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

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

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

20,000 ante - 22 remaining

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.

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.

 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.

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”.

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♣ .

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.

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.