With 159 entries in this $25,750 High Roller, just the top 23 players will be splitting the huge prize pool of $3,975,000 with a big $905,760 prize and a shiny trophy sitting up top for the winner.
The PokerStars Blog shares more about how all those riches will be distributed.
Daniel Dvoress managed to get his remaining 123,000 chips in the middle and was called by John Krpan.
Dvoress: 
Krpan: 
Krpan was well ahead and needed to fade one of three sevens in the deck. To his disappointment, the flop came 
, giving Dvoress trip sevens. Krpan threw his media card on the ground and began getting up from his seat, but another player at the table informed him he had more chips than Dvoress.
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, securing the double up for Dvoress.
As the dealer was returning his remaining stack to him, Krpan said, "That's how you get rewarded for catching someone with their hand in the cookie jar."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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270,000
107,000
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107,000 |
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35,500
-134,500
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-134,500 |
Andjelko Andrejevic was all in for 134,500 effective in the cutoff with a board of 
between he and Luc Greenwood, who was on the button. Greenwood decided to call it off.
Greenwood: 
Andrejevic: 
Greenwood had a pile of outs, and one of them came on the river: 
.
Andrejevic was left with 59,000 or so, which he called off the next time he was in the big blind when Stephen Chidwick jammed in the small. Chidwick had 
and Andrejevic had a slight lead with . A board of 
put a straight on board, but Chidwick had made the nuts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
275,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
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Busted | |
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Down to just 20 big blinds, Richard Seymour found 
under the gun and went with it. He moved in and found a caller in Luc Greenwood who held 
. After the board was all complete, Greenwood had a broadway straight beating Seymour's top two pair. Down and out for the American Football player, Luc Greenwood getting closer to his brother who still holds the top stack in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
436,500
86,500
|
86,500 |
|
Busted |
On a board of 
, big blind Fabrizio Gonzalez and Mark Radoja got it all in. Gonzalez was drawing slim with his 
as Radoja tabled 
. The on the river wasn't one of the cards Gonzalez was looking for and he was heading for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Just a few hands ago, John Krpan was chipped down to just a few big blinds when his ace-king lost to Daniel Dvoress' ace-seven.
In a recent hand, Krpan got his last 36,000 chips in the middle with 
and a double up looked promising against Daniel Negreanu's 
.
The flop was 
, giving Negreanu the lead with a full house, deuces full of sixes. Krpan was visibly frustrated and got up out of his seat.
The on the turn and the on the river was not enough and Krpan hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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Busted | |
By Carlos Monti/PokerStars.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
At the previous level, Salman Behbehani got things started with an under-the-gun raise to 13,000, and Bryn Kenney made it 35,000 to go two spots later. Action folded to Sam Greenwood. The Canadian chip leader wanted to play for more and made it 90,000 to go. Kenney thought awhile after Behbehani folded, then came out five-betting to 162,000. Greenwood thought for a few minutes and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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554,000
149,000
|
149,000 |
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528,000
-22,000
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-22,000 |
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Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier won the first ever $25K High Roller in the Bahamas back at the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. And of eight previous $25K High Roller winners here at the Atlantis, only ElkY has a chance to score a second with just a few more eliminations until the cash.
How much did ElkY win for that first one? And just how big has this event gotten over the years? The PokerStars Blog has the answers.