Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier has amassed over $3.6 million in tournament earnings this year alone and we looked back on it with him during one of the breaks.
Leon Tsoukernik has been eliminated from the tournament, but directly announced he would be rebuying.
We're not entirely sure what happened, as we were busy one table over writing down the details on Brian Roberts' double up (to follow). We do know Tsoukernik got his chips in with 
on 
. Mike Watson was the one putting Tsoukernik at risk with 
and got lucky on the river: .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000 | 70,000 |
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Busted |
Dmitry Gromov raised to 9,500 from under the gun and was called by Joseph Cheong. Mike Leah peeked at his cards, grabbed five blue T-5,000 chips and announced a raise, making it 27,000 in total out of the small blind. From one seat over, Martin Kabrhel moved all in for less than 190,000 chips and the initial raiser from Russia as well as Cheong folded.
Leah double-checked his cards and then made the call with 
. Kabrhel had and the likely split pot was suddenly shaken by the 
flop. Any further spade would give the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific High Roller champion the flush, but Kabrhel dodged it thanks to the 
on the turn and the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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476,000 | -14,000 |
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200,000 | 10,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
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.
One more level in the books, one last break for the players. The schedule mentioned it being a 30-minute break, but it's a 20 minute break just like the last two times. The 100 chips do leave the tournament and will never be seen again. 39 players from 41 unique entries remain. Three players re-entered so far: Christoph Vogelsang, Joseph Cheong and David Peters.
Joining the action on a the three-way turn of 
, Olivier Busquet bet 30,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel called whereas the third player in the hand folded. The 
river got checked through and Busquet announced an ace before turning over 
. Thorel was beaten and still flipped over 
for a turned pair of nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000 | 260,000 |
|
160,000 | -65,000 |
Martin Kabrhel won a bigger pot some time ago already and now claimed another one by flat-calling a raise to the 
flop. He called the continuation bet and then bet the on the turn before his bet on the 
river went through uncalled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000 | 94,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000 | 40,000 |
|
244,000 | -31,300 |
On the 
turn, Jason Mercier bet 19,000 and called the raise of Leonid Markin to 46,000 before checking the river. Markin grabbed some chips and then made it 75,000 to go. Mercier folded and was then shown the 
by the Russian.
"Good value bet," a rather annoyed Mercier said towards the other side of the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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355,000 | 199,000 |
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175,000 | -75,000 |
