We caught some interesting preflop action at one of the three remaining tables in the tournament. Scott Seiver raised to 24,000 in the cutoff and Steve O'Dwyer re-raised to 63,000 on the button.
Tobias Reinkemeier thought it would be a good chance to steal the early bets and fired 140,000. Seiver folded, but O'Dwyer wasn't willing to give up easily and announced an "all-in". Reinkemeier wasn't ready to risk it just yet and folded.
Dan Smith is currently chip leader of the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller event. He talks to Kristy about how he accumulated so many chips and also explains what dansmithnubs.com is.
Eugene Katchalov shoved his stack of 147,000 under the gun and got called by Ilari Sahamies on his immediate left. Jason Mercier then got his own stack in from the cutoff spot, and Sahamies called that bet as well.
Showdown
| Katchalov |   |
| Sahamies |   |
| Mercier |   |
The board ran 
, giving Mercier an improbable set on the river and busting Katchalov from the tournament.
JasonMercier Jason Mercier Wowwwww. Just went from 275k to 720 in one hand. All in with QQ vs KK vs a shortstacked TT and I rivered the queen!! #teamjustgoodluck
August 18 2012
We saw an open seat over at the feature table and inquired as to what happened. According to the announcer, Simon Ravnsbaek and Dan Smith, both of who held big stacks, got it in with the same hand--
.
Well, as we've said before, Smith has been running well all day, and this hand would be no different. You see, Smith held the 
and the board ran out with four spades of its own, giving him a flush and the massive pot. On the flip side, Ravnsbaek was eliminated in a gut-wrenching hand.
Meanwhile, Masa Kagawa was eliminated at the hands of Tobias Reinkemeier over at one of the outer tables.
As the €50,000 Super High Roller continues through Day 2 and the Estrellas Main Event rolls on, the Ladies event has gotten underway featuring a bumper field of players. Check out the article on the PokerStars Blog.
Level: 12
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | 1 | Dan Smith |
| 2 | Vadzim Kursevich | |
| 3 | JC Alvarado | |
| 4 | Sami Kelopuro | |
| 5 | Mike McDonald | |
| 6 | Simon Ravnsbaek | |
| 7 | Mike Watson | |
| 8 | Jim McCrink | |
| Outer 1 | 1 | Ignat Liviu |
| 2 | Jason Mercier | |
| 3 | Sam Chartier | |
| 4 | Anatoly Gurtovoy | |
| 5 | Juha Helppi | |
| 6 | Eugene Katchalov | |
| 7 | Ilari Sahamies | |
| 8 | John Juanda | |
| Outer 2 | 1 | Tobias Reinkemeier |
| 2 | Peter Jetten | |
| 3 | Masa Kagawa | |
| 4 | Erik Seidel | |
| 5 | Talal Shakerchi | |
| 6 | Artem Litvinov | |
| 7 | Scott Seiver | |
| 8 | Steve O'Dwyer |
At the outer table, a preflop raising war saw Ilya Bulychev, who was the last remaining rebuy player from the start of the day, get his stack of approximately 400,000 all in with 
against the 
of Mike "Timex" McDonald.
Bulychev was in great shape to double, but the 
flop did give McDonald a gut-shot straight draw to go with his outs. The turn made it an open-ended straight draw, but it would be the 
on the river that would give him trips and send a disappointed Bulychev to the rail.
With that, we're down to 24 players, which means it's time for the three-table redraw.
From under the gun, Sami Kelopuro raised to 20,000. Artem Litvinov reraised all in from the small blind for 168,000 and Kelopuro made the call.
Litvinov held'
the and was dominating the 
for Kelopuro. The flop, turn and river ran out 
to give Litvinov the double.
On the 
, Vadzim Kursevich bet 88,000 and Scott Seiver made the call. The river completed the board with the 
and Kursevich fired 157,000. Seiver thought about it and then folded, giving Kursevich the pot.
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