High Roller 3K - Day 1

3,000 ante - 98 entries

Day 1 drew 99 entries with 56 players bagging up at the end of eleven levels. The $250K guarantee has been breached. Registration is still open for one level in Day 2. For US$ 3,000 buy in, you start with 100,000 stack (25 bb). Game resumes at 1pm on Monday, March 20.

3,000 ante - 98 entries

On the last hand of the day, Jonathan Chee three-bets all in for 120,000 and J♦ J♣ , Dongyun Jo calls with A♠ J♠ . The board runs 7♦ 9♦ 5♦ K♥ 5♣ for a double up to Chee.

3,000 ante - 98 entries

Catching the action on a board 7♣ 9♥ T♦ 3♣ 2♠ with 71,500 in the pot, Gary Lin is all in for 207,000 and Pratibh Saluja is tanking. He eventually finds the courage to call. Lin shows Q♣ 8♣ missed draw, Saluja ships it with Q♥ T♠ top pair. Saluja the larger stack to eliminate Lin.

3,000 ante - 98 entries

On a board 6♠ J♦ 8♥ T♥ 6♣ and 39,500 in the pot, Dylan Wayne bets 18,000 and Justin Chu calls then mucks to Wayne’s K♥ T♣ .

3,000 ante - 98 entries

Action folds to the small blind Cao Ngoc Anh who jams on the short stacked Seung Mook Jung on the big blind. Seung wakes up with K♣ K♠ and snap calls. Anh has Q♠ 5♠ . The board runs clean for the cowboys for a double up.

3,000 ante - 98 entries

On a flop 6♦ 4♥ 9♣ and 21,500 in the pot, button player bets 5,000 and is called by the blinds. On the turn 6♥ , big blind Max Menzel bets 20,000, and button calls. The river J♣ , Menzel slides out 46,000, quick call from button. Menzel wins it with 5♦ 6♣ trips.

3,000 ante - 98 entries

Down below 10 bb, Clement Van Driessche shoves with A♠ K♠ and Dongyun Jo calls with {d} J♣ , big slick holds for a double up to 62,000.

3,000 ante - 98 entries

On a board 6♥ 2♥ 2♣ K♠ 9♠ and a hefty 180,000 in the pot, small blind Clement Van Driessche jams and is snap called by mid position Oliver Biles. Van Driessche turns over 8♠ 7♠ bluff, Biles with A♦ A♥ for the double up.

2,500 ante - 97 entries

With 27,000 in the pot, two players stare down a board Q♥ A♦ 9♦ 2♦ K♣ . Small blind Eric Tsai bets the pot, big blind Goindi tank-folds.

2,500 ante - 98 entries

Aleksandr Ovechkin swings in back to back hands. The first sees a turn board 6♦ 5♣ 2♠ 6♥ and 31,500 in the pot. From big blind, Ovechkin bets 13,000, hijack Andy Li calls. On the river 7♦ , Ovechkin sends out 52,000, Li tanks for nearly five minutes then calls. Ovechkin has A♣ 6♠ trips, Li mucks.

Immediately following that hand, action folds to small blind Ovechkin who raises to 8,000, big blind Joseph Adams calls. Ovechkin bets on all streets 7,000, 19,000, and a jam on the river J♥ 7♥ 6♦ Q♠ 5♦ . Adams is at risk but still calls for his tournament life. Ovechkin shows K♥ 9♣ bluff, Adams doubles through wit Q♥ T♥ .

2,500 ante - 97 entries

All in preflop with Dhaval Mudgal holding the nuts hole cards A♦ A♥ to double through Brauni’s Q♥ Q♦ .

2,500 ante - 96 entries

2,000 ante - 92 entries

Timur Khamidullin with J♣ T♣ , Anmol Mehta pocket Queens, the board improves both. Mehta lands a set but loses to Khamidullin’s straight.

2,000 ante - 92 entries

Four way all in with Freddy shipping a quadruple up with 7♦ 7♣ set on a board 9♣ T♥ K♣ 6♦ 7♥ . Freddy cracked Max Menzel’s A♣ A♥ , and booted two short stacks with J♣ J♠ and A♠ Q♠ . He rises to 210,000.

1,600 ante - 85 entries

Easy money. Kevin Ayow rises to 245,000 after railing a player with Ace-King dominating King-Jack.

1,600 ante - 85 entries

 Three way all in with Leo Soma first to push (26.3K), called by Vincent Chauve, Seokjun Lee shoves (77.1K), back to Chauve who calls to put the two at risk.

Chauve 8♥ 8♦ Soma K♥ J♣ Lee A♠ J♦

The board runs 6♦ 5♥ Q♦ Q♠ 8♠ for a full house and a sweep to Chauve. He rises to around 330,000.

Following that hand, Chauve raises from cutoff, big blind Timur Khamidullin defends. At the flop 8♠ K♣ J♦ , Khamidullin check-raises from 3,000 to 11,500. On the turn 7♥ , Khamidullin bets 24,500, Chauve calls. On the river 6♣ , Chauve bets 22,000, Khamidullin check-raises to 125,500, Chauve tank-calls. Khamidullin shows K♦ J♣ two pair at the flop. Chauve mucks.

1,600 ante - 85 entries

From mid-position Seung Mook Jung limps, cutoff Joseph Adams raises to 10,000, Jung calls. At the flop A♦ 9♥ [10s}, Jung check-calls 8,000. On the turn 4♠ , Adams bets 18,000, Jung tanks then check-jams. Quick fold from Adams. Adams says he had “ace-king” but he didn’t show.

1,400 ante - 85 entries

Among the players joining the action are Cao Ngoc Anh, Andy Li, Eric Tsai, Zarvan Tumboli, Jean Robert Autran, and Aditya Agarwal. For the latter Agarwal, it has been a while since we’ve seen him in the live circuit as he usually prepares for the WSOP this early.

1,400 ante - 85 entries

On a board J♥ 3♠ 9♠ 2♦ , and 60,000 in the pot, Hwany Lee shoves, Florencio Campomanes tanks then risks his shorter stack. Lee has K♦ K♥ overpair, Campomanes shows A♣ 9♣ , Lee is surprised, “only nine?” The river 5♠ doesn’t improve Campomanes to bust out on just his second hand of the tournament.

1200 ante - 78 entries

78 entries and rising. Pot will soon breach the $250K guarantee. Here are the big stacks:

1200 ante - 78 entries

On a flop 5♣ J♥ T♣ and 17,000 in the pot, Asish Ghosh shoves a massive 80,000 and gets called. He shows 5♠ 5♥ set and is ahead of his challenger’s A♣ 3♣ flush draw, the turn 9♦ and river J♣ improves them both. Ghosh wins the pot with a full house over flush.

1200 ante - 78 entries

Two short stacks all in preflop, Kiale Matthews A♣ K♣ , Seokjun Lee K♦ K♥ , the board runs low for a double up to Lee. Down to 5 bb, Matthew busts shortly after.

1200 ante - 72 entries

From under the gun, Terry Gonzaga raises to 3,000, button Armon Van Wijk three-bets to 8,000, Gonzaga calls, the flop is 7♥ 2♦ 5♠ . Gonzaga check-calls a 6,000 c-bet. On the turn T♣ , Van Wijk bangs out 20,000, Gonzaga check-raises to 50,000. Van Wijk calls. On the river 6♦ , Gonzaga is all in, Van Wijk snap calls, Gonzaga has T♠ T♦ set and cleans out Van Wijk who had A♣ A♠ .

1,000 ante - 68 entries

On a board 6♦ 8♥ A♥ A♦ and 11,000 in the pot, David Erquiaga bets 4,500. he is raised to 9,000, Erquiaga answers with a three-bet to 24,000 to win the pot.

1,000 ante - 68 entries

The field is now at 68 entries. Among the new players and names we have yet to mention are WPT brand ambassador Brad Owen, WSOP bracelet winner Jinho Hong, WPT Prime Main Event champion David Erquiaga, Abhishek Goindi, Gaurav Sood, Victor Chong, Seung Mook Jung, Gavin Best, Ankit Jajodia, Max Menzel, and Dylan Wayne who is sporting the largest stack of 200,000.

1,000 ante - 53 entries

On a board 2♥ 7♦ Q♣ , cutoff Gary Lin best 2,500, big blind Dongyun Jo check-raises to 6,500, Lin calls. On the turn A♥ , Lin sends out 8,500, Dongyun calls again. The river 6♥ , Dongyun leads out 15,000, Lin tank-folds.

1,000 ante - 53 entries

Michael Hadded was just seen dragging in a nice pile when he sent another packing on the next hand. It was all in at the flop 6♣ 3♠ 4♣ , at risk player with a big draw holding 5♣ J♣ , Haddad with 6♥ 7♠ top pair, the turn K♥ and river Q♦ were good for Haddad to ship it and boot one out.

1,000 ante - 53 entries

Three way all in with Kannapong Thanarattrakul holding T♦ T♣ and is up against two players with overcards, Andrew Neeme Q♦ A♦ and A♠ J♣ . With the board running 8♠ J♦ 3♠ T♠ T♥ , it’s quads for Thanarattrakul for the sweep.

Level: 4: 400-800, 800 ante - 45 entries

Player nicknamed “Brauni” with A♦ Q♥ doubles through Anmol Mehta J♥ J♦ on a board 3♦ 8♦ A♠ 4♥ 4♦ . Brauni over average with 138,000. Mehta down to 85,000.

Level: 4: 400-800, 800 ante - 45 entries

All in preflop, Jason Kapoor with 4♥ 4♣ dodged A♥ T♣ to double up to around 77,000.