Ole “wizowizo” Schemion is the player of the moment. The young German has been the standout player of the season and not only looks uncatchable at the top of the EPT 10 leader board, but is also battling for the chip lead in the €100k Super High Roller. Read more over at the PokerStars Blog.
Some of the players were musing in the last level about some potential consequences of the 8th place pay day and bubble being so high. Sarah discusses the issue with Alec Torelli.
| Seat | Player | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| Feature Table | ||
| 1 | Ole Schemion | 1,019,000 |
| 2 | Talal Shakerchi | 324,000 |
| 3 | Sorel Mizzi | 177,000 |
| 4 | Dan Smith | 253,000 |
| 5 | Ping San Chan | 1,466,000 |
| 6 | Fabian Quoss | 817,000 |
| 7 | Justin Bonomo | 323,000 |
| 8 | Chun Lei Zhou | 475,000 |
| Outer Feature Table | ||
| 1 | Antonio Esfandiari | 1,109,000 |
| 2 | Wei Phua | 511,000 |
| 3 | Daniel Colman | 1,298,000 |
| 4 | Richard Yong | 411,000 |
| 5 | Olivier Busquet | 141,000 |
| 6 | Daniel negreanu | 824,000 |
| 7 | Mike McDonald | 420,000 |
| 8 | Isaac Haxton | 657,000 |
| Table 2 | ||
| 1 | Christoph Vogelsang | 670,000 |
| 2 | Dan Cates | 910,000 |
| 3 | John Juanda | 330,000 |
| 4 | Igor Kurganov | 740,000 |
| 5 | Phil Ivey | 475,000 |
| 6 | Philipp Gruissem | 500,000 |
| 7 | Lo Shing Fung | 1,225,000 |
With around 100,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Lo Shing Fung checked from the big blind and Mike Watson bet 56,000. Fung responded with a check-raised to 146,000, Watson called, and the 
completed the board on the river.
Fung, who had the bigger stack, announced that he was all in, and Watson waited for about 20 seconds before calling for for 240,000 or so. Fung rolled over the 
for the nuts, and Watson simply shook his head up and down and then mucked his hand.
Since it was an all-in situation, the dealer was obligated to expose his hand — the 
. Watson's set was no good, and his elimination means that only one player from last year's final table (Sorel Mizzi) remains in the tournament. If you recall, Watson had finished seventh last year for €218,300.
Until this year, a Spanish player had never entered the EPT Grand Final €100K Super High Roller. After winning the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event last year, 19-year-old Adrian Mateos decided to give it a go in this year's SHR. The Spanish railbirds were excited for their man, and like him, they waited patiently for a double. Mateos recently got his chips in as a dominating favorite, but sometimes poker can be a cruel game.
It began when Igor Kurganov opened for 22,000 from under the gun and Fabian Quoss flatted. When action reached Mateos in the small blind, he moved all in for 160,000 total. Kurganov quickly got out of the way, and then Quoss snap-called.
Quoss: 
Mateos: 
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Mateos was a 65.48% favorite while Quoss would come from behind 33.69% of the time. Actually, that number was even less as another player at the table claimed to have folded an ace.
Even so, the 
flop provided two of them and put a dagger through Mateos' heart. Just like that the Spaniard went from being a big favorite to drawing dead. The meaningless 
and 
were run out on the turn and river respectively, and then a dejected Mateos took his leave from the tournament in 25th place.
That means it's time for the three-table redraw.
Lo Shing Fung opened from late position and called a shove by Alec Torelli in the big blind.
Fung had 
and Torelli was at risk with his suited 
.
The cards fell 
the turn giving Torelli a flush sweat but it was not to be.
Daniel Negreanu opened for 22,000 and got a call from Chistoph Vogelsang in the small blind. Antonio Esfandiari was in the big blind and he made it 70,000.
The action was back on Negreanu who raised him announcing that this was his first five-bet of the tournament. Vogelsang folded and Esfandiari moved all in pretty quickly and was just as quickly called by Negreanu.
Negreanu
Esfandiari
Esfandiari’s tournament life was on the line but as the cards ran out 
he dodged Negreanus’ outs and doubled up his stack at the Team PokerStars Pro’s expense.
Daniel Cates opened from the button and then called a shove from Wei Seng Phua who was in the big blind. Cates showed and was behind the at risk Phua who shoved with .
The final board showed 
to give Phua his double up.
Talal Shakerchi open shoved his short stack and it folded round to Chunlei Zhou in the big blind. He looked like he was getting ready to fold until he saw his hand looked good enough to make the call. He dithered between the two options before making the call with 
and seeing the bad news as Shakerchi showed his 
.
The board ran out 
.
Shakerchi survived once again and doubled up.
Phil Ivey opened the cutoff to 20,000 and Mike McDonald three-bet to 55,000 from the small blind. Ping San Chan in the big blind thought about it for some time, but folded eventually. Phil Ivey responded by shoving allin for his 261,000 stack, McDonald called.
Phil Ivey:
Mike McDonald: 
The board didn't display any cards higher than an eight and Ivey doubled: 
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