High Roller
Day 3 Started
High Roller
Day 3 Started
The third and final day of the EPT London High Roller is set to begin in an hour or so, and leading the remaining nine players is Talal Shakerchi. Shakerchi is no stranger to success in EPT High Rollers, winning the €10,000 Turbo High Roller (€223,000) at the Season 8 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final.
Joining Shakerchi at the final table is a host of notables, including Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren, JC Alvarado, Fabian Quoss, Paul Volpe, Faraz Jaka, and Dimitar Danchev. Alvarado and Quoss both have runner-up finishes in High Roller events in Barcelona and Prague respectively, Danchev recently won the PCA Main Event, and Volpe is coming off of back-to-back World Poker Tour final table appearances.
EPT London High Roller Final Table
Position | Player | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
Seat 1 | Gautam Sabharwal | 1,113,000 |
Seat 2 | JC Alvarado | 750,000 |
Seat 3 | Talal Shakerchi | 1,706,000 |
Seat 4 | Dimitar Danchev | 246,000 |
Seat 5 | Vicky Coren | 262,000 |
Seat 6 | Faraz Jaka | 957,000 |
Seat 7 | Fabian Quoss | 804,000 |
Seat 8 | Eric Sfez | 565,000 |
Seat 9 | Paul Volpe | 448,000 |
The cards will be in the air at 13:00 GMT, and we will play down until there is a winner. Join us then!
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Chip leader Talal Shakerchi took down the first and only pot of this level, raising and winning the blinds
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
It looked like there would only be one hand played in Level 20, but with 15 seconds left on the clock, the dealer starting pitching another hand.
In it, Faraz Jaka opened to 34,000 on the button. Eric Sfez defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Sfez checked, Jaka continued for 28,000, and Sfez called.
The turn was a repeat deuce - the - and Sfez opted to lead out, betting 35,000. Jaka tank-called.
The completed the board, Sfez led out for 81,000, and Jaka released.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Faraz Jaka |
860,000
-97,000
|
-97,000 |
Eric Sfez |
660,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
JC Alvarado had limped in middle position and Dimitar Danchev moved all in behind him. Faraz Jaka then flat-called from the button and Alvarado released his hand.
Jaka:
Danchev:
The door card was an eight and the board came and the PCA Champion Danchev is the first elimination from this final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Faraz Jaka |
1,250,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
Dimitar Danchev | Busted | |
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Talal Shakerchi opened to 45,000 from under the gun, Vicky Coren three-bet shoved from his direct left, and the action folded back to Shakerchi, who folded as well.
Faraz Jaka opened to 45,000 from early position, Gautam Sabharwal three-bet to 100,000 on the button, and both blinds released.
"Why are you picking on me?" Jaka asked as he fired in a four-bet worth 260,000.
Sabharwal didn't respond, rather he sat quietly, riffling chips with one hand. He eventually made the call, and the dealer fanned .
Jaka grabbed a tower of blue T5,000 chips, plopped four orange T25,000 chips on top, and slid forward a bet of 200,000. Sabharwal quickly folded, and Jaka picked up another pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Faraz Jaka |
1,600,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Gautam Sabharwal |
755,000
-358,000
|
-358,000 |
On an flop, Fabian Quoss check-called a 30,000 bet from JC Alvarado to see an turn. Both players now checked this and then the river, Alvarado showed - it was still good.