We just saw our first elimination of the day, as OtB_RedBaron lost in a flush over flush situation. But the Belgian wasn't completely gone, because he re-entered right away.
It all happened in a blind battle between him and Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang. OtB_RedBaron put in a 4-bet preflop to 3,360 and was called by big blind Vogelsang.
Both checked the flop and the turn. The action came on the river when the was dealt. OtB_RedBaron put in a bet of 5,572 with only 14,772 behind. Vogelsang wasted little time and shoved all in. His Belgian opponent tanked for several minutes before he elected to call.
Vogelsang showed for an ace-high flush which bested OtB_RedBaron's for a worse flush. The Belgian was sent to the virtual rail for only a couple of seconds before he put in another $102,000 as he re-entered this Super High Roller.
Chipleader Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky keeps adding chips to his stack. He just won a big pot against Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang.
Vogelsang opened from the button for 550 and Sulsky defended his big blind. Vogelsang continued for 488 on the flop and Sulsky check-called.
The turn made Sulsky check again, but shortly after he was facing a big overbet from the German. Vogelsang made a bet of 3,425 in 2,296-pot. Sulsky called and the two checked down the river.
After a false start, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi is slowly grinding his way back up. He just won some more chips, when came out on top in a hand against Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov.
Shakerchi opened under the gun to 428, but to his immediate left Kuznetsov reraised, to make it 1,500. Shakerchi was the only caller and the two saw the flop. Shakerchi check-called a bet of 1,400, before both player checked on the turn.
The on the river made Shakerchi bet out 3,312 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Jason Mercier already lost a third of his stack. It happened in two hands. First, he lost 3,000 chips to Mikael "ChaoRen160" Thuritz, but some hands later he lost even more to Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi.
Shakerchi opened under the gun for 428 and Mercier defended his big blind. The PokerStars Pro check-raised a 409-bet to 1,248 on the flop. He fired 2,882 on the and Shakerchi called again.
Mercier slowed down when the board double paired with the on the river. He checked and Shakerchi checked behind. Mercier had for two pair, but lost to Shakerchi's which turned into a straight on the turn.
There was a small controversy some time ago, right when Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov joined this event. He was the eighth player in the tournament and was seated at table one, but with late registration still in progress, they needed to start another table.
So Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky was put on the second table, but at first, he was only joined by OtB_RedBaron. All players expected the tables to be balanced with four players apiece, but that didn't happen right away. So Sulsky and OtB_RedBaron had to play a couple of hands heads-up, while the other table still had six players.
There were some comments in the chat about it, but when PokerStars balanced the tables, the peace returned.
Jason Mercier just joined the table with Thuritz, Haxton, Shakerchi and Kuznetsov. We already expected the American pro in this event. Mercier announced this week that he was going to play this Super High Roller, and stream it on Twitch.
He streams it with his hole cards up, with a 15-minute delay. Fellow pro, and friend, Jason Sommerville will be commentating on the stream and he will be accompanied by PokerStars' Lee Jones.
Doug Polk is also streaming this event on a delay, you can check his stream out on twitch.tv/dougpolkpoker
He wasn't much involved in the action in the first levels, but now Belgian player OtB_RedBaron has put his foot on the gas.
He already won a couple of nice pots and just won another against Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk, who started the hand with a raise to 400 from under the gun. OtB_RedBaron 3-bet from the small blind and made it 1,852, Polk called.
After a check from the Belgian, it was Polk to bet on the flop and he put in 1,853. OtB_RedBaron immediately check-raised to 4,790 and Polk folded.
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flop and the 
turn. The action came on the river when the 
was dealt. OtB_RedBaron put in a bet of 5,572 with only 14,772 behind. Vogelsang wasted little time and shoved all in. His Belgian opponent tanked for several minutes before he elected to call. 
for an ace-high flush which bested OtB_RedBaron's 
for a worse flush. The Belgian was sent to the virtual rail for only a couple of seconds before he put in another $102,000 as he re-entered this Super High Roller.
flop and Sulsky check-called. 
turn made Sulsky check again, but shortly after he was facing a big overbet from the German. Vogelsang made a bet of 3,425 in 2,296-pot. Sulsky called and the two checked down the 
and his two pairs were good.
on the river made Shakerchi bet out 3,312 and that was enough to take down the pot.
flop. He fired 2,882 on the 
on the river. He checked and Shakerchi checked behind. Mercier had 
which turned into a straight on the turn.
flop and he put in 1,853. OtB_RedBaron immediately check-raised to 4,790 and Polk folded.