In total there were 50 entries (including reentries) today and 6 players will be in the money today. The winner will take €34,000 home and the amazing partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria High Roller Trophy.
The board read and both Dietrich Fast in the under-the-gun position and Jens Lakemeier, in the hijack, checked. The turn brought them the , Fast now bet 17,000 and Lakemeier called.
The river completed the board with the . Fast grabbed all his orange chips which are worth 25,000 each. This was effectively putting Lakemeier all-in. After while Lakemeier decided to call.
Dietrich Fast:
Jens Lakemeier:
Fast had hit a pair of jacks on the river to beat the turned pair of fives of Lakemeier.
"Rake free re-entry!" the table said to Lakemeier.
Hand #2:
Now Fast was sitting in the small blind when he looked at the stack of Jozsef Liszkovic who was sitting in the big blind.
"How much do you have?" Fast asked Liszkovic.
"About 400,000." Liszkovic replied.
Fast decided to just complete. Now it was Liszkovic' turn to ask Fast how much he had.
"About the same for you?" Liszkovic asked.
"A bit more than you." Fast said.
Liszkovic decided to just check. The flop came , Fast bet 6,000, Liszkovic raised to 19,000 and Fast three-bet to 52,000. Liszkovic took some time and then just called.
The turn was the , now Fast opened to 85,000 and after a while Liszkovic folded.
The board read and Adem Marjanovic had opened to 8,000 from the small blind. Christopher Frank, in the under-the-gun position, raised to 36,000. Marjanovic took some time to think but then decided to shove all-in for the remainder of his chips. He was at risk as Frank had him covered. Frank asked what he said.
"All-in" the dealer explained. Frank snap-called.
Adem Marjanovic:
Christopher Frank:
Marjanovic had a set of sevens which was better than the pair of aces that Frank had and he doubled up. The dealer counted out the rest of Marjanovic' stack which was 107,000 and Frank counted it out so it could be added to his opponent's stack.
partypoker Brand Ambassador Boris Becker has joined the field and is seated at the same table as Julian Thomas and Manuel Blaschke. The media and their cameras have flooded the tournament floor. Another one to keep an eye on.
At 2 p.m. local time, the partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria €2,200 High Roller will kick off at the Montesino Casino located in Vienna.
Players start off with 100,000 chips with blind levels going up every 30 minutes. This is a one-day tournament so the winner will be crowned at the end of the day.
Late registration will remain open until Level 9 is in the books. Players are also able to re-enter an unlimited amount of times during the late registration period.
High Roller Level Structure
Level
Clock
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
30
500
1,000
1,000
2
30
600
1,200
1,200
3
30
800
1,600
1,600
4
30
1,000
2,000
2,000
5
30
1,200
2,400
2,400
6
30
1,500
3,000
3,000
7
30
2,000
4,000
4,000
8
30
2,500
5,000
5,000
9
30
3,000
6,000
6,000
10
30
4,000
8,000
8,000
11
30
5,000
10,000
10,000
12
30
6,000
12,000
12,000
13
30
8,000
16,000
16,000
14
30
10,000
20,000
20,000
15
30
12,000
25,000
25,000
16
30
15,000
30,000
30,000
17
30
20,000
40,000
40,000
18
30
25,000
50,000
50,000
19
30
30,000
60,000
60,000
20
30
40,000
80,000
80,000
21
30
50,000
100,000
100,000
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to bring you the biggest hands and bad beats from both the High Roller and Main Event until the winners are crowned.