Avoid, Avoid, Avoid, The Super High Roller Game Show
Level 5
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
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2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
Buy-in
€48,500
Prize Pool
€2,448,765
Entries
51
Level
25
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Putting Usernames to Faces, WCOOP Winners Honored in Prague
Level 6
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Winning a World Championship of Online Poker title is the highest achievement you can earn in the online game. It’s one of those titles that can be used as a kind of short hand, like stars on a general’s shoulder, or on your PokerStars avatar, or on your McDonalds name badge. The recognition is immediate.
But these single portions of poker history are easy to miss, taking place online away from public glare. So events in Prague last night set to change that, with an award ceremony to mark the occasion in the Cloud 9 SkyBar at the Prague Hilton, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Peters busts to Jacobson
Level 6
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Martin Jacobson raised to 9,000 out of the small blind and was called by David Peters from one seat over. The 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion continued for 12,000 on the 
flop and Peters called before doing so again for 26,000 on the 
turn.
Peters had about 90,000 chips left and got those in once the 
completed the board and Jacobson looked him up with 
. Peters only had 
for trips sixes and was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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275,300
165,300
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165,300 |
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Busted | |
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"Ninety Eight"
Level 6
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Martin Jacobson opened for 7,600 under the gun and Ivan Soshnikov, who won the €10,000 High Roller here last year for €382,050, called on the button.
Jacobson bet out 6,300 on the 
flop and Soshnikov called. The 
on the turn made Jacobson check, and then call the 17,000 bet his Russian opponent made.
The river came the 
and Jacobson checked. This is where things got a little interesting as Soshnikov said "Ninety eight" before tossing in two red 25,000 chips.
Immediately some confusion amongst the players and the dealer arose, and the look on Soshnikov's face made clear he knew he just did something wrong. He said 98 but he put in 50,000. Did the Russian player mean 9,800 and used too many and too big chips for it? Or did he mean 98,000 and didn't put in enough chips? Or did he mean a totally different number and just said it wrong?
The dealer called over a floor and the situation was explained. The floor ruled that the intention must had been to bet 98,000 and so Soshnikov was forced to change the two red 25,000 chips for a single green 100,000 chip.
Jacobson wasn't convinced yet, and Isaac Haxton, Andrew Chen and Tobias Reinkemeier questioned the ruling as well. The tournament director came over and confirmed the ruling her colleague made, stating the PokerStars rules were clear on the subject.
Chen argued a similar situation happened during the EPT London High Roller where the player was forced to bet the smallest amount possible, instead of the highest possible meaning. That player had said "Three" before throwing in a 5,000 chip, but was forced to make it 300 instead of 3,000.
The decision to make it 98,000 stood though, and Jacobson said it felt like an angle before folding. "I would have called 9,800" he stated. Soshnikov raked in the chips and when asked, said he wanted to make it 48,000 and not 9,800 or 98,000. "I need to work on my English" he said with a blush on his face.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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480,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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244,000
-31,300
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-31,300 |
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A Rare Trip To Europe For North American Sensation
Level 6
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
After destroying the WPT, Mukul Pahuja has made his way to Europe and is playing his first Super High Roller event. PokerStars Blog caught up with Pahuja to learn how his sensational current run began with a spectacular moment of bad timing.
Roberts Busts Drinan
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Coming back as one of the short stacks, Brian Roberts is storming to the top of the chip counts within three hands in a row. After doubling up and then knocking out Jean-Noel Thorel, he just busted Connor Drinan as well. Roberts raised to 11,000 from the cutoff and Drinan made it 28,000 on the button.
Roberts looked at the dealer, then formed a triangle and was thus all in. Drinan called off with a total of 180,000 in total and both players tabled their cards.
Roberts: 
Drinan: 
The board ran out 
and that was it for Drinan on the first bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
666,000
186,000
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186,000 |
|
Busted |
Multi-table Madness
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Earlier today Ivan Soshnikov was still in the Eureka Main Event as the bubble approached. However, he was also playing the Super High Roller which meant he had to hope for a different sort of run good as he went from stack to stack before leaving his chips to blind off in the Eureka event. Read all about it here.
Haxton Eliminated
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The action started with Isaac Haxton raising to 11,500 from the hijack. Ivan Soshnikov then bumped it up to 28,000 from the cut off as the action folded back around to Haxton. He went into the tank for several minutes before four-betting to 73,000. This forced Soshnikov into his own tank chamber where he stayed for several minutes before announcing all in for around 450,000 in chips. Haxton made the quick call with less chips and the cards were tabled.
Haxton:
Soshnikov: 
Soshnikov was behind but would improve as the board ran out 
to give him the better pair and the winning hand.
Just as the hand completed, a tournament director from the Eureka Main Event came over to the table and informed Soshnikov that he had just been eliminated from the other event in 144th place and that he could collect his prize money whenever he was ready.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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750,000
270,000
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270,000 |
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Busted | |
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Drinan Busts Adams
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Connor Drinan raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and called the three-bet of Timothy Adams in the button-seat for 26,000. On a 
rainbow flop, Drinan check-called a bet of 25,000 and the 
on the turn was checked through by both players. The 
on the river saw a check from Drinan and Adams moved all in nfor what looked like 130,000.
Drinan called with 
for the top pair on the river and Adams mucked an ace to hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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530,000
310,000
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310,000 |
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Busted |
Soshnikov Almost a Millionaire
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Joining the action on the 
turn, Fedor Holz check-raised all in for 176,000 and Ivan Soshnikov, who had fired a bet of 58,000, quickly called. It was the for Holz and the for the Russian. The 
on the river was a blank and the German busted on his second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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975,000
225,000
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225,000 |
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Busted | |
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