The details are sketchy, as we got them second hand, but Cates has been eliminated from the tournament, that's for sure. Cates had on a board where the flop had been king-high and an ace had hit the river. Connor Drinan was the one calling Cates' shove with for the rivered higher pair, and so eliminated the always dangerous Cates.
Martin Jacobson bet 35,000 on the flop, and Imad Derwiche made the call to see the land on the turn. Jacobson bet 45,000 this time, and Derwiche called once again.
The river was the , and both players checked.
Jacobson showed the , but his hand was no good against Derwiche's .
From under the gun, Ben Tollerene raised to 10,000. Jason Mercier called from the hijack seat, and then play folded to Max Altergott in the small blind. He reraised to 42,000 and won the pot.
On the flop, [Removed:17] bet 38,000. His opponent, Luuk Gieles, called, and the turn was the to pair the board. Both players checked, and the river produced the . Yan checked, and Gieles fired 75,000. Yan folded, and Gieles won the pot.
On a flop we saw Erik Seidel bet 27,000 from the big blind and Igor Kurganov raised from the button to 83,500. Seidel went into the tank for a while before making the call, and on the turn the hit.
The turn was the and Seidel checked to Kurganov who slid forward a big bet and Seidel quickly folded.
Talal Shakerchi joins Remko Rinkema to talk about competing against the best players in the world in the biggest buy-in tournaments, making $100 million trades, and much more.
Jeremy Ausmus was playing the Estrellas Main Event (where he made the money) today, but just busted and bought straight in for the €50,000 Super High Roller. He's the only new player to enter since out last update, a lot of other players busted and bought back in as you can see in the following list.
Martin Kabrhel and JC Alvarado have also busted, but haven't bought back in (yet). We ran into Alvarado in the hall way and he told us his neighbor Mike Watson limp reraised and Alvarado got it in with pocket eights. Watson had pocket kings and that hand held up.