From early position, Joni Jouhkimainen opened with a raise to 45,000. Ole Schemion called from the next seat, then Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel reraised to 137,000 on the button. Everyone folded, and Duhamel won the pot.
Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 45,000 from early position, and Ole Schemion reraised from the hijack seat to 100,000. After play folded back to him, Thorel made the call.
The flop came down 
, and Thorel check-called a bet of 125,000 from the youngster Schemion. The turn brought the 
, and Thorel fired forward 350,000. Schemion folded, and Thorel pulled in the pot.
Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 50,000 from middle position and Ole Schemion three-bet to 115,000 from the button. Raul Refos took one look at his cards in the small blind and announced an all-in bet for 287,000 total. Thorel folded and Schemion called.
Schemion turned up 
but was crushed by Refos' 
. The 
flop paired both player's shared card which kept Refos out in the lead. The 
fell on fourth street and the 
on fifth, ensuring a double for Refos to about 660,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000 | -45,000 |
|
660,000 | 198,000 |
Richard Yong opened with a raise to 42,000 from middle position, then Joni Jouhkimainen called from the next seat. In the next seat, the hijack seat, was Ole Schemion, and he reraised to 111,000. Play folded to Yong, and he reraised to 227,000. After Jouhkimainen folded, Schemion studied the situation. Eventually, Schemion reraised all in for right around 800,000, and Yong quickly folded.
From middle position, Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 50,000. Ole Schemion reraised all in for 374,000 out of the cutoff seat, and action folded back to Thorel. He quickly called with the 
to have Schemion and his 
at risk.
The flop gave Schemion two pair with the 
falling, and then the 
and followed on the turn and river, respectively. Schemion won the pot with aces and queens, and he doubled to back over 800,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,195,000 | -255,000 |
|
|
805,000 | 425,000 |
David Benefield moved all in from UTG+1 for his last 238,000. It folded all of the way around to Joni Jouhkimainen in the big blind. He raised the action by plopping out a tower of red T25,000 chips and Ole Schemion folded 
in the big blind face up.
Benefield:
Jouhkimainen: 
The board fell 
and Benefield's pocket nines were able to hold. He doubled to about 490,000 while Jouhkimainen fell to 1.72 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,720,000 | -225,000 |
|
490,000 | 261,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 45,000 from the hijack. Action folded to Ole Schemion and he popped it up to 100,000 total. Thorel called and the two saw a flop of 
. Schemion continued for 55,000 and Thorel instantly clicked it back for 110,000 total.
Schemion thought for roughly one minute before finally deciding to let go of his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,450,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
380,000 | -150,000 |
Cards are in the air for this exciting final table!
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Welcome back to our coverage of the European Poker Tour Season 10 High Roller event! Yesterday the final numbers were tallied to find that event saw 180 total entries. There were 138 unique players and 42 re-entries. At the end of play, it was Joni Jouhkimainen who led the unofficial final table of nine.
While Jouhkimainen is the largest stack at the table, the man directly behind him is none other than PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu, who quit this event just two days ago due to a ruling dispute, re-entered late in Day 1 and now has a shot to win the very event that he dropped out of. Negreanu is second in chips and no stranger to high pressure final tables, so he will most certainly be the one to watch as this table progresses.
The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel also navigated through this stacked field to find a seat at the unofficial final table. Duhamel seems to be riding a hot streak at this stop, as his entry into this event came fresh off of a 3rd place finish in a €2,000 No-Limit Hold'em side event here at the EPT Barcelona. Duhamel pocketed €62,600 for that finish but is now eyeing today's top prize of €390,700.
Speaking of recent deep runs, both Ole Schemion and November Niner David Benefield will also hit the felt today. Less than a week ago, both Schemion and Benefield final tabled the Super High Roller, finishing sixth and fifth respectively. Today could mean redemption for either player as they seek the title of high roller champion.
Cards are set to fly at 12:00 pm local time for this stacked final table. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates!