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In one of the very last hands of the previous level, Leonid Markin bet 7,500 on the flop and Paul Newey called before the fell on the turn. Markin fired 15,000 and Newey called to see the on the river. Now Markin checked and called a bet of 19,000 by Newey to get shown for a straight flush!
In the very last hand of level two, Micah Raskin and Mike McDonald got involved in a big pot that lasted five minutes into the break. Dmitry Gromov raised to 2,600 and Micah Raskin three-bet 6,500 on the button. McDonald cold four-bet to 20,000 and only Raskin called that to see the flop.
McDonald bet 18,000 and Raskin raised to 45,000, which prompted a call by the Canadian. After the on the turn, McDonald check-called a bet of 50,000 and Raskin then bet massive 100,000 after the river. McDonald gave it a lot of thought before releasing his cards.
20 minutes break for the players in the Super High Roller. The first of three breaks total today; there will be another 20-minute break after level 4 and a 30-minute break (where the 100-valued chips are raced off) after level 6.
Brian Roberts opened to 3,000 from the hijack and next door neighbor Jean-Noel Thorel made the call. Olivier Busquet in the small blind squeezed out a bet of 12,000 and both Roberts and Thorel called.
Busquet bet out 16,000 on and Roberts made the call, Thorel folded. Busquet followed up on his pre and post flop aggression with a bet of 45,000 on the turn. Again Roberts flatted in position.
The fell on the river and Busquet checked, looking at a fixed point in the room without moving his head much for quite some time. Roberts thought about it for a bit before checking behind. Now unfrozen Busquet announced "Queen!" while rolling over the queen-jack. Roberts showed his and took it down.
Joining the action on a flop of , all players check and Dan Shak then check-calls a bet of 7,700 by Ole Schemion on the turn out of the small blind. Shak also checked the on the river and Schemion bet 25,000 only to snap-fold when Shak raised to 75,000. The American flashed the for a full house.
On a flop of , Christoph Vogelsang check-called a bet of 9,000 by Vicente Delgado out of the small blind and both players then checked the on the turn. Vogelsang checked the on the river to the Spaniard and Delgado took down the pot with a bet of 17,800 from the button.