On the turn the board read and Scott Seiver had a 25,000-chip out in front of him from the small blind. We picked up the action as Dani Stern moved all in from the button and Seiver called.
Stern:
Seiver:
The river brought the and Stern doubled up. Stern is still below the average stack while Seiver remains above it.
Mike Watson raised under the gun to 13,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier called to his immediate left. The action was folded around the Tony Gregg who moved all in from the big blind for just 46,000. Watson tanked for a bit and then four-bet to 79,000. Mercier did some tanking of his own before five-betting to 152,000. Watson made the call creating a big side pot on the side.
The flop rolled out and both players checked while Gregg was awaiting his fate. On the turn the hit and Watson check-folded to Mercier's 142,000-chip bet.
Mercier:
Gregg:
The river brought the and Gregg tripled up, while Mercier took down a nice side pot.
Scott Seiver raised to 14,000 from the button, Tobias Reinkemeier three-bet from the small blind to 40,000 and after that the action was on Timothy Adams in the big blind. Adams put in a cold four-bet to 75,000 and both his opponents folded.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 14,000 and Sam Trickett called from the small blind. Fabian Quoss three-bet from the big blind to 50,000 and that put the action back on Negreanu. The Canadian pro four-bet to 115,000 and Trickett folded right away.
"You might not have any fold equity," Negreanu said with a smile as Quoss took his time to make a decision. Eventually Quoss folded and Negrenau took the pot down.
Talal Shakerchi raised from the button to 15,000 and PokerStars Team Online Isaac Haxton called from the small blind. Marvin Rettenmaier three-bet from the big blind to 52,000 and Shakerchi moved all in for 236,000. Haxton quickly folded and Rettenmaier made the call.
Rettenmaier:
Shakerchi:
The board ran out and Shakerchi doubled up. Rettenmaier is now the short stack.
New boy, Samir Taouint, has made his mark by busting one of the world's hottest MTT players, Marvin Rettenmaier.
Rettenmaier had successfully three-bet jammed the hand before but he didn't get away with it the next time.
Talal Shakerchi opened to 14,000 before Rettenmaier three-bet all but 10,000 of his 110,000 stack. Samir Taouint called from the smal blind and that scared off Shakerchi.
The rest of the chips went in on the and Rettenmaier opened . Taouint flipped up and inprived to a set as the board ran out .
Faraz Jaka and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier just clashed in the biggest pot of the tournament!
The action started when Mercier raised to 12,000 from the button, and Jaka three-bet from the small blind to 31,000. The big blind folded, and Mercier made the call.
The flop brought the , and this soon proved to be a set up for disaster for Jaka. He fired out 39,000, and Mercier decided to raise it up to 93,000. Jaka tanked for a bit before making it 205,000. Mercier moved all in, and Jaka made the call.
Jaka:
Mercier:
Jaka had a huge draw against Mercier's set, but the turn brought the , which kept the set of sixes in front. On the river, the hit, and that was it for Jaka. He missed his big draw and was left with just ten high, giving Mercier the pot. Jaka was all in for around 650,000, and this pot was worth around 1.5 million chips. Mercier is now up to 1.9 million chips with 12.5 million in play.