The action was folded around to Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi in the small blind, who wasted no time putting his Romanian opponent all in for 8,945 effective. "Ph4N888" woke up with and called, but the Ukranian player hit a lucky on the river, to make his the best hand.
A number of well-known poker pros are making themselves known in this $2,100 High Roller. Most notable is the 2013 European Live Poker Player of the Year, Ole Schemion, who right now is in the 6th place of the tournament under the moniker "olekonjole".
The two British players Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson and Richard "WhosToClaim" Trigg is also at the very top - both close to 100,000 chips. Lastly, Joao "ineedmassari" Pires Simao is also doing well for himself, sitting at more than double the average stack.
The remaining 77 players are now on break. The current chipleader is still Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez with 175,101, with Mexico's "bachacooo" in second with 150,442 chips.
Preflop Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson raised it up under the gun to 3,200. Ukranian player "Ender112" shoved all in for 35,422 from the cutoff, and Margereson called it off with . They were flipping against the of Ender112, but the board ran out , and the pot was shipped to the Ukranian.
Margereson did not slow down, however, and won the following two pots off "myhometown" to get to 53,469 chips.
Ole "olekonjole" Schemion opened the pot to 3,200 from the hijack, before countryman "der_bomber66" in the big blind reraised to 9,200. Schemion called.
The flop came down , and while "der_bomber66" checked his option, Schemion bet out 8,000 and was called.
Turn prompted another check to Schemion, who this time shoved all-in for 26,637. "der_bomber66" wasted no time calling with , and needed to dodge any club and any jack to beat the of Schemion.
The river was the , and Schemion left the tournament in 73rd place. Seconds later Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi followed suit. 68 players remain, and late registration is closing in just five minutes.
Late registration has just closed with the total number of entrants in this $2,100 Super XL High Roller ending up at 203. That has resulted in a prize pool of $406,000, and payouts to the top-27 contenders.
The first player busting in the money will receive $4,060, while the eventual winner will get $87,290 for his or her effort.
Action folded around to Jonathan "chut_up" Van Fleet in the small blind who made it 5,200 to go. "88TIGER889" in the big blind wanted it otherwise and reraised to 14,500, and with action back on the American he put his opponent to the test with a four-bet shove of 75,068.
"88TIGER889" gave it a good and hard think before letting the hand go, and Van Fleet raked in the pot.