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Cary Katz open-shoved for 660,000 on the button with 
, and David "Doc" Sands for quite some time in the small blind before folding. Nick Schulman folded his big blind as well, and Katz took down the pot.
The blinds and antes have put the pressure on the short stacks, and it didn't take long for one of them to commit. That man was Germany's Philipp Gruissem, and unfortunately for him, he wouldn't survive the red-hot Scott Seiver.
It happened when action folded to Seiver in the small blind and he simply moved all in. "Freeroll," he told Gruissem, who was smiling in the big blind. The German looked down at his first card and chuckled a bit. "Is it a good one?" Seiver asked.
"Yeah, it's enough," Gruissem said before peeking at the other card and calling off for 1,085,000. Gruissem then tabled 
, which was a 55% favorite to beat Seiver's 
.
The German seemed hopeful, but not after the flop fell 
, giving Seiver the lead with a pair of queens. Neither the 
turn nor 
river allowed Gruissem to retake the lead, and he exited in fifth place for $400,700.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,995,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
5,080,000
1,175,000
|
1,175,000 |
|
||
|
1,900,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
||
|
780,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Nick Schulman opened to 150,000 from the small blind with 
, Scott Seiver defended from the big blind with an unknown hand, and the flop was 
. Schulman led out for 180,000, and Seiver raised to 400,000.
Schulman re-raised to 775,000, Seiver moved all in, and Schulman called all in for 1.65 million.
Seiver showed 
.
The turn was a meaningless 
, but the 
spike on the river, doubling Schulman.
Schulman now has over 3.6 million chips, while Seiver dipped to 3.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,095,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
3,640,000
1,740,000
|
1,740,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,370,000
-1,710,000
|
-1,710,000 |
|
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||
|
|
650,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
David "Doc" Sands opened for 130,000 under the gun with 
and cleared the field to a short-stacked Cary Katz, who just called from the big blind holding 
. The latter proceeded to check-call a bet of 65,000 on the 
flop, and then both players checked the 
turn.
When the appeared on the river, Katz checked and Sands put the pressure on by moving all in. Katz quickly folded and the rich got richer while the poor got poorer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,360,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
|
445,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
Cary Katz moved all in for 385,000 from first position with 
, and Scott Seiver called with 
in the big blind.
The flop fell 
, giving Katz a flush draw to go along with his outs to make a pair. The turn was another ten - the 
- and the completed the board, giving Katz a pair of nines.
He doubled to 840,000 chips, while Seiver slipped to 2.8 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,170,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
|
|
3,910,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,835,000
-535,000
|
-535,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
840,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
It was an opening spell of play the likes of which are rarely seen in an event of this kind, but after just seven hands the landscape of the Super High Roller final looked very different. Read more about it over at the PokerStars Blog.
Scott Seiver opened to 140,000 from under the gun with 
, Nick Schulman defended in the big blind with 
, and the flop fell 
. Schulman checked, Seiver fired 150,000, and Schulman check-raised to 345,000. Seiver called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. The two checked again.
Seiver tabled his hand, and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,395,000
-515,000
|
-515,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,330,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
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David "Doc" Sands opened for 130,000 with and received a call from Nick Schulman, who held on the button. Both players then checked the flop, and then Sands led out for 230,000 on the turn. It proved enough to get the job done as Schulman sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,800,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
|
3,100,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
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