On a flop, Julien Martini checked to Brian Hastings who bet pot. Martini re-raised pot and Hastings was all in for around 200,000.
Julien Martini:
Brian Hastings:
"I thought I had ace-five," said Martini who would need to improve to eliminate Hastings. The turn was the but the river improved him to two pair and Hastings was eliminated.
Quan Zhou doubled through Adi Abugazal when his hit a superior full house versus on a board of . However, the Chinese High Roller would not make it to the dinner break as he was eliminated soon after by Dominykas Karmazinas.
One table over, Iaroslav Boiko ended up second-best to Erik Seidel and the next all in clash took place between Ben Lamb and Dylan Weisman. Lamb's cards were in the muck already and Weisman had the best hand in on a board of .
Andre Nyffeler raised to 35,000 and Brian Hastings three-bet to 120,000 on the button. Konstantin Beylin reluctantly called all in for 30,000 in the big blind ad Nyffeler double-checked the remaining stack of Hastings before making the call. On the flop they got it in with Hastings at risk for 52,000.
Konstantin Beylin:
Brian Hastings:
Andre Nyffeler:
The turn and river kept Hastings in the lead and he scored a full double for Nyffeler.
Mike Krasienko had already been missing and he was joined on the rail by Bryce Yockey and Scott Baumstein.
Yockey was first to fall when John Racener opened to 20,000 on the cutoff and Wasim Korkis called on the button. Yockey three-bet to 85,000 in the small blind with around 100,000 behind and Racener called, Korkis folded.
On the flop, Yockey jammed and Racener called.
Bryce Yockey:
John Racener:
The turn improved Yockey to a pair of aces, but Racener made trips on the river.
Shortly after, the flop showed and Baumstein was all in with the for the straight and flush draw. Korkis called with for middle set. The turn and river run out failed to improve Baumstein and he also headed to the rail.
High Rollers are usually eerily quiet and serious places, but every so often they are punctuated by the laughter and frivolity of a select few players. Everyone's seen the way the ice-cold atmosphere at the tables can melt if, for example, a character like Jean-Robert Bellande .
Well the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller has one in the shape of Dominykas Karmazinas who has been regaling his table with stories and jovial conversation.
One such story concerned a poker player who had an unfortunate incident with some chips whilst in the bathroom.
"He had two $1,000 chips fall into the toilet while he was on it," said Karmazinas. "And $15,000 slide under the other cabin next door.
"He had to decide what to do, because if he stood up then the $2,000 got flushed because it flushes automatically. But someone might come into the next door and take his money."
The table, including Sean Winter, listened intently to the culmination of the story. Apparently, the player in question had reached into the toilet bowl to retrieve his chips before grabbing his chips from next door.
"He was washing his hands for 30 minutes!" said Karmazinas.