Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em

Stanley Tang opened to 100,000 in early position and Cary Katz three-bet to 325,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Tang called as they headed to a flop of    . Tang checked to Katz who opted to check it back.

The   landed on the turn and Tang checked once more. Katz splashed in a bet of 290,000 and Tang responded with a check-raise to 800,000. Katz burned through two of his time banks before dumping his cards to the muck.

After the hand, Martin Kabrhel pleaded with the floor to make a rule that has numbers on the time banks, to determine how many each player has.

"You can call it the Martin Kabrhel rule," Kabrhel mentioned to the tournament floor.

"We already have a rule named after you," the floor's response was which got laughs from the table.

Stanley Tang	3,800,000	1,300,000
Cary Katz	1,400,000	-900,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs opened to 100,000 and got three callers. The flop was     and Martin Kabrhel checked to Ponakovs who continued for 110,000. Alex Foxen and Kathy Lehne — the other two players in the hand — both called.

With the action on Kabrhel, he used a time bank before check-raising to 975,000. The other three players all folded.

"Nice bet Aleks," said Kabrhel. "Do you want your 110,000 back?"

Cary Katz then leaned forward and picked up Kabrhel's hippo mascot that sat atop his chips.

"This really does embody you," he said. "It's a good mascot. Mouth open all the time."

"I take that as a compliment," replied Kabrhel.

Alex Foxen	7,600,000	-100,000
Nick Petrangelo	6,875,000	-1,075,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	6,350,000	0
Martin Kabrhel	4,200,000	2,425,000
Stanley Tang	2,500,000	-200,000
Cary Katz	2,300,000	-175,000
Kathy Lehne	1,800,000	-100,000
Andrew Robl	0	-1,125,000

Seth Davies raised it up from the hijack and was called by Ben Heath in the cutoff. They went heads-up to a flop of     and Davies continued with a bet of 90,000. Heath called and the   landed on the turn.

Davies sized up with a bet of 330,000 this time and Heath still called. The   completed the board and Davies used a time bank before tapping the table. Heath quickly checked back and Davies tabled    to win the pot.

Ben Heath	2,600,000	-1,800,000
Seth Davies	2,175,000	525,000

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Alex Foxen opened to 100,000 from under the gun. Aleksejs Ponakovs called as did Andrew Robl in the big blind.

The flop     checked to Ponakovs who bet 125,000. Robl called before Foxen check-raised to 410,000.

Both opponents folded and Foxen took down the pot.

Alex Foxen	7,700,000	675,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	6,350,000	-490,000
Stanley Tang	2,700,000	500,000
Cary Katz	2,475,000	-175,000
Martin Kabrhel	1,775,000	-1,305,000
Andrew Robl	1,125,000	-175,000

Phil Ivey raised to 85,000 in early position and was called by Dan Zack on his left. The rest of the table folded and they went heads-up to a flop of    . Ivey checked to Zack who bet 140,000 and Ivey called.

The turn was the   and both players checked to the   on the river. Ivey led out with a bet of 400,000 this time and Zack flicked in a chip to call. Ivey turned over    for two pair and Zack gave him the thumbs up.

Phil Ivey	9,380,000	580,000
Dan Zack	4,800,000	350,000

Andrew Robl opened to 90,000 from late position. David Peters then three-bet all in for around 1,500,000. Daniel Negreanu was next to act, and pulled out his vlogging camera and moved all in for slightly less. Robl folded and the cards were turned over.

Daniel Negreanu:   
David Peters:   

"Pretty cards," said tablemate Sean Winter, having doubled up with Peters' exact same cards on the previous hand, as Negreanu explained the action for the camera.

The flop     gave Peters a gut shot, but tens were still in the lead. The turn   also gave Peters a flush draw.

As the river   hit the table, Negreanu slammed his vlogging equipment into the table, scattering his chip stacks.

He then got up from the table, threw his handheld tripod and camera at a wall, all the while muttering under his breath unhappily

"You have me covered?" he said to Peters upon returning to the table, and the dealer confirmed. Negreanu exited the tournament area, recording as he went.

David Peters	2,800,000	1,900,000
Andrew Robl	1,325,000	-100,000
Daniel Negreanu	0	-1,550,000

Sean Winter made a large raise to 180,000 in middle position, leaving himself with just 375,000 behind. Stanley Tang and Martin Kabrhel just called from the blinds and they went three ways to a flop of    .

Tang checked to Kabrhel who led out with a bet of 185,000. Winter quickly folded but Tang called to see the   on the turn. Tang checked again and Kabrhel announced a bet of 380,000 this time. Tang thought for 30 seconds but decided to lay his hand down.

Martin Kabrhel	2,680,000	-650,000
Stanley Tang	1,410,000	10,000
Sean Winter	375,000	-225,000