£50,000 Super High Roller Day 1 | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-04-2013 13:41 UTC

Perkins Re-Enters; Various Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Haralabos Voulgaris	360,000 116,000	116,000
Max Altergott	300,000
Philipp Gruissem	300,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	263,000 13,000	13,000
Andrew Chen	260,000 10,000	10,000
Dan Shak	252,000 2,000	2,000
Bill Perkins	250,000 250,000	250,000
Jonathan Duhamel	246,000 -4,000	-4,000

Winfred Yu	240,000 -10,000	-10,000
Ole Schemion	235,000 -15,000	-15,000
Mike Watson	230,000 -20,000	-20,000

Steven Silverman	190,000 -60,000	-60,000
Steve O'Dwyer	190,000 -60,000	-60,000

10-04-2013 13:54 UTC

What Did We Miss?

Happy_Freaked

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Over on one of the outer tables we just noticed a huge stack in front of German pro Johannes Strassmann. The three-time EPT Main Event finalist and third place finisher during the Snowfest event in 2010 has 550,000 in front of him and that makes him the clear chip leader. Martin Jacobson on the other hand was spotted with a lot of chips earlier but he now has to work with around 200,000.

Did Jacobson and Strassmann clash? We're not sure but the German could've also busted Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand Grospellier who was knocked out under unknown circumstances.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Strassmann	550,000 300,000	300,000
Martin Jacobson	200,000 -62,000	-62,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Martin Jacobson Johannes Strassmann

10-04-2013 13:59 UTC

Small One For Jacobson

Happy_Freaked

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Talal Shakerchi raised to 3,500 and Martin Jacobson called from the button. Johannes Strassmann folded from the small blind after which Fabian Quoss called from the big.

The flop brought out and Quoss checked.

Shakerchi bet 6,000 and Jacobson was his only caller.

On the turn the hit and Shakerchi gave up as he check-folded to Jacobson's 16,000-chip bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	210,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Fabian Quoss Johannes Strassmann Martin Jacobson

10-04-2013 14:00 UTC

Who's on the Way?

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We have it on good authority that there are eight players who are committed to playing but have yet to show up. They include Jeff Rossiter, Jason Mercier, Rick Salomon, Sam Trickett, Igor Kurganov, Niklas Heinecker and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom. Only time will tell when those players will take their seats.

There is also an outside chance that Andrew Lichtenberger and Marc-Andre Ladouceur will make their way to London.

10-04-2013 14:03 UTC

Chip Counts from Table 26

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Gross	355,000 105,000	105,000
Timothy Adams	320,000 70,000	70,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	300,000
Dan Smith	225,000 -25,000	-25,000
Martin Finger	80,000 -170,000	-170,000

10-04-2013 14:04 UTC

Good Start For Altergott

Happy_Freaked

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller winner Max Altergott just picked up a pot which bumped his stack up to 300,000. Timothy Adams raised to 4,100 and Altergott called from his immediate left. Dan Smith also called from the small blind and three players saw the flop.

The flop brought and Smith checked to Adams who bet 8,000.

Altergott was Adams' only called and the turn brought the . This time Adams checked and folded after his opponent threw out 16,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Altergott	300,000
Timothy Adams	280,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Max Altergott Timothy Adams

10-04-2013 14:06 UTC

Chip Counts Secondary Table

Happy_Freaked

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Strassmann	652,400 102,400	102,400
Daniel Negreanu	318,900 68,900	68,900

Fabian Quoss	260,200
Martin Jacobson	244,000 34,000	34,000
Sorel Mizzi	135,100 -54,900	-54,900
Talal Shakerchi	127,600 -122,400	-122,400

10-04-2013 14:08 UTC

Chip Counts Feature Table

Happy_Freaked

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	355,200 -69,800	-69,800

Richard Yong	278,400 28,400	28,400
Paul Newey	267,500 17,500	17,500
Mike McDonald	253,600 3,600	3,600

Erik Seidel	246,400 -10,600	-10,600

Christoph Vogelsang	203,600 -46,400	-46,400

10-04-2013 14:23 UTC

Flush Over Flush Benefits Perkins

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

It looks like Bill Perkins' decision to re-enter was a good one as he was just on the good end of a flush-over-flush hand.

We didn't catch all the details, but we do know the board read when both players got 75,000 in the pot. When the completed the board on the river, there was a bet of 80,000 (by which player we're not sure) and a call.

Jouhkimainen tabled the for a king-high flush, but unfortunately for him it was no good as Perkins held the for an ace-high flush.

In the very next hand, a player opened for 2,600 and Perkins three-bet to 5,000 from the cutoff. Jouhkimainen then four-bet to 13,000 from the button, the blinds and original raiser folded, and Perkins made the call. Both players proceeded to check the flop, the turned and Perkins bet 10,000. Jouhkimainen popped it to 22,000, Perkins tank-called and the completed the board on the river. Perkins slowed down with a check and then folded when Jouhkimainen bet 40,000.