At almost the same time and on two different tables, Ye Zhang and Alexander Lynskey have been eliminated. Lynskey moved all in from the button for 95,000 with the and Thiago Crema called in the big blind with .
[Removed:17] raised to 25,000 from early position and Bryn Kenney three-bet to 71,000 out of the small blind. Yan called and the flop came . Kenney continued for 37,000 and Yan called before doing so again for 63,000 on the turn.
Yan called and then the river went check, check. Yan flashed and Kenney mucked pocket eights.
One year ago, the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller saw a total of 118 entries and 34 reentries to create a prize pool of € 3,724,000. All of those numbers except the reentries were eclipsed this time around, though, as there were 131 unique players and 34 reentries for a total field of 165 entries.
The prize pool of €4,042,500 will be split among the top 23 spots with a minimum cash worth at €46,900, while the winner takes home €939,900. The full payouts can be found in the respective tab above.
Rainer Kempe shoved from the cutoff for around 11 big blinds and Christoph Vogelsang reraised all in from the button for more than double of that. In the small blind, Daniel Dvoress looked up both with the superior stack and the cards were turned over.
Kempe:
Vogelsang:
Dvoress:
The board ran out and the pair of eights held for Vogelsang, who knocked out Kempe and doubled through Dvoress for 286,000.
The eliminations continue to come at an impressive speed and Adnan Chamaa, Jyri Merivirta, Anton Astapau as well as Chance Kornuth were among the latest casualties. While the payouts are not finalized yet, the players have already been informed that the top 23 spots will get paid.
Sam Greenwood and Christian Christner, who both played the €50,000 Super High Roller, have been eliminated.
Greenwood got it in with against the of Alexander Lynskey. The board ran out and Greenwood made his exit.
Over on another table Christian Christner pushed all in from the cutoff. Small blind Pasi Sormunen made the call with and beat out Christner's . The board came and Christner was heading for the exit.
The cards of Anton Astapau were already in the muck and the board showed . Parker Talbot's stack, who had the showing, was counted and the Canadian doubled up for 128,000.
According to Talbot, he had opened to 22,000 from early position and Astapau three-bet with , then jammed the flop when Talbot checked to him. The straight draw didn't complete and Talbot held up.