At noon local time, the second partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €25,000 Super High Roller will start here in the amazing King's Casino in Rozvadov. There is another €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool so the many of the high stakes players we’ve seen yesterday are expected to enter again today!
All levels last 30 minutes each until a final table is set, from there on out the level duration will increase to 40 minutes each and heads-up play will feature levels of 20 minutes. There is a high probability that the players may decide amongst themselves to continue playing until a winner has been crowned instead of keeping it a two-day tournament.
Registration is open for nine levels and players can re-enter once during that period. For the €25,000 buy-in, the players will receive 1,000,000 in chips which equals 100 big blinds during the first two levels of play today.
Patrik Antoniuswon the first Super High Roller last night and might join the fray again if he doesn’t get an invite to The Big Game in the meanwhile. The German contingent will be attending in full force again to grab that title for Germany. But players like Steve O’Dwyer, Niall Farrell, Albert Daher, Felipe Ramos, Bartlomiej Machon, Timothy Adams, and the partypoker ambassadors Joao Simao and Patrick Leonard will do their utmost best to stop that from happening.
Level Structure during the registration period
Level
Small blind
Big blind
Button Ante
1
5,000
10,000
5,000
2
5,000
10,000
10,000
3
6,000
12,000
12,000
4
7,000
14,000
14,000
5
8,000
16,000
16,000
6
10,000
20,000
20,000
7
10,000
25,000
25,000
8
15,000
30,000
30,000
9
15,000
35,000
35,000
The €50,000 Super High Roller is scheduled to take place on February 12th and 13th, and is certain to attract the biggest names in poker here in Rozvadov again and the PokerNews live reporting team will be following all the action from the second €25,000 and €50,000 Super High Rollers as well as the €5,300 Main Event until a winner has been found.
After only twenty minutes into the first level of the day, Timothy Adams has already claimed his first victim. Orpen Kisacikoglu had raised from the under-the-gun position, and Adams called on the button. So did Jean-Noel Thorel in the small blind.
The flop came , Thorel check-folded to the bet of Kisacikoglu and Adams had called.
The turn brought the and Adams called the continuation bet of Kisacikoglu.
The river completed the board with the , now Kisacikoglu bet 270,000. Adams considered all his options and then decided to shove. Kisacikoglu sat up straight, looked at the board again and then put a stack of his chips in as a call. Adams tabled for the flush and, with defeat showing in his whole body, Kisacikoglu flipped around his hole cards showing for the flopped set of fives.
The dealer counted Adams' stack and with 843,000, it was confirmed that Adams had Kisacikoglu covered. Kisacikoglu has been sent to the rail but he might be back if he decides to reenter.
Dominik Nitsche raised to 75,000 from the hijack and action folded to Leon Tsoukernik in the big blind. Tsoukernik three-bet and Nitsche replied with a shove.
"OK, I need to play The Big Game anyways." Tsoukernik said while he put chips in to call.
Dominik Nitsche:
Leon Tsoukernik:
The board ran out - no help for Tsoukernik as he was sent to the rail to prepare for The Big Game which should start in about two hours.
Chi Zhang was all in and at risk for 600,000 with the and Niall Farrell looked him up with the . However, that was not all of it just yet as Patrick Leonard got his stack of 840,000 in with the as well and Farrell called.
"Good game guys," the Scotsman joked and added "just give me a dry ace-high board." Instead, Leonard spiked top set on the flop and Farrell needed running clubs to eliminate two opponents. The turn gave Zhang hope of a triple up, and the river was a blank to eliminate Zhang.
While Leonard almost tripled up, Koray Aldemir was eliminated on another table, too.
There was a three-way all-in situation and the players involved were Steve O'Dwyer, Patrik Antonius and Arne Ruge. Antonius had the smaller stack of the three and Ruge the biggest.
Steve O'Dwyer:
Arne Ruge:
Patrik Antonius:
The board ran out - O'Dwyer's aces held and he took all of Antonius' stack and a huge chunk of Ruge's. Ruge was left behind with about 750,000 and Antonius, the winner of the Super High Roller yesterday, was sent to the rail.
Soon after that Ruge was also sent to the rail, the details of that hand are unfortunately unknown.
Joao Simao is aiming for a deep run again and is well on his way. Simao raised to 150,000 from the hijack and Dietrich Fast shoved from the cutoff for about 750,000. Simao confirmed if it was around the amount and Fast nodded. Simao called.
Joao Simao:
Dietrich Fast:
The board ran out - the king on the flop made sure Fast was eliminated and Simao was continuing on in his conquest to win that title.
Philipp Zukernik was also eliminated on the other table by Patrick Leonard who has now taken over the chip lead.
Renato Nowak made it 200,000 to go and called a three-bet to 425,000 by Patrick Leonard. The flop was checked through before Nowak bet the turn for 500,000, Leonard called. On the river, Nowak moved all in for approximately 1.4 million and Leonard called.
"Do you have a king?" Nowak asked and didn't want to show his cards just yet. Leonard nodded and Nowak then turned over for top pair. Leonard had the better kicker with and jumped into the lead with 11 players remaining. "Hah, take it, good bye," Nowak said before heading to the rail.
Philipp Gruissem shoved all in from the cutoff for 2,550,000. Nial Farrell, in the small blind, asked for a count. The dealer and Gruissem himself confirmed the amount. Farrell called after having thought about it for a minute.
Niall Farrell:
Philipp Gruissem:
The board ran out - no help for Gruissem as he has been eliminated in tenth place. The remaining players will be redrawn to the unofficial final table.
Stefan Schillhabel raised to 350,000 from under the gun and short stack Hans Thumann called from the big blind. On the flop, Thumann moved all in for what appeared to be 1.8 million and Schillhabel called.
Hans Thumann:
Stefan Schillhabel:
Thumann had a flush draw and one over card to Schillhabel's top pair, and the turn provided some more outs for the Czech. However, the on the river was a blank and that set up the official eight-handed final table. A group picture will be taken shortly while the event is still two spots away from the money.
Stefan Schillhabel kicked off the new level with two raises, 550,000 from the small blind and 475,000 from the button, and claimed the blinds and antes without resistance.
Johannes Becker made it 400,000 to go and Bartlomiej Machon called out of the big blind. On a flop of , Machon checked and subsequently check-raised all in for 2.175 million after Becker had bet 300,000. The quick call of the German followed and Machon was in need of help.
Bartlomiej Machon:
Johannes Becker:
Neither the turn nor the river improved Machon and he was sent to the rail just shy of the money.