Bill Perkins keeps getting involved, and this time he was up against Isaac Haxton. Haxton raised from the small blind to 5,000, and Perkins called from the big blind.
The flop brought out and Haxton bet 3,500, which was raised to 7,000 by Perkins. Haxton called, and on the turn the hit. This time Haxton check-called 7,000 and the river was the .
Haxton tanked for a bit before checking, and Perkins checked behind.
"Ace high," Perkins said, as he threw his on the table.
"I win," Haxton said and he showed for the better ace high.
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst opened for 3,500 from middle position and Igor Kurganov called from the cutoff. Fedor Holz, who made the trip over from the Philippines where he won the Triton Super High Roller Series $200,000 Cali Cup, then three-bet to an unknown amount from the button. Ole Schemion proceeded to four-bet to 34,600 from the small blind, Selbst tank-folded, and Kurganov five-bet jammed.
Holz called off for 143,900 total and Schemion released what he claimed was pocket nines. Selbst then stated that she had folded pocket eights.
Holz:
Kurganov:
Kurganov managed to get the two better hands to fold, but he was not rewarded as the flop gave Holz the lead. Neither the turn nor river helped Kurganov, and he sent over a good portion of his stack to the suddenly big-stacked Holz.
Reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe McKeehen opened for 3,500 from middle position and Noah Schwartz called from the cutoff. Sean Winter then three-bet to 15,700 from the button, and after ribbing his opponent about the large raise, McKeehen called. Schwartz got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Action went check-check, as it did on the turn, and then the paired the board on the river. McKeehen bet 15,500, and Winter snap-folded.
Soon after entering the tournament, Jason Koon won his first pot.
It began when Koon raised to 3,300 from middle position and Stephen Chidwick defended the big blind to see a flop. Chidwick checked, Koon continued for 2,600, and Chidwick check-raised to 9,000. Koon made the call and then both players checked the turn.
Action repeated itself on the river, and Chidwick tabled the for flopped trips. It was no good though as Koon had rivered a straight with the .
Thomas Muehloecker raised from the small blind to 3,600 and Isaac Baron called from the big blind. The flop came down and Muehloecker bet 3,300, Baron called.
On the turn the hit and now Muehloecker check-called a bet of 8,500. The river brought the and Baron bet another 19,000, to which Muehloecker folded.
In 2012, the $100,000 Super High Roller returned to the PCA schedule after its first edition in 2011. The second edition of the event tallied 30 players and 32 entries, thanks to the reentries of Bill Perkins and Jonathan Duhamel. The attendance was down from the opening installment, but nevertheless a prize pool of $3.136 million was generated. Of that, $1.254 million would be awarded to the winner and the top five spots were slated to pay out.
Day 1 of the event saw 18 players advance to Day 2 with Isaac Haxton in the lead. Day 2 finished with eight players remaining and Galen Hall atop the pack. Also still alive at this point were Humberto Brenes and Daniel Negreanu, who both made Day 3 and cashed the prior year. Duhamel, who was in the event for $200,000 in buy-ins, also maneuvered his way to Day 3.
Brenes fell short of a cash in eighth place, and then Mike "Timex" McDonald busted in seventh. With the tournament on the official bubble with six players remaining, Scott Seiver saw his stack get shorter and shorter. Eventually, Seiver ran pocket jacks into Hall's pocket kings and finished as the event's "bubble boy."
Negreanu was the first to go in the money, earning $250,900 and brining his two-year total in this event to $1.25 million. Duhamel then busted in fourth place, winning $313,600 and profiting $113,600 on his run. Both of those eliminations were taken care of by Viktor "Isildur1" Blom.
Hall then busted in third, leaving Blom and Dan Shak heads up with Blom in front. The two jabbed back and forth in the early portion of the match, but then Blom took the first big chunk from his opponent to really extend his lead. Not too long after that, Blom finished Shak off to earn the $1.254 million first-place prize. Shak scored $846,700 for his second-place result.
Bill Perkins has been extremely active here in the first two levels. However, it doesn't seem to be working as he was the first to bust, reenter, and then start losing again. Thankfully for him, he just won a nice pot.
It happened when Isaac Baron opened for 3,500 from early position and then called when Perkins three-bet to 10,000 from the big blind. the flop saw Perkins lead out for 10,000, Baron call, and the appear on the turn. Baron called another bet, this time 28,000, and the completed the board on the river.
Perkins fired for a third time, putting out 53,000, and Baron agonized over what to do before making the call.
"I think I had you the whole way," Perkins said as he rolled over the for a set. It was good as Baron flung his cards to the muck.
Scott Seiver, who topped a field of 47 entries to win this event in 2013 for $2,003,480, opened for 3,300 from early position and Talal Shakerchi called from the hijack. Defending champ Steve O'Dwyer then called from the big blind and three players saw a flop of .
O'Dwyer checked, Seiver bet 6,500, and only Shakerchi called to see the turn. Seiver fired out a bet of 18,000, and that did the trick as Shakerchi released his hand.
"I'm just glad I'm not getting shutout," an excited Seiver said about winning his first hand of the day. "Getting on the board is key."
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hit. This time Haxton check-called 7,000 and the river was the 
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on the table.
for the better ace high.
flop gave Holz the lead. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Kurganov, and he sent over a good portion of his stack to the suddenly big-stacked Holz.
flop.
paired the board on the river. McKeehen bet 15,500, and Winter snap-folded.
when Christoph Vogelsang took his time before check-calling 5,500 bet by Scott Seiver. 
and Vogelsang tanked for quite some time before check-calling another 13,000.
, was checked by both players and Vogelsang raked in the pot showing 
flop. Chidwick checked, Koon continued for 2,600, and Chidwick check-raised to 9,000. Koon made the call and then both players checked the 
turn.
river, and Chidwick tabled the 
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and Muehloecker bet 3,300, Baron called.
hit and now Muehloecker check-called a bet of 8,500. The river brought the 
and Baron bet another 19,000, to which Muehloecker folded.
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turn. Seiver fired out a bet of 18,000, and that did the trick as Shakerchi released his hand.
