Charlie Carrel and Viacheslav Buldygin bonded over the last few High Roller events and always joked at the tables, even yesterday when they reached the final table of the €50,000 Super High Roller.
Now, Carrel opened to 25,000 from the cutoff and Buldygin shoved for 180,000 in the small blind. Carrel asked for a count and said in table chat "I am probably flipping," then called. "What are you doing?" Buldygin joked while they both tabled their cards.
Viacheslav Buldygin:
Charlie Carrel:
The board ran out and Carrel won the flip. With that elimination, the field was reduced to the last 24 and they will now redraw to the last three tables.
Nick Petrangelo shoved four hands in a row, forcing folds three times. In attempt number four, initial raiser Pablo Fernandez snap-called and the cards were turned over.
From the cutoff, Adrian Mateos raised to 22,000. Big blind Alexandros Kolonias called and the Greek check-called another 20,000 on the -flop and 45,000 on the -turn.
The river came the and Kolonias checked. Mateos checked behind and showed the winner with as Kolonias tabled .
While Mateos started stacking, Haxton did a double take on the board and the two hands displayed.
"Friendly game!" Vladimir Troyanovskiy said with a big smile.
Charlie Carrel raised to 25,000 from early position and Sam Greenwood moved all in from the button. Koray Aldemir was in the big blind and Greenwood's all in amount was requested, which was 234,000 in total. Aldemir then moved all in over the top and Carrel released his cards.
Sam Greenwood:
Koray Aldemir:
The board ran out and the aces of Aldemir sent Greenwood to the rail.
The prize pool information has just released by the tournament organization. The total field of 83 entries (69 unique players, 14 reentries) made for a combined prize pool of €2,033,500. The top 11 players will be finishing in the money with a minimum pay-out of €50,840. The winner walks away with €559,200, a tiny bit more than the €539,000 Rainer Kempe won last year.
Igor Yaroshevskyy and Oleksii Khoroshenin, both from the Ukraine, just scored double ups on different tables.
Yaroshevskyy shoved the river for 81,000 out of the big blind and Konstantin Uspenskiy reluctantly called, then mucked when he was shown for a flush by Yaroshevskyy.
Khoroshenin open-shoved for 123,000 from early position and Sergio Aido flat-called from the cutoff.
Oleksii Khoroshenin:
Sergio Aido:
The board ran out and Khoroshenin paired his jack to double up.
On a flop of we saw Adrian Mateos (middle position) check-call a bet by Steve O'Dwyer (button) of 27,000. Mateos check-called another 57,000 on the -turn. Both players checked and O'Dwyer sighed and mucked upon being shown Mateos' .
Ramin Hajiyev moved all in for 145,000 from the cutoff and Julian Stuer reraised all in for double than that on the button. The action folded to David Peters in the big blind and he called.
Ramin Hajiyev:
David Peters:
Julian Stuer:
The flop fell and Hajiyev asked for a "diamondski", having picked up a flush draw. On the turn, the flush was complete and the on the river completed the board. Hajiyev tripled up and Peters, who had only a few chips more, busted against Stuer in a small side pot.
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and Carrel won the flip. With that elimination, the field was reduced to the last 24 and they will now redraw to the last three tables.
and that was it for Petrangelo.
-flop and 45,000 on the 
-turn. 
and Kolonias checked. Mateos checked behind and showed the winner with 
.
and the aces of Aldemir sent Greenwood to the rail.
and Troyanovskiy held up.
-turn. Both players checked and O'Dwyer sighed and mucked upon being shown Mateos' 
.
and Hajiyev asked for a "diamondski", having picked up a flush draw. On the 
turn, the flush was complete and the 
on the river completed the board. Hajiyev tripled up and Peters, who had only a few chips more, busted against Stuer in a small side pot.
