Vanessa Selbst has just bought into the High Roller and is sat to the right of the only other woman in the field so far, Irina Batorevich of the Czech Republc. Maybe not for too long however as Batorevich currently has 5,600 from a starting stack of 50,000.
Jonathan Little had a bad start to the day when he busted the EPT10 Prague Main Event, but things have seemingly turned around for the American pro here in the High Roller.
We happened upon a recent hand with 60,000 or so already in the pot and a board reading 
. Lithuania's Anaras Alekberovas thought for a long time before he checked from the small blind, and then Little did the same from the button.
Alekberovas was first to show and rolled over the 
, but it was no good as Little won the sizable pot with just 
. He's running good at the moment.
The €10,000 High Roller is under way with a fanfare inversely proportional to its buy in. But even if these events tend to take place away from the brightest spotlight, there's one very good reason to stay in touch, namely: it's full of high rollers. PokerStars Blog takes a look.
At 99k from 50k start in the €10000 event. I made a few good hands and a few good bets. At 150/300-25.Follow @JonathanLittle
It really says something about poor scheduling when I am in Prague and I am skipping the WPT in Prague to play other poker events.Follow @JonathanLittle
A new kid comes to our table and has the clock called on him twice in his first hand. That's the first time I have ever seen that happen.Follow @JonathanLittle
Steve O’Dwyer opened for 1,000 from first position, Fedor Holz from the cut-off made the call and it was down to Andre Goldbaum in the big blind who glanced over at Holz’s stack. “Eleven hundred and one.” said Holz instantly giving him an exact count. Goldbaum, sitting with his lucky lead figure of Wolverine in front of him made the call. The flop was 
. Goldbaum checked and O’Dwyer continued for 1,000 getting a fold from Holz and a call from Goldbaum. Turn card 
and they both checked. River 
and now Golbaum led for 1,875 which O’Dwyer quickly called and mucked when Goldbaum showed 
.
Ari Engel has had a great 2013, but unfortunately his Main Event run has come to an end. PokerStars.tv’s Laura Cornelius caught up with Engel before he busted to talk through one of the trickier spots he’s had to play. Watch him break it down here.
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