Richard Yong opened the action with a raise to 18,000, which Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst saw fit to three-bet to 40,000 from the button. The blinds both folded, and Yong made a quick called to see a flop of . Yong checked, Selbst bet 30,000, and Yong check-raised the minimum to 60,000.
Selbst thought for a bit before making the call, and then she watched Yong spike in his remaining 133,000 when the appeared on the turn. The Team Pro thought long and hard before making the call, which cost her about half her remaining chips, and then she discovered the bad news.
Yong:
Selbst:
Yong got lucky to flop a set, and it held when the harmless appeared on the river.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu opened for 19,000 from early position and got called from the cutoff by Dan Smith. Dan Cates on the button had other ideas and bumped up the price of poker to 75,000.
The blinds folded and Negreanu said, “I hate folding.” and tossed in the call. Smith looked like he was contemplating something but one last look at his cards saw them heading towards the dealer. “I thought you were gonna re-raise bro.” said Negreanu and two remaining players saw a flop of:
“Check to that guy.” Negreanu said, and that guy Cates bet 65,000.
Negreanu folded saying it was a terrible flop for his hand, claiming to have had . Cates said he didn’t believe him which got a chuckle out of Negreanu.
Day 2 of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final super high roller is underway and there are record-breaking numbers for this event. France Poker Series also underway and the first prize for the 1100 Euro buy-in Main Event is 150,000 Euros. Canada's Yann Dion leads the pack to start Day 2.
Ole Schemion raised to 18,000 from UTG and was called by Phil Ivey in the cutoff and Ping San Chan in the big blind.
The flop was checked to Ivey who bet 28,000, Chan called and Schemion folded. The turn saw Chan lead out for 50,000 and Ivey made the call.
The river was the , Chan asked how much Ivey was playing and seemingly satisfied, bet 55,000. Ivey flicked in the call but looked fairly unhappy when Chan showed for trip eights.
The prize pool has just been announced for the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final€100,000 Super High Roller by Tournament Director Thomas Lamatsch. Eight players are getting paid, and there's just one player in the field for who a min cash won't be enough to cover the costs. Daniel Colman reentered twice and is thus in it for €300,000.
Dan Smith had been opening a lot of pots recently with mixed results, but he remains active. In this hand Smith was in the small blind and made the call when Olivier Busquet opened for 16,000 from the cutoff and Talal Shakerchi came along from the button.
Three players went to a flop of and Smith led out for 33,000. Busquet folded but Shakerchi is known for his occasional stubbornness and called in position.
The turn card saw Smith continue for 51,000 and now Shakerchi did make the fold.
The dynamic on the table may change now however as tables are breaking and talkative Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has just sat down to join them.
It’s the start of day two of the Super High Roller. It’s also lunch time. In the minutes before play started Richard Yong gulped down a burger, leaving behind him a trail of mayonnaise. Next to him Johannes Strassmann, with good posture, did his best with a Caesar salad. There are waitresses all over the playing area, bringing complimentary food to players who have staked six figures for a seat. Given that all the staff was busy here one man from the FPS event hopped the rail to place an order, but was sent away - a cutting reminder of his place this afternoon. The PokerStars Blog reports:
If there's one thing you can say about Russian players, it's that they are never scared.
On a flop, Daniel Colman bet 26,000 before Vladimir Troyanovskiy check-raised to 61,000. Colman opted for a three-bet to 107,000 but the Russian responded by making it 162,000.
Colman moved all in and Troyanovskiy called off his last 200,000 or so.
Colman:
Troyanovskiy:
The didn't offer the Russian even the chance of a sweat and he was eliminated on the river. Colman, who is the only player to have rebought into this event twice, now has almost a million in chips.
Blind-versus-blind hands tend to get out of hand, especially when the two players in them wake up with big cards. That's exactly what just happened over at the feature table.
It began when action folded to Ole Schemion in the small blind and he limped. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier decided to exercise his option to raise and made it 26,000 to go. Schemion opted to push back with a three-bet to 78,000, and that inspired Mercier to four-bet to 168,000.
Schemion, who won the EPT10 Sanremo €10,000 High Roller for €265,000 less than a week ago and qualified for this event through a €10,000 satellite, paused for a few moments before announcing that he was all in, and Mercier quickly called off for 561,000. Schemion had his opponent covered by just 21,000 in chips, but he had by far the best hand.
Mercier:
Schemion:
It was another cooler, and Mercier found himself in dire straits. The flop left Mercier in need of running cards, but the turn took away any chance of that happening. The was put out on the river for good measure, and then Mercier grabbed his backpack and headed for the exit.
David Peters was one of three players to enter on at the start of Day 2, and his €100,000 bought him about an hour of play. That's because he was just eliminated at the hands of Justin Bonomo.
It happened when Peters moved all in over the top of a 12,000 open for 118,000 total. Justin Bonomo ended up moving all in over the top from the small blind, which drove out the original raiser.
Bonomo:
Peters:
It was a classic flip, but Bonomo jumped out to a lead when the flop failed to helps Peters. The turn meant he needed either an ace or queen to extended his tournament life, but it was not meant to be as the blanked.
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. Yong checked, Selbst bet 30,000, and Yong check-raised the minimum to 60,000.
appeared on the turn. The Team Pro thought long and hard before making the call, which cost her about half her remaining chips, and then she discovered the bad news.
appeared on the river.
flop was checked to Ivey who bet 28,000, Chan called and Schemion folded. The 
turn saw Chan lead out for 50,000 and Ivey made the call.
, Chan asked how much Ivey was playing and seemingly satisfied, bet 55,000. Ivey flicked in the call but looked fairly unhappy when Chan showed 
for trip eights.
and Smith led out for 33,000. Busquet folded but Shakerchi is known for his occasional stubbornness and called in position.
flop, Daniel Colman bet 26,000 before Vladimir Troyanovskiy check-raised to 61,000. Colman opted for a three-bet to 107,000 but the Russian responded by making it 162,000.
didn't offer the Russian even the chance of a sweat and he was eliminated on the 
river. Colman, who is the only player to have rebought into this event twice, now has almost a million in chips.
turn meant he needed either an ace or queen to extended his tournament life, but it was not meant to be as the 
blanked.
