From the High Roller Straight Into the Main Event
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
After finishing runner-up to Mike McDonald in the €25K High Roller, Juha Helppi has opted to jump into the Main Event. He got off to a quick start working his 30,000 starting stack up to nearly 45,000, but he just his a small road bump.
We missed the action unfold, but we do know a short-stacked Bob Ekelund got his last 4,200 or so all in preflop and was at risk against Helppi.
Ekelund: 
Helppi: 
It was a flip, and Ekelund managed to pull ahead on the 
flop. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Helppi, and he sent a small portion of his stack over to Ekelund.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 |
. Goulet held the 
but the Russian got there on the turn of a 
board.
.
, one player bets and Brian Roberts calls before Mikolaj Zawadzki folds. The 
turn is checked through and the opponents of Roberts also checked the 
. Thomas Muehloecker, who was in the small blind, moved all in for his last 17,300 and action was on Sanan Dovlatov. 
on the river and his opponent was quick to check behind. Luca showed 
for a counterfeited two pair, and the pot went to his opponent who showed 
.
, Corey Hochman made it 3,375 to go and was called by one player before Byron Kaverman folded. Then, Thomas Alarcon moved all in for 10,250 and just Hochman called with 
for top pair. Alarcon was way ahead with 
and locked up the double on the 
on the river made Demidov's eights into a winning straight and Delgado's top set hit the muck soon enough.
