
As the hand played out, Sosia Jiang was also eliminated on another table.
Nível: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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