Jason Mercier, Erik Seidel, and Darren Elias have all been eliminated.
On Mercier's final hand, he bet 30,000 into a pot of 46,000 with the board reading 
. His opponent moved all in, having him well covered, and Mercier tank called.
The Team PokerStars Pro couldn't beat 
however, and was eliminated.
Phil Hellmuth, Bill Perkins, Vivek Rajkumar and Zach Clark are the four players who entered the PCA10 $25,000 High Roller today for the first time. As you know, Perkins has already been eliminated.
Also, Olivier Busquet and Joe Elpayaa are firing their second bullet after busting on Day 1. That brings the total number of entries to 204 entries.
After Alex Gomes had raised from the cutoff, Timothy Adams moved all in from the button for right around 40,000. The blinds folded, Gomes called with 
, and Adams tabled the inferior .
The 
flop was no help to Adams, while the 
paired the board. "Just don't counterfeit me," Adams joked as one final request. The dealer obliged and put out the 
. Adams failed to hit his deuce and was eliminated here early on Day 2.
Meanwhile, David "Doc" Sands, who finished as runner-up in the $100,000 Super High Roller earlier in the week, has been eliminated from the tournament.
"All in for Perky!" we heard Antonio Esfandiari shout moments ago.
When we ventured over to the table, we saw that Bill Perkins, who just entered the tournament today, was all in and at risk against chip leader Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
Perkins: 
Troyanovskiy: 
The jacks held as the board came 
, and just like that, Perkins was out.
"You're our only hope, JG!" Esfandiari yelled at Jeff Gross. He then turned to Perkins and said, "Let's get the f*** outta here."
Luxembourg's Eric Theissen moved all in from the hijack for 32,400 and received a quick call from Anthony Gregg on the button. Both blinds folded and the cards were turned up.
Gregg: 
Theissen: 
It was a classic race, but Theissen needed to improve to stay alive. He didn't do it on the 
, nor on the 
river. That meant he needed either an ace or king on the river to stay alive, but it was not meant to be as the 
peeled off.
On one of the first hands played, Nick Grippo was all in and at risk for 50,000 or so with 
. Mohsin Charania had him at risk with 
, and flopped an open-ended straight draw when the dealer fanned 
.
The on the turn gave Grippo a flush draw, blocking some of Charania's outs, but the spiked on the river, giving Charania a straight.
Grippo is eliminated, while Charania now has 230,000 chips.
According to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier's Twitter account, he busted on the very first hand of play:
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Brandon Meyers | 88300 |
| 1 | 3 | Mickey Petersen | 85000 |
| 1 | 4 | Dani Stern | 13500 |
| 1 | 5 | Chris Oliver | 120700 |
| 1 | 6 | Dan Smith | 51400 |
| 1 | 7 | --empty-- | |
| 1 | 8 | Ravi Raghavan | 53700 |
| 2 | 1 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 359000 |
| 2 | 2 | Christophe Benzimra | 67700 |
| 2 | 4 | Jason Somerville | 196700 |
| 2 | 5 | Tobias Reinkemeier | 103100 |
| 2 | 6 | JC Alvarado | 95300 |
| 2 | 7 | Ariel Celestino | 276800 |
| 2 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 3 | 1 | --empty-- | |
| 3 | 2 | Ole Schemion | 158600 |
| 3 | 3 | Darren Elias | 42100 |
| 3 | 4 | Arkadiy Tsinis | 127400 |
| 3 | 5 | Chris Hunichen | 210000 |
| 3 | 6 | Ryan Julius | 72200 |
| 3 | 7 | --empty-- | |
| 3 | 8 | Jonathan Duhamel | 109600 |
| 4 | 1 | Matt Stout | 198000 |
| 4 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 4 | 3 | Alex Bilokur | 34900 |
| 4 | 5 | Grant Levy | 43300 |
| 4 | 6 | Ariel Mantel | 74700 |
| 4 | 7 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 30700 |
| 4 | 8 | Jeff Gross | 178500 |
| 5 | 1 | --empty-- | |
| 5 | 2 | Eric Theissen | 33300 |
| 5 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| 5 | 4 | Leonardo Emperador | 183100 |
| 5 | 5 | Anthony Gregg | 149100 |
| 5 | 6 | Shannon Shorr | 31500 |
| 5 | 7 | Daniel Negreanu | 119300 |
| 5 | 8 | Chris Klodnicki | 157700 |
| 6 | 1 | Mohsin Charania | 166200 |
| 6 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 6 | 3 | Nick Grippo | 53300 |
| 6 | 4 | Isaac Haxton | 151300 |
| 6 | 5 | Joey Weissman | 237200 |
| 6 | 6 | Sean Posner | 52600 |
| 6 | 7 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 154900 |
| 6 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 7 | 1 | Vanessa Selbst | 186300 |
| 7 | 2 | David Sands | 50400 |
| 7 | 3 | Serkan Kurnaz | 34200 |
| 7 | 4 | Mike Watson | 282300 |
| 7 | 5 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 225600 |
| 7 | 6 | Christian Harder | 246600 |
| 7 | 7 | --empty-- | |
| 7 | 8 | Sam Stein | 167000 |
| 8 | 1 | Jason Mercier | 96000 |
| 8 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 8 | 3 | Alex Gomes | 111200 |
| 8 | 4 | --empty-- | |
| 8 | 5 | Timothy Adams | 43500 |
| 8 | 6 | Shawn Buchanan | 240800 |
| 8 | 7 | Jason Koon | 204000 |
| 8 | 8 | Philipp Gruissem | 59500 |
| 9 | 1 | --empty-- | |
| 9 | 2 | Matt Glantz | 89000 |
| 9 | 3 | Stanislav Barshak | 94500 |
| 9 | 4 | Victor Ilyukhin | 78000 |
| 9 | 5 | Andras Nemeth | 48800 |
| 9 | 6 | --empty-- | |
| 9 | 7 | Micah Raskin | 245000 |
| 9 | 8 | Martin Finger | 126900 |
| 10 | 1 | Andrew Chen | 64600 |
| 10 | 2 | Justin Bonomo | 160700 |
| 10 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| 10 | 4 | Nick Schulman | 203700 |
| 10 | 5 | Yngve Steen | 196700 |
| 10 | 6 | Matt Waxman | 32100 |
| 10 | 7 | Fernando Brito | 57900 |
| 10 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 11 | 1 | Max Silver | 230700 |
| 11 | 2 | Michael Mizrachi | 82400 |
| 11 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| 11 | 4 | Ty Reiman | 222400 |
| 11 | 5 | Noah Schwartz | 38500 |
| 11 | 6 | --empty-- | |
| 11 | 7 | Mike McDonald | 122800 |
| 11 | 8 | Brian Lemke | 51600 |
| 12 | 1 | Carlos Mortensen | 111300 |
| 12 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 12 | 3 | Fabian Quoss | 119800 |
| 12 | 4 | --empty-- | |
| 12 | 5 | Rachid Ben Cherif | 79700 |
| 12 | 6 | Nicholas Petrangelo | 118500 |
| 12 | 7 | Chanracy Khun | 138000 |
| 12 | 8 | Paul Newey | 52800 |
| 13 | 1 | Bryn Kenney | 215000 |
| 13 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 13 | 3 | Brandon Steven | 31700 |
| 13 | 4 | Michael Telker | 142900 |
| 13 | 5 | Ben Lamb | 95900 |
| 13 | 6 | --empty-- | |
| 13 | 7 | Shaun Deeb | 213900 |
| 13 | 8 | Erik Seidel | 88700 |
Day 2 of the $25,000 High Roller is set to begin in 60 minutes or so, and your chip leader entering the day is Vladimir Troyanovskiy. Troyanovskiy, who made the final table of the $100,000 Super High Roller, won a massive, 280,000-chip pot on Day 1, when his 
bested an opponent's 
on a 
flop with two clubs. The turn was a brick, but the river was a club, and the Russian vaulted into the chip lead.
Other players who bagged large stacks include Mike Watson (282,500), Ariel Celestino (276,800), Shawn Buchanan (240,000), and Joey Weissman (237,200).
Day 1 attracted nearly 200 entries, and with Phil Hellmuth and Bill Perkins rumored to be playing today, we will cross that threshold. The plan is to play until we reach an official final table, but the ball room closes at 4 a.m. With 80+ players returning, it certainly will be a race to see what will come first.
Join us as the action begins at noon EST right here on PokerNews.com!
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