Thursday, November 2, 2017 8:35 PM Local Time
Loosli Doubles Through Schillhabel
Sylvain Loosli limped in the small blind and Stefan Schillhabel checked in the big blind.
The flop came and Loosli bet 260,000. Schillhabel called and the turn was the . Loosli bet 425,000 and Schillhabel raised in position to 1,150,000. Loosli called.
Loosli checked the river and Schillhabel moved all in. Loosli snap-called and tabled for a flush. Schillhabel had for a straight but handed over chips to his opponent.
Sylvain Loosli | 7,200,000 | 3,600,000 |
Stefan Schillhabel | 2,500,000 | -2,600,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 8:23 PM Local Time
Pollak Extends Lead, Leathem Doubles Through Kenney
Andrew Leathem three-bet all in for 880,000 and Bryn Kenney called. Kenney was ahead with against the of Leathem. The flop brought a four and gave Leathem a set. He would stay ahead and double through Kenney.
Benjamin Pollak extended his lead after he and Rainer Kempe played a hand together. The two saw a flop and checked to the turn on the board. Kempe led for 1,500,000 into a pot of about 600,000 and Pollak shoved all in. Kempe folded.
Benjamin Pollak | 11,800,000 | 2,000,000 |
Rainer Kempe | 3,240,000 | -1,160,000 |
Andrew Leathem | 1,585,000 | -715,000 |
Bryn Kenney | 1,325,000 | -875,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 8:03 PM Local Time
Martin Kabrhel Eliminated in 14th Place (€43,461)
Martin Kabrhel moved all in for 935,000 from under the gun. Rainer Kempe called in the small blind and Benjamin Pollak folded in the big blind.
Martin Kabrhel:
Rainer Kempe:
The flop came giving Kabrhel more outs to double up, with a flush draw to go with his pair outs. The turn was the meaning that Kabrhel needed a club to stay alive. The river was the and Kabrhel was eliminated.
Rainer Kempe | 4,400,000 | 900,000 |
Martin Kabrhel | 0 | -935,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:54 PM Local Time
Nick Petrangelo Eliminated in 15th Place (€38,060)
Claas Segebrecht raised to 260,000 from under the gun and Nick Petrangelo defended his big blind.
The flop came . Petrangelo checked and Segebrecht continued for 225,000. Petrangelo check-raised all in and Segebrecht called.
Claas Segebrecht:
Nick Petrangelo:
The turn was the and the river the and Petrangelo was sent to the rail in 15th place.
Claas Segebrecht | 5,500,000 | 1,750,000 |
Nick Petrangelo | 0 | -1,400,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:41 PM Local Time
Timothy Adams Eliminated in 16th Place (€38,060)
Thomas Muehloecker shoved from middle position for a little under 1.8 million. Timothy Adams had about 800,000 and thought things over in the big blind before committing his stack.
Muehloecker:
Adams:
The board ran out , giving the pot to Muehloecker with jacks.
Thomas Muehloecker | 2,800,000 | 1,100,000 |
Timothy Adams | 0 | -800,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:36 PM Local Time
Two Table Redraw
Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
39 | 1 | Nick Petrangelo | 1,400,000 |
39 | 2 | Claas Segebrecht | 3,750,000 |
39 | 3 | Timothy Adams | 800,000 |
39 | 4 | Sylvain Loosli | 3,600,000 |
39 | 5 | Stefan Schillhabel | 5,100,000 |
39 | 6 | Ole Schemion | 4,600,000 |
39 | 7 | Thomas Muehloecker | 1,700,000 |
39 | 8 | Niall Farrell | 5,400,000 |
| | | |
41 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | 1,250,000 |
41 | 2 | Rainer Kempe | 3,500,000 |
41 | 3 | Benjamin Pollak | 9,500,000 |
41 | 4 | Martin Kabrhel | 2,300,000 |
41 | 5 | Antoine Saout | 4,800,000 |
41 | 6 | Andrew Leathem | 2,300,000 |
41 | 7 | Ryan Riess | 3,800,000 |
41 | 8 | Bryn Kenney | 2,200,000 |
Benjamin Pollak | 9,800,000 | -30,000 |
Niall Farrell | 5,750,000 | -50,000 |
Stefan Schillhabel | 5,100,000 | 0 |
Antoine Saout | 4,800,000 | 0 |
Ole Schemion | 4,600,000 | 0 |
Ryan Riess | 3,800,000 | 1,210,000 |
Claas Segebrecht | 3,750,000 | -100,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 3,600,000 | -200,000 |
Rainer Kempe | 3,500,000 | 650,000 |
Martin Kabrhel | 2,300,000 | -440,000 |
Andrew Leathem | 2,300,000 | -325,000 |
Bryn Kenney | 2,200,000 | 250,000 |
Thomas Muehloecker | 1,700,000 | 0 |
Nick Petrangelo | 1,400,000 | -365,000 |
Dario Sammartino | 1,250,000 | -410,000 |
Timothy Adams | 800,000 | -225,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:31 PM Local Time
Philipp Gruissem Eliminated in 17th Place (€38,060)
Philipp Gruissem appeared to have jammed over a button raise from Antoine Saout when we got to their table, with Saout putting him at risk with . Gruissem had about 1.6 million and on the felt, and the was no help. The gave him some outs but the river was a .
Antoine Saout | 4,800,000 | 2,300,000 |
Philipp Gruissem | 0 | -900,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:28 PM Local Time
Riess Doubles Through Adams
Ryan Riess pushed all in from the small blind for 1,225,000 and Timothy Adams got the count and made the call.
Riess:
Adams:
It was a bad spot for Adams and got no better on the runout.
Ryan Riess | 2,590,000 | 1,190,000 |
Timothy Adams | 1,025,000 | -1,275,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:28 PM Local Time
Loosli Doubles Through Schemion
Ole Schemion raised to 260,000 and Sylvain Loosli three-bet all in for 1,820,000. Schemion called.
Ole Schemion:
Sylvain Loosli:
There was a nine in the window of a flop. The turn was the and the river the meaning Loosli doubled up as the players were redrawing around two tables.
Ole Schemion | 4,600,000 | -1,850,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 3,800,000 | 2,050,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:25 PM Local Time
Double Up: Saout Through Schillhabel
Stefan Schillhabel opened to 270,000 and Antoine Saout raised all in to 1,220,000. Schillhabel called with and was against the of Saout.
The board ran out and Saout earned the double.
Stefan Schillhabel | 5,100,000 | -1,200,000 |
Antoine Saout | 2,500,000 | 1,000,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:23 PM Local Time
Pollak Busts Two Players; All Players in the Money
Bartlomiej Machon raised to 120,000 from the hijack and, for the second hand in-a-row, Jean-Noel Thorel moved all in for 1,790,000. Benjamin Pollak was in the small blind and he just called. The big blind folded and action was back on Machon who moved all-in for 3,300,000 himself and Pollak snap-called.
Bartlomiej Machon:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
Benjamin Pollak:
The flop came giving Pollak top set. The turn was the , and with no players holding a club both Thorel and Machon were drawing dead, and the river was the .
The double elimination brought the number of players remaining to 17, negating the need for hand-for-hand play with all remaining players guaranteed €38,060.
Benjamin Pollak | 9,830,000 | 5,330,000 |
Bartlomiej Machon | 0 | -3,600,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel | 0 | -2,475,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:20 PM Local Time
Loosli Doubles Through Farrell
Niall Farrell opened to 275,000 and Sylvain Loosli raised all in from the button and Farrell called Loosli's 870,000 shove.
Farrell had against the of Loosli. The board ran out and Loosli doubled up.
Niall Farrell | 5,800,000 | -900,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 1,750,000 | 800,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:15 PM Local Time
Kabrhel Doubles Through Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo shoved in the small blind, putting Martin Kabrhel at risk for 1,310,000.
"Hippo says it's time," Kabrhel mused after some thought. "You have any two here, yeah?"
"Close," Petrangelo said. "Slowroll? I feel like you're going to slowroll me one of these days."
"You are not nice to me, but no slowroll."
"I'm nice. I just want a fair game," Petrangelo said, referencing his clock calls.
Kabrhel continued to think about another minute until someone called a clock. Kabrhel called and revealed . Petrangelo had live cards: .
"Sometimes, you have to gamble," Kabrhel said. "But now I have aces."
He was wrong as paired neither player. However, the turn delivered what he foretold. He still needed to dodge clubs and the river was a .
Martin Kabrhel | 2,740,000 | 1,390,000 |
Nick Petrangelo | 1,765,000 | -1,235,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:47 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Niall Farrell | 6,700,000 | 50,000 |
Ole Schemion | 6,450,000 | 1,450,000 |
Stefan Schillhabel | 6,300,000 | 0 |
Benjamin Pollak | 4,500,000 | 780,000 |
Claas Segebrecht | 3,850,000 | -2,850,000 |
Bartlomiej Machon | 3,600,000 | 2,650,000 |
Nick Petrangelo | 3,000,000 | 0 |
Rainer Kempe | 2,850,000 | -350,000 |
Andrew Leathem | 2,625,000 | 940,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel | 2,475,000 | 1,375,000 |
Timothy Adams | 2,300,000 | -700,000 |
Bryn Kenney | 1,950,000 | 650,000 |
Thomas Muehloecker | 1,700,000 | -1,450,000 |
Dario Sammartino | 1,660,000 | 360,000 |
Antoine Saout | 1,500,000 | 0 |
Ryan Riess | 1,400,000 | 50,000 |
Martin Kabrhel | 1,350,000 | -250,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 950,000 | -650,000 |
Philipp Gruissem | 900,000 | -940,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:45 PM Local Time
Break
Players are going on a 20-minute break in the €25,000 High Roller.
Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:45 PM Local Time
"Mama Mia!" -- Kurganov Eliminated
Nick Petrangelo opened for 200,000 and immediately hit a timer on his phone, as action was on Martin Kabrhel. Players at the table have begun routinely clocking Kabrhel on every decision. When it hit 30 seconds, Petrangelo called for a clock. Kabrhel folded. Igor Kurganov defended his big blind and the two saw a flop. Kurganov check-shoved over 150,000 for about 550,000 total and Petrangelo snap-called with .
"Mama mia," Kurganov exclaimed, showing . "Is it even possible?"
Not today, and the and then were the meaningless final two cards.
The tournament is now one off the bubble.
Nick Petrangelo | 3,000,000 | 870,000 |
Igor Kurganov | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:41 PM Local Time
Schemion Busts Trickett
Sam Trickett limped under the gun and Ole Schemion was in the small blind.
Igor Kurganov was wandering a little between hands and saw Trinkett's under the gun limp.
"Oh, you're limping now," he said, "you're so up to date."
Schemion raised from the small blind to 375,000 and Trickett went all in for roughly 1,500,000 total. Schemion seemed to smirk a little and then called shortly after with . Trickett had .
The board ran out and Schemion eliminated Trickett.
Ole Schemion | 5,000,000 | 1,520,000 |
Sam Trickett | 0 | -1,500,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:32 PM Local Time
Kenney Makes a Boat to Double Up
Rainer Kempe raised all in from the button. Bryn Kenney then re-raised all in himself for less. Dario Sammartino folded the big blind.
Rainer Kempe:
Bryn Kenney:
The flop gave Kenney a set and Kempe a gutshot coming . The turn, however, was the giving Kenney a full house and the river was the .
"If you fold, I have to call," said Sammartino, "I had "
Rainer Kempe | 3,200,000 | -460,000 |
Bryn Kenney | 1,300,000 | 640,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:27 PM Local Time
Sammartino Doubles Through Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo opened to 200,000 from early position and Dario Sammartino defended from the big blind.
The flop came and Sammartino check-called 150,000 from Petrangelo. The turn was the and both players checked.
The river was the and Sammartino went all in for 682,000. Petrangelo called but his two pair, was no good against the straight of Sammartino who held .
Nick Petrangelo | 2,130,000 | -970,000 |
Dario Sammartino | 1,300,000 | 750,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:20 PM Local Time
Schillhabel Eliminates Mateos
Adrian Mateos opened for 225,000 on the button and Stefan Schillhabel jammed in the big blind.
"You cover me?" asked Mateos.
Indeed, Schillhabel had over 3 million while Mateos had about 2.7 million. The Spanish crusher called with but was dominated by . The flop was a scary one as Mateos flopped a two-way straight draw, but the and kept the king kicker best.
Stefan Schillhabel | 6,300,000 | 800,000 |
Adrian Mateos | 0 | 0 |