€10,000 High Roller
Day 1 Started
2015 Tonybet OFC World Championship
€10,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Tonybet OFC World Championship
Buy-in
€9,500
Prize Pool
€304,095
Entries
33
Level
17
Blinds
8,000 / 8,000
Ante
0
Welcome to the TonyBet OFC Championship €10,000 High Roller
The TonyBet OFC Championship €10,000 High Roller is set to kick-off in 15 minutes at the Corinthia Hotel at 15:00 CET. Thus far, there are four people registered including Dan Cates, Michael Friedrich, Massimilano "Max" Pescatori, and Isabelle Mercier.
Speaking of Mercier, she might be late to the show as she was busy grinding her way to a win in the €340 buy-in OFC Progressive Pineapple Event. Mercier, who is also a TonyBet Poker Ambassador and discusses Open Face Chinese (OFC) strategy on PokerNews, lived up to her nickname of "No Mercy" when after 12 hours of play outlasted a field of 108 players to win €10,189.
Organizers believe the number of entrants for the High Roller will grow much higher by the time the event kicks off and late registration is completed.
Players will begin the day with 50,000 chips and 100 chips per point. Chip levels per point are scheduled to increase every 45 minutes giving players plenty of time in this deep stacked re-entry event.
Half Hour Delay
As is often the case with High Rollers, players are a little late in arriving and the scheduled start time has been pushed back 30 minutes to 15:30 CET.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 1/100, 0 ante
Tournament Director Steve Frezer just announced, "Shuffle up and deal!" We are currently at 14 players.
Tony G., who was also on hand for the announced, confirmed to the crowd that re-entries would be allowed through the first nine levels of play.
15 Players
Level 1
: 1/100, 0 ante
We are now at 15 players. Joining yesterday's Pineapple OFC Champion, Isabelle Mericer are Michael Friedrich, Maxim Panyak, Sergey Rybachenko, Duc Hanh Tran, Tobias Hausen, Marek Kolk, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Natasha Barbour, Max Pescatori, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Kostiantyn Tupalo, Vazha Kometiani, Dan Cates, and Jonathan Dimmig.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Jason Mercier Joins the Field
Level 1
: 1/100, 0 ante
Isabelle Mercier is no longer the only Mercier to join the field of now 18 players, as Jason Mercier (no relation) is among the latest batch of players to enter. Also to jump into action are Junde Ye and Yuanxi Chen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/200
Ante: 0
Level 2 Begins
Level 2
: 200/200, 0 ante
Points are now worth 200 chips a piece for the next 45 minutes. There will be a small break after this blind level is completed.
Feature Table
Level 2
: 200/200, 0 ante
Duc Hanh Tran, Jonathan Dimmig, and Sergey Rybachenko have been moved to the feature table. You can watch the action of this table on a 15 minute delay here on PokerNews by clicking on the Live Reporting tab.