AU$2,500 High Roller
Day 1 Started
2021 Poker Palace Summer Championships
AU$2,500 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2021 Poker Palace Summer Championships
Buy-in
2,500 AUD
Prize Pool
297,000 AUD
Entries
135
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Welcome to Day 1 of the High Roller at The Poker Palace
Event 6 of the Poker Palace Summer Championships, the two-day $2500 High Roller starts today at the Marconi Club in Sydney with an estimated $150,000 prize pool.
Last series’ corresponding event saw 107 players compete for a prize pool which paid out over $235,000, with the winner Joseph Antar walking away with a cool $75,000. With pool estimates for the earlier events of the Summer Championships being smashed already, the signs are good that the estimate for this year’s event will be beaten yet again.
Players will start with a huge 100,000 starting stack and 40 min blinds. Twelve levels will be played on the first day, with late registration and one re-entry available until the end of the first blind level on Day 2, when blinds will start at 2000/5000/5000.
The Summer Championships High Roller begins at 4.00 p.m local time, be sure to follow all the action here on PokerNews!
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Cards are in the air and we're off and running on Day 1 of the Poker Palace Summer Championships High Roller.
Some Early Runners
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
MyStack App
Level 2
: 100/300, 300 ante
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Aces versus Kings
Level 2
: 100/300, 300 ante
A massive betting war started off as an under-the-gun raise by Jacob Fulop to 1,000 and ended with Charles Chiha going all-in for close to a starting stack of 100,000.
Chiha had 4-bet a previous raise of 3,600 to 17,000, and Fulop then 5-bet to 40,000, Chiha then moved all-in with 
and was quickly called by Fulop with 
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The flop came 
with a 
on the turn giving Chiha some hope with a gutshot, but the river was the 
giving no help for Chiha and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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195,000 | 95,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Day 1 Dinner Break
Level 3
: 200/400, 400 ante
With 71 players reached already, players are now on a 30 minute dinner break
Mortensen and O'Grady in the Field
Level 3
: 200/400, 400 ante
Two big names in the field today are Morten Mortensen and Michael O'Grady. Especially in a time where intercontinental travel is more or less off-limits, spotting Danish star Mortensen in the field might be a bit of a surprise. Rocking over $1.7M in lifetime winnings on The Hendon Mob, Mortensen has been in Australia for a while now and cashed the Marconi Cup here back in December.
Sydney's very own Michael O'Grady boasts a similar resumé of that of Mortensen, having cashed for nearly $1.1M in his career. Last year at the 2020 Aussie Millions, O'Grady won the A$1,050 Accumulator for a massive payday of A$188,860.
We'll be keeping an eye out for the pair as the day progresses here at The Poker Palace.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 |