Jason Wheeler had to shoot a second bullet but is still in and on his way to cash all three High Roller tournaments here during the EPT12 Malta. The American grinder came fourth in the €25,000 High Roller and then third in the €10,000 Single-Day High Roller a few days ago. Right now, Wheeler sits behind a stack of just under 40 big blinds, more than enough to work some more magic.
Rasmus Agerskov raised to 9,000 and Adam Jaguscik flat-called from one seat over, Brian Yoon defended his big blind. On the flop , Agerskov checked and Jaguscik bet 18,500 to claim the pot once his opponents had folded.
It has been a very unfortunate last few minutes for JC Alvarado. After his two double ups almost in a row, he had Keven Stammen at risk with pocket tens versus pocket deuces and "Stammdogg" found a deuce on the board. The rest of it went in with the and Manuel Blaschke rejammed with .
The board ran out to make the kicker ten worthless and Alvarado quietly left the tournament area.
2015 WSOP November Niner Neil Blumenfield joins Remko Rinkema to discuss the upcoming final table, somehow being the second-oldest player in the final nine, and much more.
In the last hand before the break, which lasted several minutes into the break. The full action is amiss, but Brian Roberts raised to 111,700 and left very few chips behind on the river of a board. PokerStars Team Online member Isaac Haxton called and was shown the by Roberts.
Since it was no all in showdown, Haxton could muck his cards and that's exactly that he did, forfeiting the vast majority of his stack to have less than 10 big blinds remaining for the new level.
In a battle of the blinds, Przemyslaw Piotrowski raised and then called the three-bet shove of Manuel Blaschke from one seat over for around 20 big blinds. Blaschke had a massive kicker problem with , as Piotrowski had him dominated with the . The board ran out to give the Pole a straight.
Paul Newey also joined the rail at the very same time, failing to improve his second place finish in an EPT High Roller event from last season in Prague.