We just saw the end of a huge clash between Martin Finger and Fabian Quoss that resulted in the former grabbing the chip lead. After the hand Quoss was kind enough to explain to us what happened.
Finger raised from the cutoff to 4,800 and Quoss three-bet from the button to 11,700. The action folded back to Finger who four-bet to 23,800 and Quoss moved all in. Quoss' shove was for 94,500 and Finger made the call.
Finger:
Quoss:
The board ran out and Finger grabbed the chip lead.
Jeff Rossiter raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and Joao Vieira three-bet all in for 33,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Rossiter made the call right away.
Action folded to Paul Newey in the small blind and the British high roller limped in. Big blind Adrian Mateos raised it up to 6,500 and Newey three bet to 16,500. Mateos made the call in position.
The flop came and Newey bet 21,000. Mateos raised his neighbor all in and Newey called.
Adrian Mateos:
Paul Newey:
Newey had not a whole lot of outs left, and wouldn't improve: on the turn and on the river.
The table broke right after, but it looked like Mateos had about 200,000 in chips.
David Peters raised to 4,400 under the gun plus two and Ihar Soika called in the hijack. Afshin Rasulov was next to act and he three-bet from the cutoff to 11,000. The action folded back to Peters and he four-bet all in for 60,800.
Soika folded right away and Rasulov made the call.
Rasulov:
Peters:
The board ran out and Peters exited the tournament while Rasulov now has a big stack in front of him.
Davidi Kitai raised to 4,500 under the gun plus one and Mike Watson three-bet from the button to 12,000. The action folded back to Kitai who tanked for a bit before making the call.
The flop came down and Kitai check-folded to a 11,000-chip bet.
Even the very best players look over their shoulders from time to time, wary of that new player, out there somewhere, determined to knock them off top spot. Not even the best players are immune to this as the high roller event demonstrated yesterday, with some players in an introspective mood. The PokerStars Blog reports.
Ilkin Garibli opened the cutoff for 4,100 and his country man Agshin Rasulov made the call from the small blind. Martin Finger in the big blind asked how much Garibli played behind, and made the call as well.
Both blinds checked to Garibli on . The player from Azerbaijan made a 9,200 continuation bet and Rasulov folded after a short period of thinking.
Finger tanked for a bit, grabbed a stack worth at least 125,000, and plumbed it just over the line. Garibli paused for a second, and then tossed in two 1,000 chips to indicate the call.
Ilkin Garibli:
Martin Finger:
The on the turn and ended it for Garibli and he wished the players good luck and made his exit.
The tournament director just announced to the players that the prize pool information will be available in an hour. The prize pool is €2,156,000, but the distribution of all that money will follow in sixty minutes. The clock now has 88 entries and 36 players of them are still in.
and Finger grabbed the chip lead.
and Newey bet 21,000. Mateos raised his neighbor all in and Newey called.
on the turn and 
on the river.
and Peters exited the tournament while Rasulov now has a big stack in front of him.
and Kitai check-folded to a 11,000-chip bet.
. The player from Azerbaijan made a 9,200 continuation bet and Rasulov folded after a short period of thinking.
