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At the moment 115 players have entered the tournament. With the registration open till the start of Day 2 and people able to do a single reentry, that number is very likely to increase.
Daniel Negreanu has arrived and was involved in the action straight away. Four players, including Vicky Coren Mitchell, had checked it down to the river of a board reading and Negreanu bet 1,600.
“Sixteen hundred says I got it. Right? I didn’t bet the flop, didn’t bet the turn, I have to have something right?” he explained and everyone folded to his reasoning.
It's a shocker, but Ole Schemion can actually lose pots. We witnessed it just now, two times in a row even.
In the first hand we saw him raise Paul Newey's 5,500 bet to 13,800 on . Newey thought about it for some time, and then called. Schemion confidently turned over , but that wasn't the winner as Newey had for the higher flush.
The next hand he opened for 600 under the gun plus one and two players called, one of them right next to Schemion and the player in the big blind. The big blind and Schemion checked on but the third player bet out 1,200. The big blind checked, Schemion called.
Schemion check-called another 2,800 on the -turn, and 3,600 on the -river. Schemion couldn't beat and mucked.
Four days ago Daniel Colman won €1,539,900 for winning the Super High Roller. He is currently playing in today’s High Roller and between hands one of the tournament staff approached him to remind him that he hadn’t yet picked up his winnings for the event. “You remember?”
Colman hadn’t forgotten but he assured him he’d get round to it at some point. Right now he’s focused on winning another event.
Talal Shakerchi in the small blind and Philipp Gruissem in the big blind took a flop of in what was three-bet pre flop. Shakerchi check-called a 2,500 bet from Gruissem and both players checked the on the turn. The on the river made Shakerchi check again. Gruissem bet 6,000 and Shakerchi made the call. Gruissem tabled and Shakerchi mucked.