Welcome to Day 2 of the $250,000 PSPC Super High Roller
After a brisk four levels of play on Day 1 of the $250,000 PokerStars Players Championship Super High Roller, it was Russia's Artur Martirosian who topped the star-studded field with a stack of 726,000. Next closest was Chris Brewer (547,500) and Henrik Hecklen (465,000) to round out the top three.
A total of 23 unique players joined the action on Day 1 with two needing rebuys to create a massive $6,088,500 prize pool. Late registration and rebuys are still open until the start of Level 9, so that number will be sure to grow.
Many of the best from around the globe took their seat in this prestigious high roller event and some who were fortunate to find a healthy stack include Orpen Kisacikoglu (444,500), Aleksejs Ponakovs (349,500) and recent PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller Champion Isaac Haxton (349,000).
$250,000 PSPC Super High Roller Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | CHIPS | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artur Martirosian | Russian Federation | 726,000 | 290 | |
| 2 | Chris Brewer | United States | 547,500 | 219 | |
| 3 | Henrik Hecklen | Denmark | 465,000 | 186 | |
| 4 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 444,500 | 178 | |
| 5 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 349,500 | 140 | |
| 6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 349,000 | 139 | |
| 7 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 340,000 | 136 | |
| 8 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 330,500 | 132 | |
| 9 | Kathy Lehne | United States | 325,000 | 130 | |
| 10 | Seth Davies | United States | 323,500 | 129 |
Day 1 Action
Day 1 started with fireworks in the first couple of hands between Martirosian who found a massive double up off of Andrew Lichtenberger, who held kings. Martirosian rivered the nut-flush with ace-king to leave Lichtenberger with a few big blinds and soon after would hit the exit as the first casualty.
Later in the day Seth Davies would be on the unfortunate end of a bad beat when he called the all in from Kathy Lehne who flopped trip fours holding king-four. Davies had ace-four for the better kicker, but when the river fell the king it was the rivered full house for Lehne that took half of Davies' stack.
Day 2 resumes at 2 p.m. EST with blinds at 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. There will be ten more one-hour levels played until the remaining players will bag for Day 3 on Thursday, February 2nd at 12:30 p.m.
Be sure to stick with PokerNews to bring you all the up-to-date coverage as we come closer to crowning a new super high roller champion here in The Bahamas.
, the overcards got there on the turn and that spelled the end for Hunichen on the first bullet.
and both Lehne and Davies checked to Thorel who continued for 6,000. Lehne quickly called and Davies got out of the way. 
turn both players checked to the 
and after some thought, both checked to a showdown. Lehne rolled over 
for ace-high and Thorel tossed his cards into the muck. 
and play checked to Lehne who sized to 30,000, which only Thorel called. 
turn Thorel checked a second time and Lehne put the pressure on with a bet of 75,000. Thorel took a few seconds to weigh his options, but in the end made the fold and another pot was sent to Lehne.
river pair the board.
runout to double his 115,500.
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turn. Action checked to Yan who sized to 20,000 and only Greenwood called. 
as he made his way to the exit.
river was not among them to knock out the Spaniard in the last hand before the dinner break.
on the river ensured that the kicker would play and Badziakouski was sent to the rail.