David Peters raised to 5,500 from the button and Paul Newey called from the small blind. Igor Kurganov came along from the big, the flop came down 
, and Peters continued for 9,300 after both his opponents checked.
Newey folded, Kurganov check-raised to 27,500, and Peters called to see the 
turn. Kurganov slowed down with a check and then snap-folded when Peters bet 43,000.
Brian Rast just raised to 5,700 and David Peters three-bet to 16,200 from the big blind. Rast made it 41,200 and Peters called the four-bet.
On a 
the hand was checked down rather quickly, and Rast flashed 
. Peters tabled 
and he picked up the pot.
We just saw a board of 
when Brian Rast bet 22,000 and Paul Newey raised it up to 50,000. After a while Rast folded, and Newey climbed up to over 500,000 chips. Brian Rast meanwhile drops down, but still sits on 305,000.
With a flop showing 
we saw Byron Kaverman check to Fedor Holz who bet 4,500 from the button and Kaverman called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
On the river the 
hit and Kaverman checked again, after which Holz bet 8,500. Kaverman made the call and Holz showed 
. Kaverman tabled 
and he took down the pot with a pair of eights.
Igor Kurganov raised to 5,000 under the gun and Paul Newey defended from the big blind. Newey then check-called a bet of 5,000 on the , and it appeared both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Newey led out for 10,000 and Kurganov raised to 50,000. Newey mulled it over and eventually settled on a fold.
| Seat | Table 8 | Table 10 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Brian Rast |
| 2 | - | Fabian Quoss |
| 3 | Byron Kaverman | - |
| 4 | Erik Seidel | Ben Tollerene |
| 5 | Jason Mercier | David Peters |
| 6 | Fedor Holz | - |
| 7 | - | Paul Newey |
| 8 | Phil Ivey | Igor Kurganov |
With two tables of five currently in play, we're just one elimination removed from having to combine to a table of nine. Tournament director Joel Williams explained to us that when a player gets knocked out he will have the option to re-enter right away and draw from all the open seats available at that point.
If the eliminated player decides not to reenter right away, one table of nine will be created. If the player in question decides to re-enter at a later stage, or if a fresh player then enters, a redraw will be done to create two tables of five again.
As it stands right now there have been 11 total entries, and up until the 20th entry there will be three places paid in this tournament. If the tournament reaches 21 entries the tournament will pay four spots.
If registration of this event would close right now, the payout would be as following with a $2,695,000 prize pool.
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,347,500 |
| 2 | $808,500 |
| 3 | $539,100 |
Team PokerStars Jason Mercier just raised from the button to 4,300 and Fedor Holz three-bet to 12,700. Phil Ivey looked at both Mercier and Holz before counting down his own stack and four-betting to 31,000.
Mercier folded quickly, and Holz stared down Ivey for about 30 seconds before letting go of his hand.
Fedor Holz has opted to reenter, while Fabian Quoss, who won the $100,000 Challenge yesterday, has jumped into action. That means the clock has been paused while the 10 players break into two tables as follows:
| Seat | Table 8 | Table 10 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Brian Rast |
| 2 | - | Fabian Quoss |
| 3 | Byron Kaverman | - |
| 4 | Erik Seidel | Ben Tollerene |
| 5 | Jason Mercier | - |
| 6 | Fedor Holz | - |
| 7 | - | Paul Newey |
| 8 | Phil Ivey | Igor Kurganov |
Contrast to our prior reports, late registration for this event will remain open until the start of Day 2. In total six levels will be played today, and late entrants would start this tournament with 250,000 chips at 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante.
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