Ari Engel raised to 7,500 from middle position, Chris Johnson three-bet to 20,000 from the hijack, and Engel called.
The flop came down and Engel checked to Johnson who continued for 25,000. Engel check-raised to 73,000, Johnson reraised all in for about 185,000, and Engel called.
Engel:
Johnson:
Engel was in the lead with top two pairs, but Johnson had flush and straight outs. However, neither the turn nor river helped Johnson, securing the first elimination of the tournament for Engel.
Action folded to Andrew Lichtenberger on the button and he raised to 8,000. Leon Tsoukernik, who's been chipping up all day and was playing 750,000 in the small blind at the time, called. Big blind Dietrich Fast over-called to make it a three-way hand.
The flop came and Tsoukernik, who was busy eating crackers with caviar from a little side table next to the table, checked. Fast checked as well and Lichtenberger bet 7,500. Tsoukernik, by now getting his second cracker with caviar prepared by one of the two servers standing close by, folded. Fast check-raised to 19,000 and Lichtenberger called.
Both checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Fast checked again and saw "Luckychewy" bet 48,000. Fast counted his chips, tanked for some time, and eventually tossed in two 25,000 chips to call.
With about 80,000 in the pot and the board reading , Ari Engel checked from the hijack and Chris Johnson bet 50,000 from the button. Engel called to see the river and led for 141,000. After a few moments, Johnson called.
Engel tabled for an ace-high flush. Johnson mucked and Engel won the pot.
Fedor Holz (seat 8) has just taken his seat. He's sharing a table with Antonio Esfandiari (seat 1), Scott Seiver (seat 2), Jonathan Jaffe (seat 5), and Ben Sulsky (seat 7). Holz won this event last year for $4,981,775 after having finished runner-up in the Super High Roller Bowl for $3.5 million earlier that summer.
This year, Holz didn't make it into the money in the Super High Roller Bowl but the "retiree" has already scored two other trophies this summer. He took down back-to-back $50,000 tournaments in the Aria for $330,660 and $417,600, respectively.
The biggest event of the 2017 World Series of Poker is about to get underway. At 3 p.m. this afternoon, the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop kicks off and the crème de la crème of the poker world will be in attendance to battle for the ultimate WSOP glory.
The event was initially scheduled towards the end of the series, running July 7-9. With the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl in Aria right before the start of the Series, the WSOP decided to swap the $111,111 One Drop with the $10,000 Seven Card Stud so the two biggest events of the summer lined up a bit better.
Players signing up for this event get 500,000 in chips with blinds starting at 1,000/2,000. The tournament will run 60-minute levels throughout and registration remains open till the start of play on Day 2. There are 10 levels on the schedule for Day 1 with a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 9:30).
The inaugural event back in 2012 saw 48 players compete in the $1,000,000 buy-in event. Antonio Esfandiari took down the event, winning the largest first-place prize in the history of the game. The following year, the buy-in was scaled back to $111,111 and Anthony "wwwBTHEREcom" Gregg reigned supreme. In 2014, the buy-in was back to $1,000,000 and Daniel Negreanu famously battled Daniel Colman heads up for the title. The latter won, taking down $15,306,668.
For the last two years, the buy-in has remained steady at $111,111. WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel took down the event in 2015 for a career second-best score of almost $4 million. Last year, Fedor Holz capped off an amazing poker season by crowning himself the champion for almost $5 million before announcing his "retirement."
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and Engel checked to Johnson who continued for 25,000. Engel check-raised to 73,000, Johnson reraised all in for about 185,000, and Engel called.
turn nor 
river helped Johnson, securing the first elimination of the tournament for Engel.
and Tsoukernik, who was busy eating crackers with caviar from a little side table next to the table, checked. Fast checked as well and Lichtenberger bet 7,500. Tsoukernik, by now getting his second cracker with caviar prepared by one of the two servers standing close by, folded. Fast check-raised to 19,000 and Lichtenberger called.
on the turn and the 
completed the board. Fast checked again and saw "Luckychewy" bet 48,000. Fast counted his chips, tanked for some time, and eventually tossed in two 25,000 chips to call.
right away and Fast folded.
, Ari Engel checked from the hijack and Chris Johnson bet 50,000 from the button. Engel called to see the 
river and led for 141,000. After a few moments, Johnson called.
for an ace-high flush. Johnson mucked and Engel won the pot.
