Anthony Kennedy raised to 12,000 and Javier Gomez moved all in for 75,200 from two seats over. Oliver Waters called that and Kennedy reluctantly folded.
Javier Gomez:
Oliver Waters:
On the flop, Waters asked for a three to pick up additional outs, but the Brit also didn't mind the turn either that brought a flush draw. However, a brick on the river failed to improve Waters and Gomez doubled.
Thomas Muehloecker made it 11,500 to go and wasted no time in moving all in for 135,000 when Alex Goulder reraised to 30,000 from the button. Goulder made the call holding but was in bad shape against the of Muehloecker.
The board ran out and Muehloecker moved up the rankings, while Goulder is left with 120,000.
On the very next table, Ben Heath had put out a bet of 33,500 from the small blind on a board. Max Silver in the big blind made it a cool 100,000, and that was enough to secure the pot.
Alexandru Papazian opened the action with a raise to 10,000 from early position and the action folded to Max Silver in the cutoff. The Brit clicked it up to 33,000 and it folded back to Papazian, who shoved for what looked like 175,000. Silver didn't ask for a count, but called within just a moment.
Alexandru Papazian:
Max Silver:
On the flop, Papazian was in dire shape, but he picked up some outs on the turn, which Silver also pointed out. A blank on the river sent Papazian packing and he pushed over his stack before leaving the tournament area.
Jason Wheeler is turning up the heat at table #37 and is playing (and winning) every other pot. Just now he got lucky to take out Austrian Stevan Chew after getting it in preflop with the worse pair.
Wheeler came in with a raise of 11,000 and Chew moved in for around 80,000 chips. Wheeler called with but was behind the of Chew.
The flop put Wheeler way ahead, and though Chew did pick up additional outs on the turn, he didn't get there. The river was the , and Chew was eliminated while Wheeler build another tower on his castle of chips.
Shortly after Manig Loeser was sent packing, leaving 40 players remaining.
The 110 entries in total created a prize pool of £1,067,000 and the top 11 spots will receive at least £20,000, while the top spot comes with a payday of £320,000. Below are the full payouts for the £10,300 High Roller in Nottingham.
Jonathan Concepcion and Ludovic Geilich on the feature table have been eliminated, while Daniel Merrilees scored a big double through Niall Farrell after a raising war between cutoff and button saw him all in and at risk.
Daniel Merrilees:
Niall Farrell:
The board ran out and Merrilees doubled for 220,800, almost halving the stack of Farrell in the process.
Joining the action on the flop, Roberto Romanello checked out of the big blind and Filippo Lazzaretto bet 14,000, which Max Silver called on the button. Romanello called as well and checked again the turn. Lazzaretto then bet 26,500 from the hijack and again both opponents called.
The river completed the board and Romanello shoved for what looked like 60,000. Lazzaretto folded with ten big blinds behind and Silver snap-called for a reason. Romanello showed for the baby flush and Silver had for the nut flush.
Lazzaretto then busted right after to cause the second seat open in a row.
British player Kully Sidhu is no more in this partypoker Millions 2017 High Roller. Preflop he moved all-in for 61,400 chips total, and the action folded around to Daniel Merrilees in the small blind. He moved in over the top, and thus action was on Nial Farrel in the big blind. Farrel rubbed his hands together and squeezed each of his holecards, but he didn't find anything worth playing this time around.
Sidhu:
Merrilees:
The flop flop kept Merrilees in front, but Sidhu picked up a lot of additional outs on the turn. It was not to be for Sidhu, however, as the rolled off on the river, and Merrilees scooped the pot.
Ben Heath raised to 9,500 and Karol Radomski in the cutoff three-bet to 25,000 with around 100,000 behind. Vojtech Ruzicka on the button glanced over at the stack of his table neighbor and then moved all in for more than 160,000. Heath didn't ask for an exact count and folded after brief consideration, while Radomski also got out of the way.
Over on the feature table, it was Mitchell Johnson on the up but Bartlomiej Machon just topped that by sending Kenny Hallaert to the rail. Hallaert turned top pair with on only to run straight into Machon's pocket aces.
Niall Farrell is still among the big stacks, but Chris Backhouse is the current chip leader by a small margin.