High Roller Bounty Shootout
Day 2 Started
High Roller Bounty Shootout
Day 2 Started
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout. After two flights of single tables, some eight-handed and some nine-handed, we have nine winners that will meet at the final table today.
For winning his starting table, each player has already earned $40,000 plus $2,000 for each bounty they collected. In addition, the player who wins the most bounties will also receive another $20,000 plus a seat into the next North American Poker Tour Bounty Shootout.
The man with the most bounties heading into play today is, who else, the defending champion Jason Mercier with six. He will be looking for the repeat, but will have to get through an impressive bunch to do so.
Here is how the seating assignments shape up.
Seat | Player | Bounties |
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1 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 2 |
2 | Joe Sweeney | 6 |
3 | Micah Raskin | 3 |
4 | Michael Pesek | 2 |
5 | Eugene Katchalov | 4 |
6 | Jimmie Guinther | 3 |
7 | Scott Blackman | 4 |
8 | Jonathan Jaffe | 2 |
9 | Jason Mercier | 7 |
Despite the different-sized table they bested on Day 1, each player will start with 50,000 in chips today and will be competing for an overall top prize of $142,600. Play is expected to kick off shortly, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for all of the exciting action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
The cards are in the air at the final table!
Action folded to Eugene Katchalov in middle postion and he raised to 600. Jason Mercier called from the small blind and they saw a flop come down .
Mercier checked it and Katchalov bet 800. A min-raise to 1,600 came from Mercier with Katchalov calling to see the turn. Both checked, with the hitting the river. Both checked again and Mercier showed , good enough to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jason Mercier | 51,000 | 1,000 |
Eugene Katchalov | 49,100 | -900 |
Eugene Katchalov opened to 600 from under the gun and Jason Mercier called from the hijack. In the cutoff, Taylor von Kriegenbergh re-raised to 3,000. Only Mercier called to see the flop come down .
Mercier checked and von Kriegenbergh bet 4,100, unable to shake Mercier. The turn fell the with Mercier checking once again. After a few moments, von Kriegenbergh bet 8,000. Mercier gave it up after about a minute, yielding the pot to von Kriegenbergh who showed .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Taylor von Kriegenbergh
|
54,000 | 4,000 |
Jason Mercier | 46,000 | -5,000 |
In between the last two hands, a spectator stood up and took one step toward the table. "Jason?" he asked. Mercier's head snapped around, and the fan continued, "Jason, can you send me five bucks on Stars? Please?"
Chuckles all around.
Micah Raskin opened to 600 from middle postion and Jimmie Guinther called on the button.
The flop fell and Raskin checked. Guinther bet 800, quickly seeing Raskin bump it to 2,500. Guinther kicked it in, surrendering the pot to Raskin who holds the early lead with about 60,000.
Joe Sweeney made it 1,000 to go from under the gun. Next next to act, Micah Raskin popped it to 4,000. Action folded back to Sweeney and he called.
The flop came down and Sweeney checked it to Raskin who fired 4,000. Sweeney put in a raise to 13,000 with Raskin calling to see the turn. A check from Sweeney led to a check from Raskin as well. The hit the river and Sweeney fired 15,000. Raskin let it go and surrendered the chip lead to Sweeney.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Joe Sweeney | 64,000 | 19,000 |
Micah Raskin | 42,000 | -18,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50