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* Day 1 will end after 10 levels of play (approximately 12am)
* Dinner break scheduled for 6.30pm
* 125 players remaining of 134 registered so far (4 re-entries)
4.55pm: Straight versus bigger straight
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Jean-Pascal Savard just got a lovely double-up courtesy of Yingui Li. The Chinese player bet 13,625 on the turn of a [tc][9d][jd][8c] board. There were four to a straight out there already so Savard would have to have something good to continue. That's what he did when he check-raised all in.
Li called and the cards were on their backs.
Savard: [kh][qh]
Li: [ac][qc]
Li was drawing dead to a chop and didn't even get that on the offsuit Ace river. Savard now has 95,000 but Li is in big, big trouble on just 3,000. - RJ
4.50pm: The re-entry situation
Level 5 - Blinds 200 - 400 (50 ante)
A check of the big board to begin Level 5 shows 135 total entries thus far, with 126 players remaining.
There have been four re-entries to this point: Faraz Jaka, Christoph Vogelsang, Francisco Benitez, and Dani Stern. Players are allowed at most just one re-entry, and that option stays open along with late registration all of the way through to the start of Day 2. --MH
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4.40pm: Crikey, what a call!
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
(From the end of Level 4)
Charlie Carrel was facing a bet big enough on the river to put him all in. Anton Astapou was the one firing away as the board read [js][8s][8h][7c][3h]. As I arrived, Carrel said, "I'm thinking of making a hero call. The only problem is that I have no pair."
Not to be cynical but this is a refrain we hear a lot. There are loads of poker players who 'think' about making a hero call but much fewer who actually have the guts and instinct to go through with it. Which category would Carrel fit into? As he continued to ponder, some other players at the table started to leave. Noticing that the break had begun gave Carrel an unexpected boost - "Oh, it's the break. Nobody will call the clock on me!" Now with the added luxury of unlimited time, Carrel continued to probe Astapou but the Belarusian would not say a word.
Anton AstapauCarrel, as if trying to convince himself to call, said, "Well, it is a rebuy...", and put the chips into the middle. Astapou flipped his hand and it took a few seconds to conclude that his [qc][th] equated to absolutely nothing. Carrel didn't have too much either, just [ah][kh], but it was better than Astapou.
After that tremendous call Carrel is up to the heady heights of 100,000. Astapou drops all the way to 8,500 and will have been thinking about that hand all the way through the fifteen minute break period. - RJ
4:35pm: Play re-starts
We're into level 5 with blinds of 200 - 400 (50 ante).-SB
4:30pm: Break time
After four levels players are currently taking another 15 minute break.
4:28pm: Loosli aggressive
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
In the last hand of the level, Sylvain Loosli opened for 800 from middle position, then Yingui Li reraised to 2,650 from the small blind. It folded back to Loosli who called, and the flop came [6c][3h][Tc].
Li checked, Loosli bet 2,100, and after some thought Li called. The [7s] turn went similarly, with a quick check from Li, a bet without hesitation of 4,000 from Loosli, and again after taking some time to think, Li called.
The river was the [Kc]. Li checked one more time, and Loosli fired once again, this time 11,000. Li took a couple of minutes and then called, then mucked his hand when Loosli showed [7h][6h] for two pair.
Loosli has 68,000 to end the level, while Li has 64,000. --MH
4:25pm: Davidi doubles through David
Level 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)
We arrived at the table to see Davidi Kitai receiving a large portion of David Yan's stack. Kitai's cards - [As][Qh] - were still face-up, as were the community cards, and he had turned the nuts on a [6c][Tc][Jc][Ks][2s] board.
Another player at the table was kind enough to tell us that Yan had [J][T] and that the majority of the chips had gone in on the turn. Kitai is up to 75,000 whilst Yan drops to 27,000. --NW
4:25pm: Seymour fumbles
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Three-time NFL Superbowl champion Richard Seymour is in today's High Roller field and doing pretty good. He's up to 62,000. He just lost a small one to Sean Winter when the latter three-bet him on the button to 2,600. Seymour found the fold, giving Winter respect for a good hand. - RJ
Richard Seymour4:25pm: Selected chip counts
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Andrew Chen - 115,000
Richard Seymour - 80,000
Keith Lehr - 78,000
Jonathan Little - 75,000
Calvin Anderson - 70,000
Nick Maimone - 65,000
Talal Shakerchi - 63,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 63,000
Ole Schemion - 62,000
Luc Greenwood - 61,000
Anton Astapau - 52,000
Charlie Carrel - 51,000
Steve O'Dwyer - 50,000
Leo Fernandez - 50,000
Joe McKeehen - 42,000
Faraz Jaka - 42,000
Christoph Vogelsang - 42,000
Scott Seiver - 40,000
Shaun Deeb - 32,000
Andre Akkari - 26,000
Mike McDonald - 22,000
Eugene Katchalov - 21,000
4:25pm: Six-figure stacks
Level 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)
Ian O'Hara and Jani Sointula have both more than doubled their stack during the opening four levels. The American is up to 109,000 whilst Sointula has 104,000. --NW
4:20pm: Ike gets some back
Level 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)
Ike Haxton had slipped to about 21,000 but is back up to 32,000 after winning a pot against Sam Stein. There was 22,325 in the pot by the time the two players reached the river of a [6h][As][Jd][Ah][Kc] board. Haxton (cut off) and Stein (button) both checked and Haxton was quick to show [6d][6c] for a full-house and Stein mucked. "Scary run out," said Haxton as he stacked the chips. -NW
Isaac HaxtonIke Haxton - 32,000
Sam Stein - 34,000
4:15pm: A house full of kings and aces for Rettenmaier
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
It's quite the field in the $25K High Roller, full of ace players and poker kings. Just now one of them, Marvin Rettenmaier, made an opening raise of 625 from middle position, and another, Kenneth Smaron, responded with a three-bet to 2,200 from the hijack seat. Everyone else let their hands go, and after a short pause Rettenmaier called.
The flop came [Td][9c][Ad], and Rettenmaier check-called a bet of 2,250 from Smaron. The [Kd] then fell on the turn, and both players checked.
The river was the [Kh], putting a second king on the board. Rettenmaier studied for a moment, then pushed out a bet of 5,425, and after a similarly-lengthed pause to consider the situation, Smaron tossed out a chip to call. Rettenmaier then tabled [As][Kc] for kings full of aces, and Smaron mucked.
Rettenmaier has 56,000 now, while Smaron slips to 33,000. --MH
4:10pm: Kamel tamed
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Apologies if this is the curse of the poker writer but, after penning a comeback story from Tamer Kamel, he's now out. It was a pretty interesting hand versus Luc Greenwood that put the fork in Kamel's potato.
Kamel raised to 750, got one caller and then Luc Greenwood came along in the small blind too. The [qc][ah][8c] flop was checked by all. Greenwood then led for 1,700 on the [8d] turn and only Kamel called. The river was [th] and now Greenwood asked Kamel if he had any blue chips. Those are the coveted 5ks. Sadly for Kamel, he had no blue chips and only a mixture of lesser ones that added up to 9,000. Greenwood stuck him all-in.
It didn't take long for Kamel to call, and he must have thought there was a decent chance his [ac][td] was good. However, Greenwood had hit trip Eights on the turn with [8s][7h] to relieve Kamel of his chips once and for all.
Of course, this event does allow for a single re-entry so there is a chance it won't be the last we see of Kamel today. Greenwood is now on 72,000. - RJ
4:05pm: Welcome, and welcome back
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
As we thought he might, Faraz Jaka indeed rebought soon after being felted a little while ago by Tyler Patterson. Meanwhile Martin Finger and Dario Sammartino are among the latest newcomers to join the field. --MH
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4:00pm: Akkari survives all-in
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Mohsin Charania opened for 800 from the cutoff seat, then Shaun Deeb made it 2,500 to go from the small blind. Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari then chose to four-bet all in from the big blind for 9,250. Charania thought a few beats and called, while Deeb stepped aside.
Charania tabled [9c][9s], which meant Akkari had a couple of live higher cards with [Jh][Th]. The board ran out [8d][Kd][Js][8h][Ts], hitting Akkari's hand twice and helping him keep his seat about halfway through Level 4. --MH
Shaun Deeb -- 33,000
Mohsin Charania -- 24,000
Andre Akkari -- 22,000
3:55pm: Wounded warriors
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Earlier on, we reported that Tamer Kamel and Noah Schwartz were both enduring horrid, costly starts to the day. The good news for them is that they are both still in and their chip stacks are now heading in the correct direction.
Kamel has turned 2,000 into 10,500. He's now officially back in the game. Schwartz lost most of his chips in an Aces-getting-rivered-by-Kings farce an hour ago. He was down to 9,000 but now he's up to 19,000. Everybody loves an underdog, so come on Tamer! And come on Noah!*
*Disclaimer: We are impartial. We want everyone to win equally. - RJ
3:50pm: Zinno's paradox forces Foxen fold
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Okay, it wasn't necessarily a paradox... but it was a puzzle that Anthony Zinno presented William Foxen just now.
Anthony ZinnoPreflop back-and-forthing between the pair resulted in a button reraise by Foxen, then an all-in push by Zinno from the cutoff. Zinno's push easily covered what Foxen had left behind, and after a lengthy tank he finally let his hand go. Zinno is up around 65,000 now, while Foxen (fresh off a top 100 finish in the PCA Main Event) is down to 24,000. --MH
3:45pm: More for Anderson
Level 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)
Calvin Anderson is a tricky opponent and, as a result he often runs up big stacks during the early stages of tournaments. He's increased his starting stack of 50,000 to 69,000 already and got his latest boost in a hand against Anthony Newman.
It was a blind on blind pot, with Newman in position, and by the time they'd reached the turn of a [Kh][9d][Jc][7h] board there was roughly 4,975 in the pot. Action was on Anderson, he splashed 2,800 into the pot and Newman made the call.
The river was the [4d] and again Anderson bet. Only this time he was very deliberate and careful about the way he put his chips into the pot. His bet totalled 8,600 and Newman had seen enough a he folded his hand. -NW
Calvin Anderson - 69,000
Anthony Newman - 39,000
3:35pm: Selected chip counts
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Andrew Chen - 115,000
Keith Lehr - 100,000
Nick Maimone - 76,000
Jonathan Little - 72,000
Calvin Anderson - 65,500
Charlie Carrel - 64,000
Richard Seymour - 61,000
Ole Schemion - 55,000
Luc Greenwood - 54,000
Joe McKeehen - 53,000
Shaun Deeb - 50,000
Greg Merson - 48,000
Scott Seiver - 47,000
Anton Astapau - 46,000
Talal Shakerchi - 29,000
Mike McDonald - 24,000
Eugene Katchalov - 19,000
Andre Akkari - 13,000
3:30pm: Huge double for Zaichenko
Level 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)
Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko already has one EPT High Roller title under his belt, having triumphed at EPT11 Prague. He just did his chances of winning a second title the world of good, doubling up through Govert Metaal.
I missed the pre-flop action, but the fact that there was already around 7,000 in the pot suggests that Metaal (under-the-gun) had raised, Zaichenko (under-the-gun+1) had three-bet and Metaal had called.
They went heads-up to a [Jh][7d][4h] flop. Metaal checked, Zaichenko bet 3,500 and Metaal stuck around. The pot had therefore swelled to almost 50 big blinds by the time the [2s] hit the felt. Again Metaal checked, once more Zaichenko bet - 8,200 this time - and Metaal was not for moving.
Time to upgrade this pot from sizeable to big! The [8c] completed the board and Metaal completed his trio of checks. After about ten seconds Zaichenko moved all-in for 14,675 and Metaal tank called. The Russian showed [Ad][Ac] and although Metaal mucked, as it was an all-in situation the dealer was duty bound to show his cards, he'd looked Zainchenko up with a bluff catcher, [7s][6s]. --NW
Andrey Zaichenko - 59,550
Govert Metaal - 8,500
3.25pm: Level 4 begins
Level 4 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
They're taking it to a whole new level in the $25K High Roller, although the blinds and antes are staying right where they were in Level 3. The big board is showing 122 entries so far. --MH
3:20pm: Patterson picks up chips, Jaka felted
Level 3 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Nick Petrangelo raised to 800 from early position, and it folded around to Tyler Patterson who called from the button. Faraz Jaka called as well from the big blind, and the three players saw a flop come [4d][4c][Qd].
Nick PetrangeloIt checked around to Patterson who bet 1,500, after which Jaka put the rest of his stack all in as a check-raise to 7,125 total. Petrangelo thought for a short while, then called Jaka's shove, and Patterson called as well.
Faraz JakaThe [Qh] turn brought a second pair to the board and a couple of checks from the remaining players, and both Petrangelo and Patterson again checked the [5s] river.
Patterson showed his hand -- [5h][4h] for fours full of queens -- and after looking across the table for a few seconds Petrangelo mucked his. Jaka headed to the rail, perhaps with an intention to exercise his option to enter a second time (we'll keep an eye out for that).
Meanwhile Patterson is up to 96,000 now while Petrangelo has 33,000. --MH
3:15pm: Yoon flops set, cracks Benitez's aces
Level 3 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Catching an already begun big three-way hand over on Table 15 involving Brian Yoon, Francisco Benitez, and J.C. Alvarado, the board showed [5d][9s][Qs] and after both Yoon and then Benitez committed the rest of their stacks, Alvarado stepped aside.
Yoon turned over [Qd][Qh] for top set, while Benitez had [Ah][Ad]. "Kings, right?" asked Yoon of Alvarado of the hand he'd let go, who nodded to affirm.
The turn was the [Js] and river the [8c], and as Yoon had Benitez covered he departed. Yoon meanwhile is up to 138,000, while Alvarado has a little under 30,000. --MH
3:05pm: "I'd be outraged!"
Level 3 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
That was the outcry from Scott 'Aggro Santos' Margereson after a ruling that left a few members of his table dumbfounded. Before we get into it further, let's rewind a second.
Charlie Carrel was facing a raise and considering his options. It looked like he was about to three-bet. But then the dealer pushed the pot to his opponent and started shuffling the deck. Whoops! Carrel's cards were right in front of him and now we had a problem.
Nobody was annoyed with the dealer. When you've been dealing for twelve hours straight day in and day out, mistakes are just a part of the game. The best dealers, like we have here on the EPT, don't make many of them but they're only human too. The problem the table had was with the floor manager's ruling that there was to be no more action in the hand and that pot had to be split between the two combatants.
Now we're up to speed. Margereson said his piece and Carrel looked perplexed too. A second opinion was sought, this time from Tournament Director Luca Vivaldi. He agreed with the verdict, saying that if they continued to play the hand out things could get ugly. Cards that other players had folded would now be back in action and weirdness would ensue. So, after all that, the pot was chopped. And even Margereson now conceded that it was the right call. - RJ
pm: 2:55pm: Luca takes a seat
Level 3 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
The Argentinian Ivan Luca has joined the field halfway through Level 3, taking a seat in between Mihails Morozovs on his right and Steve O'Dwyer on his left. Speaking of the latter, Luca is hoping here to improve on his third-place finish in the $50K Single-Day High Roller which was won by O'Dwyer. That finish was good for a career-high $494,080 score for Luca, who has nearly $2.6 million in career tournament earnings.
The big board shows 112 entries so far. --MH
2:40pm: Contrasting fortunes
Level 3 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
In order to win a poker tournament it's not essential that you get off to a great start. Countless players have lost a ton of chips early and made a stunning comeback to win all of the chips in the room. That's the path that Britain's Tamel Kamel will have to take if he wants to win any cash in this event. Through a series of unknown circumstances Kamel is down to just 2,000 and shoving at will.
Just one table away it's going much better for Shaun Deeb. He just jammed the river and escaped without getting called to take him up to 56,000. - RJ
2:25pm: Selected chip counts
Level 3 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Andrew Chen - 95,000
Ole Schemion - 80,000
Ian O'Hara - 78,000
Calvin Anderson - 67,000
Jonathan Little - 58,000
Charlie Carrel - 58,000
Joe McKeehen - 57,000
Talal Shakerchi - 55,000
Andre Akkari - 43,500
Mike McDonald - 37,000
Shaun Deeb - 36,000
Eugene Katchalov - 23,000
2:20pm: Play resumes
Level 3 - Blinds 150 - 300 (25 ante)
Players have returned for the third level of play. There are now 103 registered.-SB
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2.10pm: End of Level 2
Players are now on a 15 minute break. Some 98 players have registered so far.-SB
2:05pm: Latest arrivals
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Thomas Meuhloecker
Tamer Kamel
Steve O'Dwyer
Andrey Zaichenko
Calvin Anderson
Marvin Rettenmeier
Sorel Mizzi
Isaac Baron
Justin Bonomo
2:00pm: Aces vs Kings
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Noah Schwartz is not happy. Ole Schemion was causing the problem.
Noah SchwartzThere was plenty in the middle from earlier action in the hand, but on a board of [9c][6s][9d][8h], and both players playing out of the blinds, Schwartz moved all-in for around 28,000, easily covering what Schemion had left. Schemion called and nodded when Schwartz turned over pocket aces. Schemion had kings.
The river came [kh]
Ole SchemionSchemion leaned over and dropped his kings onto the river card, as if playing snap. Schwartz walked off, muttering something, returning to his stack of 9,000. Schemion though is up to 81,000.-SB
1:55pm: Not this time buddy
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
When it was folded to Sean Winter on the button he made it 600. Mike McDonald was in the small blind and wouldn't stand for this button abuse; he three-bet to 2,200. Now Charlie Carrel's interest was piqued in the big blind. He gave Timex a good old stare and seemed to be thinking about getting creative before a begrudging fold.
Charlie CarrelWinter had had some time to think while Carrel was posturing. So when the action was back on him he moved quickly and four-bet to 5,800. McDonald folded. Maybe Winter did really have the goods, or maybe he just wasn't prepared to lose this hand no matter what. He's now back to his starting stack and 'Timex' is on 30,000. - RJ
1:50pm: Sean Winter has not been thrown out
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
"Can you believe I got 86th?" he said.
"You got 86'd?" someone asked.
"No, I finished in 86th place," replied Winter.
Winter finished in 86th place in the Main Event. He was not "86'd", which refers to being kicked out of a casino or bar.
1:45pm: Did he have quads?
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
The Greenwood twins continue to frustrate the field here in the High Roller with their solid play. This time it was Sam's turn to win a pot and it was against Ole Schemion.
Schemion check-raised to 4,500 on the [5s][4c][5d] flop and Greenwood called. The turn was [5c], making quads for one of these players a very real possibility. Schemion checked now and Greenwood bet 3,000. It was enough to take the hand. Greenwood has 47,000 and Schemion is down to 41,000. - RJ
Ole Schemion - 41,000
Sam Greenwood - 47,000
1:35pm: This could get good
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Charlie Carrel and Sean Winter are having a fun back-and-forth on their table. Carrel had cold four-bet pre-flop and was called by both Winter and Talal Shakerchi. A bet on the turn of a [ad][2d][kc][6c] board took it down for Carrel.
As he raked in the chips, Carrel took the time to compliment Sean Winter on his stare that had been in place during the hand. However, there's a problem. Carrel is from England and has a thick, non-RP accent. Winter is American through and through and had no idea what Carrel was saying. So Winter took the time to point out how skinny and pale Carrel's arms were instead.
"That's why I don't play these much", said Carrell, "I give someone a compliment and they're like f**k your arms!" It's all fun and games - until the blinds increase later on, of course. - RJ
1:30pm: New arrivals
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Shaun Deeb
Sean Winter
Andrew Chen
Nick Petrangelo
Noah Schwartz
Eugene Katchalov
Joao Veira
1:25pm: Andress wins against Shakerchi
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Talal Shakerchi opened for 1,600 under the gun. The action was folded around to John Andress in the big blind who called for a flop of [4s][qd][3d].
Talal ShakerchiHe then checked to Shakerchi who bet another 2,100, and Andress called again. The turn was the [ts]. It looked like the pattern would continue as Andress checked to Shakerchi who bet 4,100. But this time Andress raised to 13,500.
Shakerchi called and watched as the [ah] landed on the river. Andress immediately bet 17,000 and waited for Shakerchi, who looked at his cards again, eventually folding.-SB
Talal Shakerchi - 44,000
John Andress - 59,000
1:20pm: The other Greenwood is good
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
We just reported that Luc Greenwood is off to a good start, but he has a twin in the High Roller crowd today and he is doing just fine too. Sam Greenwood squeezed to 2,500 from the small blind after a raise and call from Jeff Rossiter and Christoph Vogelsang. It was enough to make both men fold and pick up the pot. Greenwood is just over his 50k starting stack now. - RJ
Sam Greenwood - 50,000
1:10pm: Greenwood gets his way
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Andy Philachack is complaining that he just can't win a pot against Luc Greenwood today. The latest loss came when both checked the river of a [8s][5h][9s][9c][5c] board. Greenwood's Ace-King was good enough to beat the [kh][qh] of Philachack, who is down to 39,000.
Greenwood is up to 60,000 after a good start. - RJ
1:05pm: A new level
Level 2 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Play has entered level 2, however the blinds are repeated for a further hour.
1:00pm: Lovely Carrel
Level 1 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
It's never quiet when Charlie Carrel is in town - either visually or aurally. The Brit is looking resplendent in Aladdin-style flowing trousers, a bright orange vest and flowery scarf. In fact, he has brought a collection of loud scarves with him today and dished one out to compatriot Simon Deadman, who is sat on a neighbouring table.
Charlie CarrelCarrel will have a tough time in front of him on the poker tables today, though. He's seated with Talal Shakerchi, Mike McDonald, Peter Jetten and NFL legend Richard Seymour. It's started just fine for Carrell, he has 50,000. - RJ
12:55pm: Latest arrivals
Level 1 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Just arrived to take their seats are:
Andre Akkari
Govert Metaal
Daniel Dvoress
Ole Schemion
Jeff Rossiter
Christoph Vogelsang
Andre Akkari has taken a seat12:45pm: Magic Ike
Level 1 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Isaac Haxton is having a good PCA with two final tables and over $700k in winnings so far. He's started well in this one too, winning a pot versus Tyler Patterson just now.
Patterson check-raised on the [5s][6c][7c] flop and Haxton called. The action slowed down on the [6d][ks] turn and river, both going check-check. Haxton turned over [7d][5d] for a flopped two pair and it was good against Patterson's [jh][9c]. Ike is now on 55,000. - RJ
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12:30pm: Shakerchi wins an early pot
Level 1 - Blinds 100/200 (25 ante)
Talal Shakerchi is up to 53,000 after a hand against Brian Tae-Hyun Yoon. After some pre-flop betting and calling the flop came [6c][3h][th]. Shakerchi check-called Yoon's bet of 1,800 for the [8h] turn card. Both checked for the [4c] on the river. Here Shakerchi bet 6,600. Yoon thought about it but was forced to pass.-SB
Talal Shakerchi - 53,000
12:25pm: Merson is not turbo-charged
Level 1 - Blinds 100/200 (25 ante)
It's the first sighting of Greg Merson in one of the marquee High Roller events this week. Acclaimed poker author (and tablemate) Jonathan Little wondered why Merson didn't play the one-day $50,000 event.
The reason? "I hate turbos." Merson also said he had no idea what to do in them - though we suspect Merson's version of no idea is significantly better than ours... - RJ
12:15pm: World champion of world champions
Level 1 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
High roller poker players are very good at some things - mainly poker - but tend to be very bad at another thing, turning up on time. Today's $25k event officially started at noon but quite a few tables are only now starting to fill up. And it's a certainty that there will be a steady stream of players filing in throughout the day too.
Two players who did show up bang on time are 2012 WSOP world champion Greg Merson and his 2015 counterpart Joe McKeehen. They're seated across from each other and will be out to prove who wears that shiny gold bracelet better than the other. - RJ
12:05pm: Among those who have taken their seats
Level 1 - Blinds 100 - 200 (25 ante)
Jonathan Little
Joe McKeehen
Olivier Busquet
Mike McDonald
Talal Shakerchi
Luke Greenwood
Simon Deadman
Isaac Haxton
Charlie Carrel
Scott Seiver
David Peters
Greg Merson
Will Molson
Richard Seymour
Keith Lehr
11.45am: Re-enter the high rollers
As the Main Event plays on into Day 4 the high rollers return for a three-day $25,000 buy-in single re-entry contest. Play starts at noon today, with three days of play ahead.
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