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Powerfest High Roller Updates

Two Powerfest High Rollers are close to late registration ending so we thought we'd pop into the lobby and see what's going on.

In the $5,200 Powerfest #15 High Roller there have been 101 entries including Jason Koon, Niklas Astedt, Pascal Lefrancois and Sosia Jiang. Teun Mulder is the chip leader ahead of Timothy Adams and Sami Kelopuro with 56 players remaining.

Meanwhile in the $1,050 Powerfest #15: High Roller, 55 players have entered. Preben Stokkan leads from Michael Hinchcliffe and Tamas Adamszki, with 35 players remaining.

Big Game Top 10 Chip Counts

Here are the top 10 chip counts in the $530 Big Game on partypoker

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Vasco BatistaNetherlands30,248,783
2Vid ZagarSlovenia22,033,507
3Joel NystedtAustria20,981,041
4Ramiro PetroneArgentina20,695,933
5Duco Ten HavenNetherlands19,780,347
6Manuel FritzAustria17,040,020
7Carlos Chadha-VillamarinCanada15,939,258
8Arnaud EnslemeUnited Kingdom15,086,538
9Benjamin McmenemyUnited Kingdom13,345,540
10Robert HeidornUnited Kingdom12,836,066

River Hands Badziakouski High Roller Big Game Chip Lead

Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski

Mikita Badziakouski raised to 700,000. Marius Gierse called. Kevin Macdonald three-bet to 3.5 million. Badziakouski four-bet all in for 17.9 million and Macdonald shoved for around 13 million and Badziakouski called.

Mikita Badziakouski: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Kevin Macdonald: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board came {8-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{q-Hearts} with the river handing Badziakouski the winning hand, sending Macdonald to the rail. Badziakouski overtakes Adams and sits in the chip lead with eight players remaining.

Badziakouski vs Macdonald
Badziakouski vs Macdonald

Adams Leads High Roller Big Game Final Table

Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

Timothy Adams has a five million chip lead over partypoker Team Pro Mikita Badziakouski at the final table of The High Roller Big Game, with $68,329 awaiting the winner.

SeatPlayerCountryChip Count
1Marius GierseAustria23,534,152
2Kevin MacdonaldCanada18,655,116
3David PetersCanada17,352,151
4Francois BillardCanada13,717,889
5Artur MartirosianRussia12,716,539
6Elio FoxMexico11,036,854
7Timothy AdamsCanada8,912,794
8Patrick PedersenDenmark4,240,602
9Mikita BadziakouskiBelarus3,833,903

Adams Extends High Roller Big Game Lead

On a {7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} board, Artur M bet 1.5 million into a pot of 1,425,000.

Their opponent Timothy Adams was the chip leader and called with {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for a queen-high flush. Artur M showed {5-Clubs}{9-Spades} and was playing the board, allowing Adams to chip up to 24.8 million and extend his chip lead over Marius Gierse and Mikita Badziakouski in second and third place.

Aadms vs Artur M
Aadms vs Artur M

Hand for Hand in The Big Game

58 players remain in The Big Game with 56 players guaranteed $1,140.

Kristen Bickwell is situation inside the top 20, with other big names such as Kenny Hallaert, Thomas Boivin, Fedor Holz, Benjamin Rolle and Upeshka De Silva still alive.

Play is currently hand-for-hand until the bubble bursts.

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partypoker Hot Tables
partypoker Hot Tables

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