While Robert Schulz continues on an above-average stack, another German just took a big hit with pocket queens. Jon Spinks raised and subsequently four-bet shoved with the to see the board run out . Spinks doubled for 6,050,000, and that reduced Jahn to a mere 12 big blinds for the next level.
Koray Aldemir opened the action for 350,000, Gabor Csaba moved all-in for 1,2 million and back on Aldemir he hesitated to make the call, as he didn't seem to know how much, he actually had to call.
As soon he had confirmed the amount with the dealer he made the call, and Aldemir's were well in front of Csaba's . The board ran out , and Aldemir scooped the pot.
"I just wanted to be sure, he didn't have more behind", Aldemir explained to the table, as he was stacking his newly-won chips.
"Well, those big sunglasses doesn't make it easier to see, does it?" a tablemate jokingly replied.
According to players at the table, Ivan Gabrieli check-called all in on a ten-high board with queen-high only and was good to score a double before then taking on Steve O'Dwyer again in another massive pot. Gabrieli check-called the flop and the turn before checking the river. O'Dwyer bet 1,800,000 into a pot of more than 3,000,000 and Gabrieli check-raised all in for 3,565,000.
O'Dwyer stood up from his chair, studied the board and talked through hands, also mentioning the crazy hero-call of the Italian from before. Ultimately, the American couldn't find a fold and Gabrieli showed for a full house, O'Dwyer mucked the .
Soon afterwards, it was all over for the American-Irish High Roller legend. O'Dwyer got it in with and table neighbor Paul Carr looked him up with . The board ran out and that was it for the man with the mango. Dario Sammartino walked over just at that time and joked to O'Dwyer "don't you know not to bluff Italians."
He'll already be looking at the recently begun £25,000 single-day Super High Roller.
Jon Spinks was one card from elimination a few orbits ago, when a rivered split pot preserved his life in this record-breaking partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Main Event.
He's now up above average after winning a huge pot against Paul Tedeschi (pictured). Tedeschi was no the button when he raised to 320,000, and Spinks three-bet from the small blind to 950,000. Tedeschi took his time, but eventually moved all-in and got a very quick call.
Paul Tedeschi:
Jon Spinks:
The board of narrowed the sweat to a two-outer very quickly and Spinks survived to double through the French pro Tedeschi. Having been on the brink of elimination, Spinks now has a million chips more than the average stack of 7.5 million.
Asif Raja raised to 350,000 from middle position and made the call with when Manig Loeser moved all-in for 1,130,000. Loeser had picked up , which was still looking good on the flop. That outlook quickly changed as the dealer burned and turned the , and Loeser got up from his seat ready to head to the cashier.
"Oh. nevermind" was Loeser's first reaction as he saw the dance in on the river, securing the double up for the German.
The first-ever £25,000 Super High Roller one-day tournament held at Dusk Till Dawn is under way here at the partypokerLIVE MILLIONS, and the action is hot from the off.
Players featured so far include Carlie Carrell, Paul Newey, Adrian Mateos, Orpen Kisacikoglu and Sam Greenwood, who just moved all-in in the first level with pre-flop. He was called by a player with and looked likely to have to rebuy. But the board of saw him river a flush and spin it up. Every player who busts the Main Event is eyeing the tables already running in the Super High Roller.
Stephen Chidwick made it 400,000 to go from the button, and Canada's Noah Vaillancourt reraised to 1,100,000 out of the small blind. Chidwick made the call, and called again - this time 900,000 - on the flop. Vaillancourt checked the turn, and Chidwick slid out a blue tower of 1,5 million chips, that his opponent called.
Both players checked the river, and Vaillancourt turned over . They were no good against the of Chidwick, and the Englishman scooped up the pot.
Milan Skacel got his stack in with king-queen after a raise by Sergio Castelluccio and found a reshove by Warren Russell with . The board came and the kicker played to eliminate Skacel.
And then, Michael Weissmann was unfortunate enoough to run with into the of Sergey Lebedev. The board came and Weissmann's second nut flush was no good.