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Bryn Kenney opened to 7,700 from early position, and he found calls from Phil Laak and Andrew Robl, both with position. Then along came Mr. Out-of-position, Jason Mercier. From the small blind, he squeezed in a reraise to 31,300, and this time only Laak called to see a flop.
Heads up, the dealer spread out 
, and one bet of 34,200 was enough for Mercier to take it down.
The table talk in the tournament is extremely lively and fun, even despite the fact that each payer ponied up $100,000 to play this event. Just recently, Phil Laak discussed how he once paid Andrew Robl $1,500 to know his net worth once a year, every year for the rest of his life. Laak could ask once and cannot tell anyone else. He also has to ask in private so it never becomes public. Robl accepted.
Just now, Laak bought knowledge of Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier's net worth for every year for the rest of his life. The price? Just $1,000. Laak quickly pulled the money out of his bag and plopped it on the table. Mercier gladly accepted.
Jonathan Duhamel opened the pot to 8,000 from middle position, and Daniel Cates three-bet to 22,000 from the button. In the small blind, Humberto Brenes cold four-bet to 72,000 straight, and the folds came instantly from Duhamel and Cates.
When Humberto four-bets, they run for the hills.
The table talk in the room is captivating enough that they could air an audio-only broadcast of this tournament if they wanted to.
The conversations have covered pretty much every topic you can imagine, and a quick game of "Lodden Thinks" even broke out at Daniel Negreanu's table. It reminded him of a story, and he turned around in his chair to needle Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger.
Apparently, Chewy was "Lodden" in a game last year, and he was asked to guess the distance from Miami to Los Angeles. "I know a mile's not that big," Chewy was explaining himself today, "and I know it's really far. Like, you don't want to drive there. So I guessed 500,000 miles."
The table all chuckled as Chewy turned red, and Bill Chen leaned over the table to confirm, "You thought it was 500,000 miles across the country? When you were younger?"
There was a bit of an awkward pause before Chewy answered, "Last summer..." The table all laughed again, and after another minute, he added "Good thing there's no correlation between common sense and poker."
The players are now on their 90-minute dinner break. Eat well and we'll see you in a bit.
Level: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The break clock has ticked down to zero, and we count 12 players in their seats. The clock waits for nobody, however, and the cards are back in the air.
There are 30 players left, and we'll have a full round of updated chip counts for you in a moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
649,000
229,000
|
229,000 |
|
||
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630,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
||
|
520,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
485,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
|
475,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
466,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
465,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
||
|
462,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
||
|
446,000 | |
|
390,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
312,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
299,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
|
||
|
298,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
||
|
292,000 | |
|
281,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
280,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
261,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
||
|
241,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
237,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
|
|
||
|
232,000 | |
|
||
|
229,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
224,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
||
|
196,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
193,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
180,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
Andrew Lichtenberger bet 25,000 on the flop of 
. Bill Chen, who is a Friend of PokerStars, raised to 50,000. Lichtenberger tanked and then reraised to 200,000. Chen moved all in and Lichtenberger called off his last few thousand chips. Lichtenberger was he player at risk, but held the best hand at the time the money went in. He had the 
for a straight and was up against the 
for Chen.
The turn and river failed to pair the board when the 
and 
fell. That kept Lichtenberger's straight as the winner and he collected the chips. Lichtenberger was all in for 217,000 total and Chen was left with just 8,000.
On the next hand, Chen was all in with the 
up against the 
for David Benyamine. Although Chen flopped trip fives, Benyamine rivered a straight as the board ran out 
. Chen was eliminated and hit the rail.
In early position Daniel Cates opened to 10,000 (for the second pot in a row), and he found calls from David Benyamine (button) and Caio Pimenta (big blind) to go three-handed to the flop.
It came out 
, and Pimenta checked. Cates continued out with a bet of 20,000, and Benyamine quickly called. Pimenta, however, studied the board for a minute or so before announcing a raise. He made it 65,000 total, and Cates and Benyamine folded in turn, the latter looking a bit frustrated in the process.
Pimenta is the lone Brazilian playing in this Super High Roller, and he's thus far representing his continent rather well. That pot puts him up over the half-million-chip mark with about 530,000.
