Event #9: €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Players are going on a 20-minute break in the €25,000 High Roller.

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

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