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18 players have taken their seats so far. With registration open till the start of Day 2, still some players with tournament receipts in their hands, and re-entry for the entire day, that number will sure increase. Once the tournament settles down a bit, we'll supply you with table draws so you know who's sitting where and battling it out with who.
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Three more well-known players have just taken their seats.
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250,000 | |
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250,000 |
Isaac Haxton was involved in a short discussion with Mike McDonald about a recent high stakes online game that Haxton was playing against Viktor Blom when Dan Cates strolled up to the table and sat to Haxton’s left. Almost immediately they got involved in a hand.
Haxton was on the button and opened for 3,000 and Cates in the small blind raised him to 10,000. The big blind folded and Haxton made the call.
The flop was 
.
Cates checked and then called a bet of 9,500 from Haxton. They saw a turn card 
and the action followed the turn, this time with a 25,000 bet from Haxton.
The river card was the 
putting a straight out there and bringing in the heart flush draw. Cates checked and Haxton announced, “All in.”
“All in huh?” mused Cates and mucked his cards. “I’m surprised you’re all in.”
“It worked.” Haxton said and showed the 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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294,500
44,500
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44,500 |
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205,500
-44,500
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-44,500 |
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 2,500 from the hijack before Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel made it 7,500 in the cutoff. Troyanovskiy responded with a four-bet to 20,000 and Duhamel made the call.
The flop was 
and Troyanovskiy continued with a bet of 25,000. Duhamel thought for a moment before making the call to see the 
on the turn. The Russian showed no signs of slowing down and bet 43,000, Duhamel elected to fold in response.
Troyanovskiy, who finished 5th in this event last year, is up to about 295,000.
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295,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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205,000
-45,000
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-45,000 |
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Haralabos Voulgaris opened for 3,000 under the gun and cleared the field all the way around to Fabian Quoss, who if you recall won the $100,000 Super High Roller at the PCA back in January. The German made the call and then check-called a bet of 5,000 on the 
flop.
Both players then checked the 
turn, and Quoss check for a third time when the completed the board on the river. Voulgaris took the opportunity to bet 5,500, and Quoss woke up with a check-raise to 16,000. Voulgaris seemed to know the situation, and just called with the 
for the nuts. Quoss then rolled over the 
for the same hand.
Everybody loves a chop pot.
Quoss then noticed Voulgaris had actually turned the nuts, and acknowledged that he was fortunate to catch a jack on the river.
They are plenty of players in today's field that are familiar to poker fans. For instance, we don't need to tell you what makes Ole Schemion so famous, nor what propelled Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel to poker stardom. However, there are some players in the tournament who you may not be as familiar with. One of them is Senh Ung.
Ung has been traveling the circuit alongside Paul Newey for awhile now, but it wasn't until last November that he had his breakout moment. That is when he topped a field of 43 players to win the 2013 PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$250,000 High Roller at the PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams for HK$4,086,700 (approx. $572,000).
Other career highlights for Ung, who hails from Birmingham, England, included a fourth-place finish in the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Event #1 €2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed for €44,913; runner-up in the EPT9 Grand Final €10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Turbo for €67,600 (he actually finished second to Ole Schemion, who is also in the field and will more than likely earn EPT10 Player of the Year honors); and 11th in the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max Turbo for $18,440.
For more on Ung, check out his winner interview from Macau:
Isaac Haxton and Dan Cates were deep in discussion about various online match ups; who they play, what strategy to employ against various opponents and how many buy-ins they are either up or down against them. That was interrupted however when Talal Shakerchi opened for 3,000 from the small blind and Haxton called from the big blind. The table fell silent as they watched the action unfold.
The two players saw a flop of 
and Shakerchi continued for 4,000. Haxton made the call and they went to the turn card to see the 
. Again Shakerchi bet, now 7,000, and Haxton called.
The river card was the 
and now Shakerchi checked. Haxton considered for a moment before betting 30,000. Shakerchi gave him a bit of a sideways glance but flicked his cards away to concede the pot. No showing from Haxton this time as he gathered the chips and released his cards.
The conversation between Cates and Haxton immediately resumed where it had left off.
Last year Talal Shakerchi and PokerStars Team Online player Isaac Haxton squared off in a big live streamed cash game right here in Monaco. Todat they're seating right next to each other today in the €100,000 Super High Roller. Haxton came out on top in the cash game last year, and just won a big pot here in the tournament.
Shakerchi opened the hijack for 2,500 and got three-bet by Haxton in the cutoff to, what we believe was 7,500. The button and both blinds folded, Shakerchi made the call.
Both players checked the 
on the flop. The turn brought the into play and Shakerchi check-called a 5,500 bet from Haxton. The river was anything but a blank with the 
. Shakerchi thought for a little bit, and then placed 16,500 in the middle. Haxton tossed a 25,000 chip into the middle. Shakerchi mucked his cards, and so did Haxton.
"How do you do it?" asked Daniel Cates who had the button that hand. "How do you win a pot and don't even have to show your cards". "You probably even called with queen-high" Cates laughed. "I probably did not call with queen-high" laughed Haxton. "I would have shown if Ithought he called with queen-high" added Shakerchi. "But what if he knows that you know that he's not bluffing" Cates replied. The table laughed while Haxton was stacking his chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElKy” Grospellier has sat down in seat seven on the same table as Haxton and Cates, and shortly after he was joined by Alec Torelli who took the 6 seat. Toreli told his neighbour that he had been spending a lot of time in Macau recently , seeing some sights as well as playing a lot of poker.
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250,000 | |
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Max Altergott, who won this event last year, has just picked up a couple of decent pots against Philip Gruissem. First he check-called a 10,000 bet on the turn of a 
board before both players checked the 
river. Altergott's 
was still good.
In the next hand, the two were in the blinds, Altergott limped in and Gruissem checked his option. Again it was another heart-heavy board coming . Altergott fired 1,300 and Gruissem made the call to see the 
on the turn. Both of the Germans checked this card to see the 
on the river. Altergott now fired 2,800 and Gruissem made the call but the latter mucked when he saw Altergott's 
.
Despite these two setbacks, Gruissem still has around his starting stack.
