Sam Trickett has just busted Daniel "Jungleman" Cates. We didn't see the hand but know it was an all-in pre flop confrontation. Cates had and 120,000 and Trickett had . The pocket tens held up and Cates is running around trying to find an opponent to play Chinese Poker. Trickett meanwhile has 410,000.
Martin Kabrhel has just sat down and within one hand he has lost half of his stack.
Scott Seiver raised to 6,500 in early position and Kabrhel three-bet to 15,600 from the hijack seat; Seiver made the call and the pair shared a flop of . Seiver quietly tapped the felt, Kabrhel bet 13,600 and Seiver called. The turn was the and once again Seiver check-called; this time for 26,100. Moving onto the river and this pot was getting serious. Seiver checked instantly and Kabrhel bet 39,600.
"I am all-in," said Seiver before moving his chips across the line.
"How much is that?" Asked Kabrhel.
"127,600," said the dealer.
Kabrhel gave it the moments pause it deserved before mucking his hand.
A three-way Team PokerStars pot started when Jason Mercier raised to 4,800 in first position, Eugene Katchalov called on the button as did Daniel Negreanu in the big blind. The flop was and the play checked through to Katchalov who bet 7,500 with only Negreanu calling. The turn was checked through and the final card was the Negreanu checked to Katchalov and a 20,000 bet won the pot.
Tom Marchese raised to 6,500 from under the gun and Philipp Gruissem called on the button. Tony G also called from the big blind and the three players saw the flop come down . Tony G checked and Marchese bet 9,000. Only Gruissem called.
The turn was the and the two remaining players checked. They also checked the on the river. Marchese tabled the , but lost to Gruissem's .
Leon Tsoukernik limped in from under the gun and Anton Allemann raised to 10,000 from the next seat. Philipp Gruissem called from the hijack seat and action folded back to Tsoukernik. He called and the flop came down . Tsoukernik and Allemann checked before Gruissem bet 22,000. Tsoukernik check-raised the minimum to 44,000 and Allemann folded. Gruissem called.
Fourth street was the and Tsoukernik bet 53,000. Gruissem folded and Tsoukernik won the pot.
With 17,100 in the middle on the flop, Dan Shak checked to Tobias Reinkemeier. Reinkemeier fired 10,000 and Shak check-raised to 25,000. After a minute, Reinkemeier folded and Shak won the pot to chip up towards 450,000.
Although many would consider Shak an amateur poker player, he has plenty of big buy-in accolades to his credit. Shak has numerous cashes in events with five-figure buy-ins, but we're not going to focus on that here. We're going to look at the ones with another zero tacked onto them.
In 2009, Shak took fourth in the Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge for A$200,000. A year later he won the event after defeating Phil Ivey heads up for the A$1,200,000 first-place prize. Earlier this year, Shak took second behind Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller for $846,700.
and 120,000 and Trickett had 
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. Seiver quietly tapped the felt, Kabrhel bet 13,600 and Seiver called. The turn was the 
and once again Seiver check-called; this time for 26,100. Moving onto the river 
and this pot was getting serious. Seiver checked instantly and Kabrhel bet 39,600.
and the play checked through to Katchalov who bet 7,500 with only Negreanu calling. The turn 
was checked through and the final card was the 
Negreanu checked to Katchalov and a 20,000 bet won the pot.
. Tony G checked and Marchese bet 9,000. Only Gruissem called.
, but lost to Gruissem's 
.
. Tsoukernik and Allemann checked before Gruissem bet 22,000. Tsoukernik check-raised the minimum to 44,000 and Allemann folded. Gruissem called.
and Tsoukernik bet 53,000. Gruissem folded and Tsoukernik won the pot.
flop, Dan Shak checked to Tobias Reinkemeier. Reinkemeier fired 10,000 and Shak check-raised to 25,000. After a minute, Reinkemeier folded and Shak won the pot to chip up towards 450,000.