There are 11 players remaining in the morning Satellite including Andrey Zaichenko, Martin Finger and Thomas Miller. Only the top 8 spots will get the entry to the High Roller tournament and Steven van Zadelhoff busted not long ago.
Jaroslaw Sikora walked by the satellite area without any hurry, confirming his exit on the first bullet in the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
There was an empty seat over on table two and Thomas Muehloecker sat behind a pretty decent stack. A quick chat with the Austrian, who won the EPT10 Barcelona High Roller, revealed what had happened. Adnan Chamaa raised to 1,600 from under the gun and then called the three-bet to 4,500 by Muehloecker to see a flop of 
with flush draw.
Muehloecker checked, Chamaa bet 6,000 and was called. On the 
turn, the Austrian check-raised from 9,000 to 22,000 and Chamaa called before the river brought a card to complete the flush draw. Muehloecker jammed to put his opponent at risk for 25,000 and was called by a set of jacks, showing ace-king for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
Busted |
According to the screens, there are now 151 entries and 12 of them are reentries. Among them were Pratyush Buddiga, Dominik Nitsche and Bahram Chobinah. Latest casualties include Kully Sidhu and Muhyedine Fares.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
50,000
22,900
|
22,900 |
|
50,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Before the break we caught the tail end of a hand between Jack Salter and Kully Sidhu.
On a board of 
big blind Salter was all in for 32,700. Hijack Kully Sidhu was deep in the tank and said "You have a set?", before thinking about it some more.
Eventually he did call, and he got the bad news right away.
Jack Salter: 
Kully Sidhu: 
The river 
was a blank and Salter doubled.
While the former EPT Grand Final runner up was still stacking his newfound chips, his neighbor Dominykas Karmazinas asked him how old he was.
"29, I'm an old man! What? You see the grey hair?"
To the table's surprise, Karmazinas answered affirmative; "Yeah, it's terrible!"
Salter laughed and said "Well, thanks for being so honest. How old are you?"
"28," Karmazinas anwered, "One more year and I'll look like this? Noooo!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
22,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
After a board of 
, there were about 8,000 chips in the middle and Charlie Carrel, defending champion of this very event, moved all in for exactly 19,000. Next to him was sitting Tobias Reinkemeier, enjoying a massage, and he pondered about his decision.
Ultimately, Reinkemeier folded and the pot was pushed to Carrel. "I wouldn't fold aces," Reinkemeier said. For Carrel, it was just some consolation though after losing quite some chips on the first bullet so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
8,200
|
8,200 |
|
27,000
13,050
|
13,050 |
On the flop 
, Paul Hoefer checked out of the blinds and called a bet worth 2,000 by Bahram Chobineh before they checked the 
turn. Hoefer took the lead on the 
river with a bet worth 3,500 and Chobineh called to muck once he was shown 
for ace-high by Hoefer.
The table itself is quite interesting to say the least, below are the chip counts of the notables on it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
80,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
41,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
37,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
16,300
-33,700
|
-33,700 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Two hands took far longer and minutes into the break.
On the 
turn with approximately 12,000 chips in the pot, Dan Smith moved in for his last 11,375 and Francisco Benitez had a decision to make. Plenty of small talk followed with Smith claiming to be on tilt. "You got it figured out, so guess you gotta call," Smith added and Benitez eventually folded. Smith mucked high enough that an eight was flashing and Benitez just laughed.
One table over, there was a pot of around 10,000 and the 
turn was checked through. On the 
river, Jaroslaw Sikora bet 2,700 and Simon Higgins then shoved for 33,850. The Pole tanked and made the call to smash his cards into the muck, exposing the after Higgins had turned over 
for a flush.
The dealer also turned over the second card, it was the 
, while Sikora had already steamed out of the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
68,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
24,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
5,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Faraz Jaka has been a poker for quite some time now, beginning with online play while he was in his freshman year in college, to his first live cash in 2007, to now, where he just finished in the money in the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event.
Jaka has been all over the world, and now he's put together all of his travel tips and guides via his new website, FarazJaka.com. While over in Monaco for the Grand Final, PokerNews' Sarah Herring caught up with Jaka to talk just that. Check it out.
The players are on their second 20 minute break of the day.
