Bill Perkins, Justin "Boosted J" Smith, and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom saw a flop of . The action checked to Blom on the button, and he fired 4,800. Perkins got out of the way, and Smith check-raised to 10,900. Blom called.
The turn was the , and Smith checked again. Blom quickly tossed out 16,000, and Smith mucked his hand. Blom peaked at his cards, turned over the , and mucked his hand.
"Was there a six on board?" Perkins asked as the dealer washed the cards.
Someone shook their head "no," and Perkins' attention returned to his iPad. Blom, who dropped below the 40,000-chip mark, is now back up to the starting stack.
We caught up with this hand on the board with action between Bolivar Palacios and Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov. Palacios fired a bet of 1,150 and Lykov came back with a raise to 3,100. After a couple of minutes tanking, Palacios folded his hand and Lykov picked up the pot.
Matt Giannetti, Stefan Huber, Mike Sowers and a fourth unknown player all took the flop. Giannetti was first and checked to the unknown player. That player fired a bet of 1,200. Huber and Sowers folded back to Giannetti. He put in a check-raise to 3,100 and his opponent mucked, allowing Giannetti to rake in the pot and move to 53,000.
On the flop, Bill Perkins fired a bet of 2,000 and Justin Smith made the call. The turn brought the and Perkins bet 4,000 quickly. Smith took some time and then fired back with a raise to 12,500. Perkins folded just as quickly as he bet and Smith won the pot.
Nicolas Fierro opened from under the gun, 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion and Team PokerStars Pro Pius Heinz three-bet to 1,450 near the button, and Andrew Lichtenberger cold four-bet to 3,250 from the small blind. The big blind released, Fierro called, and Heinz tanked before getting out of the way.
The flop fell , and both players checked. Lichtenberger led after the turned, betting 4,000, and Fierro quickly called. The completed the board, and both players checked again. Lichtenberger rolled over for a pair of queens, Fierro mucked, and Lichtenberger won the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst opened to 500 from under the gun, and fellow pro Pierre Neuville called on her direct left. The rest of the action folded, and the dealer fanned . Selbst led for 700, and Neuville called. The turn was the , and Selbst slowed down, checking to Neuville who took the opportunity to fire 1,575. Selbst called.
The completed the board, and Selbst checked again. Neuville bet 3,100, and Selbst folded.
Action folded around the table to Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree in the small blind and she raised to 650. In the big blind, Jonathan Little three-bet to 2,000. Boeree didn't back down and came back with a four-bet to 6,100. Little five-bet all in for 31,375 and Boeree snapped.
Boeree:
Little:
The flop, turn and river ran out and although Boeree held the , the ten on the river gave Little a full house and he doubled up. Boeree was left with around 20% of the starting stack.
Here's some more names that have arrived to play the $25,000 High Roller. The field size is up to 121 players and still growing. This event is also re-entry, so that could help the field grow even more.