High Roller 3K - Day 2 - Live updates

Buy in: US$ 3,000 Guarantee: US$ 250,000 Entries: 125 Prize pool: US$ 363,750 ITM”: 16 places

On a board 2♣ 8♥ 7♠ and 440,000 in the pot, Manuel Braunhofer bets 160,000, Daniel Smiljkovic raises to 320,000, Braunhofer jams, Smiljkovic snap-calls.

Braunhofer Q♦ Q♠ Smiljkovic K♣ 7♥

The turn 5♥ and river 7♣ completes the board. Braunhofer busts in 5th place. Smiljkovic rises to over half the chips in play.

50,000 ante - 5 remaining - 2,500,000 average

All in preflop, Monika Zukowicz A♦ K♠ survives the heat against chip leader Daniel Smiljkovic with A♣ 9♥ . The board was T♥ 7♠ 6♦ J♣ J♦ .

50,000 ante - 6 remaining - 2,083,333 average

From button, Daniel Smiljkovic raises to 100,000, big blind Dylan Wayne Foster defends. At the flop 8♠ 8♥ T♣ , Smiljkovic c-bets 50,000, Foster check-calls. On the turn 2♥ , Smiljkovic bets 100,000, this time Foster check-raises to 400,000, Smiljkovic pushes, Foster puts the rest of his chips out front.

Smiljkovic J♥ T♠ Foster J♣ 9♣

The river 3♠ is no help to Foster to fall in 6th place.

50,000 ante - 7 remaining - 1,785,714 average

All in preflop with short stacked Justin Chu ahead A♣ 9♥ to Pratibh Saluja’s A♦ 5♠ . The board runs 2♠ 7♦ 3♣ 4♣ Q♦ for a straight to Saluja. Chu ousted in 7th place.

50,000 ante - 8 remaining - 1,562,500 average

All in at the flop A♥ 8♣ A♣ , Leo Soma has top pair A♠ 9♠ but is still behind Daniel Smiljkovic’s A♦ K♣ . The turn 4♠ and river 3♣ completes the board. Soma is eliminated in 8th place.

40,000 ante - 9 remaining - 1,388,888 average

Ankit Jajodia goes all in on the second hand of the final table and John Perry puts him at risk. Jajodia with A♠ K♦ , Perry A♥ T♠ , the board runs 2♠ 6♦ T♣ Q♣ 3♠ , out goes Jajodia in 10th place.

40,000 ante -9 remaining - 1,388,88 average

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21:00: Crazy board sends Ian Litster out in 10th place Level 22: 20,000-40,000, 40,000 ante -10 remaining - 1,250,000 average

John Perry shoves with A♣ 7♦ and Ian Litster risks with 5♠ 5♥ . When the flop runs A♦ 3♠ 5♣ it’s a set for Litster. The turn A♥ gives Litster a full house but Perry still has outs to overtake. Perry spikes 3♦ on the river for a full house to eliminate Litster in brutal fashion.

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20:50: 20:40: Ian Litster doubles through Perry

The last Korean in the lineup has fallen to Monika Zukowicz to bring the field down to 10 players. One more bust before it is down to the final table. John Perry attempted to make that happen by calling Ian Litster’s all in.

Litster A♣ 8♣ Perry K♦ T♠

No hits for either on a board 3♣ 5♣ 7♥ 5♦ Q♥ for a double up to Litster.

40,000 ante - 11 remaining - 1,136,363 average

30,000 ante - 11 remaining - 1,136,363 average

Button player Manuel Braunhofer raises to 60,000, small blind Junwoo Lee calls, the flop is 5♦ 7♦ 8♥ . Lee check-calls a 110,000 c-bet by Braunhofer. On the turn 9♠ , same action with Brauhofer’s 100,000 bet, check-called by Lee. The river K♣ both players check. Braunhofer wins it with K♠ 8♠ two pair.

30,000 ante - 11 remaining - 1,136,363 average

Decent pot in the middle and 2-K-5-2-A, Daniel Smiljkovic bets 150,000, Dylan Wayne Foster calls and says show me the ace, Smiljkovic opens Nine-Seven, Foster wins it with pocket Threes.

30,000 ante - 12 remaining - 1,041,666 average

From cutoff Siddharth Karia shoves his last 112,000, button Justin Chu and big blind Manuel Braunhofer call. At the flop 9♣ 5♣ 5♠ , no side pot bets. On the turn 6♦ , Chu bets 35,000, Braunhofer folds to deny the side pot.

Karia Q♣ 7♣ Chu A♥ 6♥

The river K♦ don’t help Karia to bust in 12th place for US$ 9,276.

 30,000 ante - 12 remaining - 1,041,666 average

Small blind Pratibh Saluja limps and big blind John Perry checks, the flop runs J♥ 4♣ 6♦ , Saluja check-calls 35,000. On the turn T♣ , Perry bets 150,000, Saluja check-raises to 460,000, quick fold from Perry.

30,000 ante - 12 remaining - 1,041,666 average

Dan Smiljkovic opens from cutoff and big blind John Perry calls. On the flop 9♠ 3♦ 9♦ , Smiljkovic c-bets 30,000, Perry check-calls. On the turn 6♥ and river 2♦ no bets land. Perry wins it with A♠ 4♠ .

25,000 ante - 12 remaining - 1,041,666 average

After the bubble burst, four players quickly busted. The latest one was David Chiv who three-bet jammed with K♦ 2♦ , was called by initial raiser Daniel Smiljkovic holding A♠ K♠ . The board runs A♣ 7♥ T♦ Q♣ Q♠ .

14th - Florencio Campomanes - US$ 8,093 15th Patrick Liang - US$ 8,093 16th Terry Gonzaga - US$ 7,093

25,000 ante - 17 remaining - 735,300 average

After the fall of Dennis Ng to Dylan Wayne Foster and Kannapong Thanarattrakul to chip leader Daniel Smiljkovic, it was down to 17 players which meant bubble time!

The bubble round lasted all of two hands. On the first hand-for-hand, big stacked Leo Soma raised to 50,000, bigger stacked Foster three-bet to 150,000, Soma four-bet to 400,000, Foster folded. Soma showed 5♦ .

Next hand Oliver Schulze shoves 8♦ 8♥ , down the orbit Pratibh Saluja calls with A♥ K♥ , the board runs 4♠ A♣ 2♠ 9♦ 2♥ . Schulze busts on the bubble

25,000 ante - 20 remaining - 625,000 average

All in preflop with Terry Gonzaga ahead A♦ Q♠ to caller Kannapong Thanarattrakul’s A♥ 4♠ . The board runs 5♠ 6♠ 2♣ T♥ J♥ for a double up to Gonzaga.

25,000 ante - 20 remaining - 625,000 average

20,000 ante - 21 remaining

Siddharth Karia was nearly out when his pocket Fours spiked the two-outer set on the river to double through Oliver Schulze.

20,000 ante - 21 remaining

All in on a flop 4♠ 7♦ 8♠ , at risk player is all in with K♦ 7♠ , Ankit Jajodia with overpair 9♦ 9♥ , the turn 9♠ and river 6♥ completes the board.

20,000 ante - 22 remaining

20,000 ante - 23 remaining

All in on the flop 3♣ J♣ 4♦ , David Chiv ahead K♥ J♥ , Florencio Campomanes J♦ T♦ . The turn 9♠ and river 6♠ are safe for Chiv to double up.

20,000 ante - 25 remaining

All in preflop, Pratibh Saluja doubles through with A♥ T♣ spiking an Ace on the river board 9♣ 5♣ K♣ 4♠ A♠ to beat Timur Khamidullin’s K♦ 6♦ .

20,000 ante - 25 remaining

Just before the break, Abhishek Goindi three-bets from the small blind from 36,000 to 123,000. Initial raiser Florencio Campomanes four bet jams for 508,000 total, Goindi tank-folds. Campomanes rises to 690,000, Goindi drops to 428,000.

Back from the break, five minutes in, Goindi falls to John Perry. We don’t have the hand but we were Perry sucked out on the river. We’ll get the hand history on that for the full scoop. Perry now at 1,000,000.

16,000 ante - 27 remaining

Big pot of 436,000 and a board 6♣ J♦ 2♠ J♠ J♥ , Manuel Braunhofer bets 110,000, Leo Soma thinks a bit then shoves. Quick fold from Braunhofer.

16,000 ante - 27 remaining

On a flop 6♣ 5♦ 8♣ and around 180,000 in the pot, small blind Jonathan Chee bets 60,000, late position Seyed Sedigh jams for a total of 212,000, Chee tank-folds. Sedigh proudly shows his K♥ 9♦ bluff.

16,000 ante - 27 remaining

We aren’t sure how David Chiv lost a large portion of his stack because when we saw him all in, he only had 139,000 left. Button Dylan Wayne Foster called. Chiv with A♠ J♥ , Foster with K♠ Q♦ . The board runs 5♦ 6♥ K♦ T♥ Q♠ for a straight to Chiv.

16,000 ante - 28 remaining 

In the previous level, Akihiro Konishi doubled up his short stack with pocket Queens. Still very short with 91,000 (5.5 bb), he shoves again and is looking bleak with K♥ T♠ against John Perry‘s A♦ A♥ . With the board J♦ Q♠ K♣ 9♦ 2♠ , Konishi improves to a straight to double up.

16,000 ante - 28 remaining

On a board 6♦ 5♠ 4♦ 6♠ , David Chiv bets, big blind Dennis Ng check-jams for an additional 121,000 for Chiv to call. The pot has now grown to 248,000. With 490,000 behind, Chiv can afford it. He tanks for some time then folds. Ng wins the pot and asks Chiv “You have an overpair?” Chiv replied that he did.

12,000 ante - 28 remaining

On a flop K♦ J♠ 5♥ , button Junwoo Lee bets 25,000 and Justin Chu check-calls. On the turn 9♦ , both players check. The river 5♠ , Chu leads out 25,000, Lee calls. Chu shows K♣ 7♣ top pair but it’s not good enough to win the pot with Lee showing A♣ A♦ .

12,000 ante - 28 remaining

John Perry shoves in back to back hands. First hand opens with under the gun +1 Dennis Ng raising to 25,000, Perry shoves from the big blind. Ng folds. Immediately following that hand, Abhishek Goindi raises to 26,000 from the button, Perry three-bets to 125,000 and wins the pot.

12,000 ante - 28 remaining

From under the gun, Manuel Braunhofer aka Brauni raises to 24,000, down the orbit hijack Leo Soma three-bets to 75,000, back to Brauni who four-bets to 180,000, Soma tank-folds.

12,000 ante - 29 remaining

Vikaash Shah was looking good when he pushed with Q♦ Q♥ and got called by Kannapong Thanarattrakul but with the board running A♣ 8♣ 2♣ 5♥ K♦ , it is a winning set for Thanarattrakul to rail Shah.

10,000 ante - 32 remaining

On a board T♥ 4♠ 6♥ 4♦ A♣ , David Chiv shows his 6♣ 6♠ full house and drags in a big pot against Kannapong Thanarattrakul.

10,000 ante - 35 remaining

While other shorts drop, Vikaash Shah earns a double with A♣ K♣ dominating Hwany Lee’s K♦ Q♣ on a board K♥ 8♦ 3♥ 4♦ 9♦ .

10,000 ante - 38 remaining

On a board 5♠ 9♦ T♥ 4♣ 9♣ and 240,000 in the pot, Jonathan Chee checks, Junwoo Lee bets 80,000, Chee tanks then calls. Lee shows his 7♠ 8♠ bluff, Chee wins with K♥ Q♥ King high.

 10,000 ante - 41 remaining

Short stacks dropping fast. Next to go was Gaurav Sood who shoved 12 bb holding 3♣ 3♦ on a board Q♦ 5♦ 6♦ K♠ 7♣ . John Perry check-called with J♦ 8♦ flush. Perry zooms up the ranks to top 5 in chips.

10,000 ante - 43 remaining

All in preflop, Brandon Koh at risk with J♣ T♣ against bigger stacked and bigger carded Florencio Campomanes with A♣ K♦ . The board runs low 8♠ [qc} 8♥ 3♠ 6♠ .

8,000 ante - 45 remaining

45 players remaining at the break. Here are the current chip leaders:

8,000 ante - 48 remaining

Short stacked Shardul Parthasarathi is all in for his last 65,000 and K♥ Q♣ to battle with, big stacked Pratibh Saluja calls with 6♣ 6♠ . The board 7♠ 4♣ 7♣ 5♣ J♦ runs empty for Shardul to bust.

8,000 ante - 48 remaining

On a turn board 8♥ 9♣ 4♦ K♥ and a pot of 87,000 brewed, Daniel Smiljkovic ahead with K♦ Q♥ against Menzel’s K♣ J♥ . The river Q♦ secures the double up for the WSOP winner Smiljkovic.

8,000 ante - 48 remaining

Button Aditya Agarwal shoves 77,000 with A♥ 8♥ , small blind Terry Gonzaga calls with A♦ 5♠ the board runs 4♥ 3♦ 6♦ 6♣ 9♥ for Agarwal’s kicker to play for a double up.

8,000 ante - 48 remaining

From under the gun, Kevin Ayow raises to 18,000, hijack Nevan Chang and big blind Terry Gonzaga call. On the flop 2♠ T♣ 3♥ , Ayow c-bet 21,000, Chang calls, Gonzaga folds. On the turn J♦ , both shove, Ayow with J♥ T♥ two pair, Chang in danger of elimination with A♣ A♠ . The river 3♣ improves Chang to a better two pair to double up.

8,000 ante - 48 remaining

John Perry and Kannapong Thanarattrakul stare down a board 5♣ 3♠ 3♦ 2♥ and 205,000 in the pot, Perry shoves 190,000 to send the Thai pro tanking. With over 200K, Thanarattrakul can afford it but opts to fold. Perry says “it was a very good turn”.

6,000 ante - 50 remaining

Sandwiched between two players with Ace-Queen, Leo Soma proceeds to send them packing with pocket Tens prevailing on an Eight-high board.

6,000 ante - 55 remaining

End of the road for Aleksandr Ovechkin who could not get out of the short stack zone. His last attempt was with A♦ 5♦ that missed against Jasven Saigal’s 9♥ 9♦ . The board was 3♦ 6♠ 2♠ J♥ 5♣ .

6,000 ante - 61 remaining

Seyed Sebigh aka Freddy is all in with 9♠ 9♦ standing firm against overcards A♥ K♠ and Q♠ T♣ . The board was 6♥ 2♣ 4♦ 8♠ 5♦ . Sebigh rises to 600,000.

5,000 ante - 68 remaining

Three consecutive hands for Junwoo Lee with the first one awarding him a double up. His A♦ K♦ won the flip against Ian Litsters’s Q♣ Q♠ with two Kings on the board. The next hand, Lee raised from under the gun, big blind Seyed Sedigh aka Freddy defended, and the flop was 7♣ K♠ 8♥ , Lee bet 9,000, Sebigh called. On the turn 4♠ , Lee bet fired 29,000, this time Sebigh folded.

Third consecutive hand saw the board complete 4♠ 7♦ 5♣ T♣ Q♠ and 55,000 in the pot. Lee bet 29,000 from the big blind got called by button player Litster, Lee showed Q♥ 3♥ , top pair on the river.

5,000 ante - 72 remaining

There are currently 72 players remaining. In the lead are Manuel Braunhofer aka Brauni with 608,000 and Pratibh Saluja with 480,000. Both players are sitting side by side.

4,000 ante

Gediminas Uselis eliminates short stacked Jean Robert Autran with A♥ 7♦ top pair on a board K♦ A♠ Q♥ 6♣ 5♥ ahead of Q♠ J♠ mid pair.

4,000 ante

Cao Ngoc Anh enters with 21 bb then proceeds to lose it in two hands, first to John Perry then the rest to Florencio Campomanes. Up against Perry, the board shows Q♥ J♠ T♦ Q♠ and the pot at 46,000. Cao bets 12,000, Perry calls. On the river 5♥ , both check. Perry wins with Q♦ 4♣ trips.

Next hand, Cao shoves his 42,500 stack, Campomanes flats, Cao with Q♠ J♦ , Campomanes A♣ T♣ . The board runs 2♥ [2s} 7♣ 3♦ 4♣ .

4,000 ante

Early dropouts here with Manuel Braunhofer aka Brauni giving the boot to two players - Gaurav Sood and Clement Van Driessche. For the latter Van Driessche, he first doubled through Brauni with A♣ 2♦ cracking A♠ A♥ on a board K♣ T♣ K♠ 2♣ 5♣ . Van Driessche landed another double up, this time against Brad Owen with K-10 straight over K-2. With 122,000 in his arsenal, he lost it all to Brauni on the next showdown. Van Driessche has since re-entered.

Up against Sood, Brauni’s J♥ J♣ prevailed against Queen-Ten on a board 9♣ K♥ T♠ 8♦ 6♥ . Brauni rises to 540,000.

4,000 ante

Short stacks go at it. Dongyun Jo all in with A♣ T♣ , Aleksandr Ovechkin with 8♠ 8♦ , the board runs 9♣ 9♥ 3♥ A♥ J♦ for a double up to Jo.

An hour since the last bust, Monika Zukowicz followed to the rail. She was all in with A♣ J♥ and faced off against massive chip leader Daniel Smiljkovic with 7♦ 9♦ . The board ran 8♠ 6♣ 9♥ K♦ 8♥ for a pair to the big stack and 4th place to Zukowicz.

The deciding hand came down at 1:30am with a preflop betting war leading to both players all in. John Perry had J♥ J♠ and Daniel Smiljkovic with T♣ T♠ , the board ran J♣ 4♥ 4♠ for a full house to Perry. With the turn 2♥ it was all over. Smiljkovic was drawing dead. The river 2♦ was of no consequence.

The stacks were fairly close so a count was done. Perry was ahead by just one big blind.

Daniel Smiljkovic walked away with US$ 65,475, John Perry banked the US$ 105,487 top prize. Congratulations to the champion!!

On a board that completed 8♣ Q♣ A♠ T♣ 6♦ , Daniel Smiljkovic shoved and John Perry tank-called. Smiljkovic was bluffing with 9x 2x , Perry shipped a double up with T♦ 8♦ two pair.

Pratibh Saluha goes all in on the ubbton with K♠ Q♥ , small blind John Perry shoves with A♠ K♦ and the Aussie rail erupts. The board runs 2♥ T♠ 8♠ 3♠ 9♥ for Perry to ship it.

Massive stacked Daniel Smiljkovic continues to grind down his last two opponents to send both below 13 bb. With pay jumps quite significant, it has been a raise-fold fest.