LIVE EVENTS

Event #6 is now playing hand for hand. The action is tough on both tables, each with its own ruthless captain. Anatoly Filatov has taken the habit of simply grabbing a full $10M stack and pushing it forward anytime he gets involved – he had over 20M total – knowing that it would cover anyone else and that the gesture is always +EV on the eve of reaching the prizes. Charles LB managed to snap him on one of those times, having completed his small blind with a pair of jacks and snapped the all-in, but Filatov didn’t take long to make that back from the community.

Pierre-Paul Paulin is crushing the neighbouring table with now over 40M chips!! He leans on anyone who dares invest some chips and even finds some crushing spots:

Sergio Aido Espina:
Pierre-Paul Paulin:

Board:

This pot was played pre-flop. Paulin was in the big blind, and his 3bet passed for another shameless aggression. Espina finished in 13th place. The High Roller is now on the bubble.

John Hewgill, who started the day with just over 2 million chips, was quickly taken out by Sergio Aido Espina. Hewgill decided to move in on a flop that would have missed most combination of high cards, but his opponent was made:

Hewgill:
Espina:

Board:

Hewgill goes out in 16th. Manig Loeser, sitting at the same table, also left after losing a hand that we missed. Bartolomiej Machon was moved to that table to balance them out.

After 2 days of intense poker, the High Roller event is down to 16 players. Eleven of them will get paid today, and the champion will win $300,000, on top of the magnificent MILLIONS trophy and the High Roller title.

Play resumes at blinds 60K/120K/120K, and 60-minute levels will be played until one player has all the chips. Pierre-Paul Paulin had an amazing run so far, putting tremendous pressure on his opponents with the help of his giant stack. We will see if he can keep up the pace!

Two tables of 8 players and some high class poker. Play starts at 1:00PM sharp. Stay tuned!

With 17 players left, Lauren Roberts went all-in with just under three million chips. She received a quick call from Bartolomiej Machon.  With no more possible action, both players tabled their hands.

Lauren:

Bartolomiej:

Board: .  Machon wins with a boat and sends Roberts home in 17th position.

The tournament is down to 16 players, and the clock has been paused in order to allow the tournament director to perform a full redraw.

The top 11 players will be paid and the tournament will stop at the end of this level.

The 18 players are coming back from the last break of the evening. Just before the break, we caught a hand on table #60 involving Peter Daniel Weinand, Hannes Speiser, and Anatolly Fillatov.

The blinds were 35K / 70K and Speiser, holding , went all-in from the cut-off. On the button, Filatov smooth called with big slick . Big blind Weinand shoved on top for approximately 3.7 million chips, holding cowboys .  After asking for a count, Filatov quickly made the call.

Filatov:

Speiser:

Weinand:

The flop came out: , Weinand was happy with the over pair for now.  The on the turn burst  his bubble and he was desperately hopping for the last king of the deck.  Filatov was already shrugging his shoulders, reminding everyone that he never wins with AK over KK.  The river changed everything: , allowing top straight to Fillatov and sending Weinand and Speiser to the rail.

We went around the three remaining tables to see who was in the lead.  Not surprising, Paulin is still the chip leader with 18,320,000 chips.  His closest rival is Brian Yoon with 13,255,000.  Rounding out the 8-figure club are Anatolly Filatov and Manig Loeser, with 12,705,00 chips and 10,255,000 chips respectively.

The clock was paused so the tournament personnel could close a table and introduce the shot clocks/time cards.  The players are grinding and being careful with their chip management.  The larger stacks are preying on the smaller ones, as usual, but the blinds are still not too high and allow for some maneuverability.

The last break of the evening is coming up between levels 16 and 17 and we’ll make sure to get an updated chip count.

There are currently 27 players left in Event #6 – $10,000 + $300 High Roller Day 2.

Some serious poker is being played and everyone has their eye on the prize pool.

Here are some photos of the players taken just before the last break.

It was a heartbreaking end for Jeremy Ausmus. The hand played out between Ausmus and Brian Yoon.  The all-in from Ausmus was approximately 3.3 million chips, and Yoon had north of five million chips to his name.  Both players turned over their cards.

Yoon:

Ausmus:

The board: .  The turn card was exactly what Yoon needed to send Ausmus to the rail, in 32nd place.

Soon after that hand, the players took a long break for dinner.  This allowed us to get chip counts from every player. Pierre-Paul Paulin is still going strong and remains the chip leader with 9,735,000 chips.  Brian Yoon, Manig Loeser and Monathan David Concepcion Tacoronte occupy the next three slots on the leader board, and are the only other players above 5,000,000 chips.

The action just got under way and the players are settling in for the last four levels of the evening.

There are  now 38 players left as the tournament enters level 14.

The payouts have been released, the top 11 players will be paid.

The players are taking their seats after a short break.  The end of the break also brought on the end of the late registration and re-entry period. In total 102 entries were logged and we will announce the prize pool as soon as it is made available.

After 12 levels, Pierre-Paul Paulin is still going strong and has taken a huge lead ahead of the rest of the pack.  Sitting on 8,260,000 chips, Paulin is enjoying a 3.2 million chip lead on his closest rival  David Lopez, who currently has 5,000,000 chips.

Lauren Roberts is still in the top four with 4,540,000 chips and Alan Schein come ins third with a stack of 4,840,000.