Event #28 $350,000 Guarantee - High Roller | 2017 888poker Super XL Series

2017-01-24 19:57 UTC

First Break of the Night

Nível 3 : 75/150, 15 ante

145 players just went on their first six-minute break of the night. Among the players in top 5 after one hour of play is the number one rated online tournament player in the world, Niklas "tutten7" Åstedt and Shyam "sdot111" Srinivasan.

Chipleader at the moment is Uruguay's Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez with 38,577 chips. Gonzalez has already secured one victory in this Super XL Series, when he won Event #8 $80,000 Super XL - Crazy 8 tournament for $20,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
DrMiKee	38,577 38,577	38,577

tutten7	38,232 18,232	18,232

sdot111	33,776 -5,370	-5,370

Nível: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

2017-01-24 20:22 UTC

Christopher "NigDawg" Brammer Busts in 166th

Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Christopher Brammer have recorded tournament winnings of millions of dollars both live and online, but he will not add anything in this event #28. Brammer was just knocked out of the tournament and with no option of reentry, he will not be adding a Super XL High Roller title to his list of accolades.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
NigDawg	Eliminado

Nível: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 40

2017-01-24 20:45 UTC

"Isildur1337x" Finds an Early Double

Nível 5 : 150/300, 40 ante

Swedish player Simon "Isildur1337x" Matsson just found a crucial double up through countryman "SalsaFiesta". Matsson had seen his starting stack of 20,000 dwindle to 14,000 in the early stages of the tournament, but the number three player of the PocketFives ranking is now back in business with almost 30,000 chips after the double up.

163 players still have a shot of winning this High Roller, while 12 players have checked out so far.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Isildur1337x	29,692 29,692	29,692

Nível: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

2017-01-24 20:55 UTC

The Rich Gets Richer

Nível 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

German player "b.szaszko" opened up the action preflop for 900 from the cutoff, before Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez made it 2,114 to go out of the small blind. "b.szaszko" quickly called, and the players checked through a flop of .

The turn came and prompted a bet of 2,000 chips from Gonzalez, which was yet again called by the German.

The river caused two checks, and Gonzalez' was good enough to rake in the pot, which further solidified his chiplead.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
DrMiKee	68,327 29,750	29,750

2017-01-24 20:57 UTC

Second Break of the Day

Nível 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The 160 remaining players have just been awarded six minutes of free time off the virtual felt.

2017-01-24 21:01 UTC

Notable Chip Counts in the Break

Nível 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
DrMiKee	60,377 -7,950	-7,950

sdot111	45,882 12,106	12,106

tutten7	31,240 -6,992	-6,992

Romeopro33	27,735 7,735	7,735

Isildur1337x	21,249 -8,443	-8,443

veeea	19,818 -182	-182

r4ndomr4gs	19,697 -303	-303

PKaiser	8,926 -3,378	-3,378

alexdimitrov	Eliminado

2017-01-24 21:10 UTC

Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov Doubles Up from Coinflip

Nível 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Canada's "marioallin" raised to 912 from middle position, just to find Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov reraise to 2,545 from the cutoff. The Canadian thought for a few seconds before committing his entire stack of 15,850 chips, and Vezhenkov called it off quickly.

"marioallin":
Vezhenkov:

Already on the flop disaster struck for "marioallin", as it came down . The turn and the river brought no treys whatsoever, and Ukranian could rake in the massive pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
veeea	36,568 16,750	16,750