LIVE EVENTS

Players have just taken a short break and the clock has been paused. Andrew Pantling, the Day 1 chip leader, is back in the lead, with a three times advantage over Gruissem.

• Andrew Pantling 6,105,000
• Philipp Gruissem 1,895,000

Here is the trophy that will be going to the Event Champion, as well as to the Champions in the other side events. Tomorrow we will post a photo of the trophy for the MILLIONS North America main event.

 

Play didn’t last long for Rainer Kempe. Literally 15 minutes after he jumped into the tournament, he busted out.  It happened so fast that we are not able to get any details of how the bustout hand happened.

Manig Loeser then got into a hand heads up with Philipp Gruissem that ended up sending him to the rail as well. Manig was holding and Philipp had . The flop came , giving Manig top and Gruissem a flush draw. 

The turn brought the and Gruissem jumped into the lead with top pair. The on the river did not change anything for Manig and all of the sudden play has gone heads-up. Philipp has been running very good on both Day 1 and Day 2, and there is no question, a run good always helps.

Both players discussed making a deal and have decided to each take $50,000, and play on to a winner for the remaining $94,000 in the prize pool.

Chip counts:

Philipp Gruissem: 4,040,000

Andrew Pantling: 3,960,000

 

Rainer Kempe, one of the most successful of all of the German pros, has just jumped into the event, and Manig Loeser has decided to re-enter, so, the tournament is now four handed and the cards are back in the air. The tournament staff and the players have discussed the dynamic, and have decided to now close the late registration period and have the tournament now play out to a winner. The format will be “winner takes all“, although when heads-up the players can decided  if they want to discuss some type of deal. The total amount in the prize pool is $194,000!

Andrew Pantling (from Toronto, Ont) commented “wow, I’m the lone Canadian in this German Super High Roller table”. Representing Canada, eh!

 

Here is The Hendon Mob profile info on Rainer Kempe:

• Total live cashes: $20,249,484
• Best live cash: $5,000,000 USD (1st place 2016 $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl, Las Vegas)
• All time money list: 22nd
• German all time money list: 2nd

Loeser limped the button and was raised by Gruissem in the small blind, Pantling got out of the way in the big, and when action returned to Loeser he 3-bet jammed, and Gruissem made the call.

Loeser had AQ and Gruissem called with AJ…and as bad luck would have it for Loeser, a Jack came out, sending Loeser to the rail.

Since there are only two players remaining, the floor has paused the clock for 1 hour, after which play will resume.

Today is day 2 of Event #3, the $25,000 + $300 Super High Roller. The players start with 1,000,000 chips, blind levels are 45 minutes in length until the tournament goes heads-up, at which point they change to 30 minutes, and play continues until a champion is crowned.

There were only a total of six entries today in Day 1, including one re-entry (Andrew Pantling). After losing Marc Macdonnell early on in the evening, and then Niall Farrell later on, all three remaining players bagged for Day 2. Andrew Pantling re-entered early in the evening and it proved to be a good investment, at least so far, as he bagged the largest stack of the three players.

As many of the pros who play high rollers and super high rollers have only arrived in Montreal late yesterday afternoon or evening, we expect to see another 20-30 entries (and some re-entries) take place today in Day 2.

Here are the chip counts of the three players bagging in Day 1:

• Andrew Pantling 3,690,000
• Philipp Gruissem 1,495,000
• Manig Loeser 815,000

 

 

These are the profiles on The Hendon Mob of the three players currently fighting it out:

Andrew Pantling:

• From Ontario, Canada (lives in Malta)
• Total live earnings: $3,948,436 USD
• Best live cash: $1,653,603 USD (6th place 2016 1M euro Big One For One Drop, Monte Carlo)
• All time money list: 321st

 

Philipp Gruissem:

• Born in Germany and currently living in Brighton, UK
• Total live earnings: $11,292,346
• Best live cash: $1,379,840 (1st place 2013 £100,000 NL WPT Alpha8, London,UK)
• Many other $1,000,000+ cashes
• All time money list: 65th
• German money list: 8th

 

Manig Loeser:

• Total live cashes: $10,215,932 USD
• Best live cash: $2,162,644 USD (2017 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series HK$960,000+40,000 NL Main Event)
• All time money list: 80th

 

 

Niall Farrell was nursing the smallest stack on the table after losing a big hand against Pantling earlier on. We didn’t see the action but were told that he finally picked up a premium hand, and when Gruissem opened the action. Farrell 3-bet, only to be met by a 4-bet shove by Gruissem. Farrell snap called the shove of close to 680,000, and he opened up his hand to show pocket Queens. Gruissem had a pair of eights. It seemed like a dream spot for Farrell.

As fate would have it, the board ran out in the worst way possible for Farrell as Gruissem made a straight. Farrell decided to call it a night, although he still has the option of re-entering right up until the end of the late registration period on Day 2, which is at 4:15pm.

 

 

Earlier on, Farrell lost a big pot against Pantling on a dirty river. Farrell was holding JT and flopped Broadway on flop. He check-called the flop bet by Pantling. He then again check-called the bet when the turned, and once again, checked when the fell on the river. Pantling thought it about for some time, and then put in a bet of 480,000, which Farrell snap called. Unfortunately for Farrwell, Pantling had AQ, flopping two pair and boating up on the river.

Pantling is now way ahead of the others, however, with the blinds only at 7,000/14,000, there is still a ton of play ahead and there is a long way to go.

Speaking with the partypoker LIVE manager onsite, he had mentioned that in the Super High Roller that played in Rio, they only had a field of nine players on Day 1, however, it mushroomed to 42 players on Day 2. His expectations are that since many of the pros are only landing in Montreal this evening, quite a few should join the field for the Day 2 action. This tournament is long from over and day 2 should bring a lot of exciting action.

Here is the current leaderboard:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Andrew	Pantling	2,789,000
Manig	Loeser	1,281,000
Philipp	Gruissem	1,160,000
Niall	Farrell	770,000

 

Current chip leader Andrew Pantling

 

Well know German pro Philipp Gruissem has just sat down in seat 3, so the table is now four handed. Gruissem has 61 cashes on the Hendon Mob going back as far as 2011.  He is known to be a beast on the felt, and will certainly bring some exciting action to this single table Super High Roller.

• Born in Germany and currently living in Brighton, UK
• Total live earnings: $11,292,346
• Best live cash: $1,379,840 (1st place 2013 £100,000 NL WPT Alpha8, London,UK)
• Many other $1,000,000+ cashes
• All time money list: 65th
• German money list: 8th

 

Niall Farrell has the lead at the first break, with 2,414,000 chips. Here are the chip counts of the three players:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Niall	Farrell	2,414,000
Manig	Loeser	1,293,000
Andrew	Pantling	1,273,000

The Super High Roller has lost Marc Macdonnell, and has also had it’s first re-entry as Andrew Pantling ran into some bad luck and decided to jump back in.

German pro Manig Loeser has also now joined the field. Loeser is a solid player with a very impressive resume.

• Total live cashes: $10,215,932 USD
• Best live cash: $2,162,644 USD (2017 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series HK$960,000+40,000 NL Main Event)
• All time money list: 80th