Paul Newey, opened to 24,000 from the cutoff and was called by Dietrich Fast in the big blind. The flop fell and Fast checked before calling a bet worth 25,000. The turn went cxheck, check, and Fast's bet of 65,000 on the river resulred in a call by Newey. Fast rolled over for trips nines and won the pot.
The cards will be in the air shortly with nine players seated thus far. Another five players are already registered and haven't shown up in the tournament area yet.
As usual for High Roller tournaments, the scheduled start time is not necessarily kept and the current count down has reset to 30 minutes until cards are in the air. So far, there are eight players registered and more are expected to join before the action gets underway at approximately 12.30 p.m. local time.
In two hours from now as of 12 p.m. noon local time, the high stakes regulars will be back in action to determine yet another champion among their peers. Day 1 of the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €50,000 Super High Roller is scheduled to kick off at lunch time and many of the familiar faces of the previous days are expected to join the action today.
Patrik Antonius defeated partypoker ambassador Joao Simao in heads-up to claim the first €25,000 Super High Roller for €425,000 and the second edition of this event ended with a three-way deal including Johannes Becker, Stefan Schillhabel and Niall Farrell. Simao made back-to-back final tables after finishing fourth while fellow partypoker ambassador Patrick Leonard came 5th and will be aiming for more today.
A large contingent of German High Rollers is also expected such as Steffen Sontheimer, Dominik Nitsche, Koray Aldemir and Manig Loeser. Leon Tsoukernik himself will take on the young guns and Paul Newey, as well as Adrian Mateos, already confirmed to take part, too.
The registration for the most expensive event of the festival at the King's Casino in Rozvadov remains open for the first nine levels of 40 minutes each and at least 12 levels are scheduled for the first of two days. A single re-entry is available to all those that run out of chips during the registration period eventually.
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
Europe's biggest poker arena is gearing up for the main highlight of the festival as of February 14th, 2018, with the €5,300 Main Event that features a stunning guaranteed prize pool of €5,000,000. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a champion is crowned in both events.