Just on the break Seng Ung opened preflop to 3,000, Ike Haxton called in the small blind and Ole Schemion made the call from the big blind.
The flop was and it was checked to Ung who bet 7,000, Haxton made the call but Schemion check-raised to 22,800. Ung now called this bet and Haxton chose to fold.
The came on the turn and Schemion bet 31,600 and Ung called a second time to see the on the river of what looked to be a fairly dry board. Schemion moved all in for about 120,000 and Ung tanked for several minutes into the break before eventually electing to fold.
We caught up with Dan Smith on the first break of the EPT10 Grand Final $100K Super High Roller. He had flown in just a half hour before the start of play.
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On a board we saw Fabian Quoss check from the hijack position. His opponent was once again Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel. Duhamel, sittin on the button, tossed in 12,500. Quoss made the call.
As easy as it looked on the turn, so much trouble had Quoss seemingly on the - turn. After his check, Duhamel bet out 25,000. Quoss had a though decision it seemed, and wasn't happy with both calling and folding.
Eventually he tossed in the pink 25,000 chip to make the call. Duhamel showed his and had to leave the pot to Quoss who tabled .
Duhamel is one probably the shortest stack in the room, but he's not out yet (and it's a re-entry), so everything is possible.
Jennifer Robles welcomes you to the start of the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final. There's a large variety of tournaments to be played so tune in to find out what suits you best!
On a flop, Vladimir Troyanovskiy checked and Sam Trickett bet 8,200. Troyanovskiy check-raised to 21,000 and Trickett made the call to see the on the turn.
The Russian bet 27,000 this time and Trickett again made the call.
The river was the and Troyanovskiy checked, Trickett thought for a moment and then announced, "all-in." Troyanovskiy quickly made the call.
Trickett:
Troyanovskiy:
On seeing his opponent's cards Trickett, slightly cross with himself, said, "That's what I thought you had. Then I went all in."
The Englishman is the first casualty of the Super High Roller event.
Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel was the short stack at the table and some of the other players were eyeing him like wounded prey.
Duhamel opened for 4,000 from early position and first Selbst asked how much he had left before folding before he was called by one of the Macau players in the big blind.
They saw a flop of and when it was checked to him Duhamel bet 5,800 before calling a raise to 14,400. The turn card was the and Duhamel’s opponent wanted to know how much he had behind and got a count of 40k before betting 20,000.
Duhamel went all in and got called tabling against his opponent’s up and down straight draw . Duhamel was at risk of an early exit but the river bricked a and he got a double up.
"You're bored huh?" said John Juanda to Elton Tsang who was seated one table behind him. "No, no, no" replied Tsang who did have his hand underneath his chin.
"You can't smoke here, what are you doing here anyway?" asked Juanda. While some people laughed, Tsang remarked that he had quit smoking. "You really?" said Juanda, "Yeah" replied Tsang.
"You want to make a bet?" continued Juanda his question streak. "The bigger the better" snap replied Tsang. "The bigger the better" repeated Tsang after Juanda double checked. "One year of not smoking?" Juanda proposed. "The bigger, the more motivation I have" said Tsang who apparently is on his first day of giving up on smoking.
"Ohh, you're drawing dead" said Juanda. "One bad beat and you're smoking again"
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and it was checked to Ung who bet 7,000, Haxton made the call but Schemion check-raised to 22,800. Ung now called this bet and Haxton chose to fold.
came on the turn and Schemion bet 31,600 and Ung called a second time to see the 
on the river of what looked to be a fairly dry board. Schemion moved all in for about 120,000 and Ung tanked for several minutes into the break before eventually electing to fold.
board we saw Fabian Quoss check from the hijack position. His opponent was once again Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel. Duhamel, sittin on the button, tossed in 12,500. Quoss made the call.
- turn. After his check, Duhamel bet out 25,000. Quoss had a though decision it seemed, and wasn't happy with both calling and folding.
and had to leave the pot to Quoss who tabled 
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and Troyanovskiy checked, Trickett thought for a moment and then announced, "all-in." Troyanovskiy quickly made the call.
and Duhamel’s opponent wanted to know how much he had behind and got a count of 40k before betting 20,000.
. Duhamel was at risk of an early exit but the river bricked a