€25,750 High Roller Day 2 | 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

05-04-2017 13:46 UTC+2

Re-Entry for Soltanov; Spinella Short

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Mikhail Soltanov re-entered while Claas Segebrecht, Martin Finger and Sebastian Figueroa were eliminated.

Ekrem Sanioglu was more fortunate after three-bet shoving his last 24,900 with out of the big blind. Initial raiser Anthony Spinella called with and the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ekrem Sanioglu	52,000	17,000
Mikhail Soltanov	50,000	17,100
Anthony Spinella	10,000	-15,000
Sebastian Figueroa	Busted
Claas Segebrecht	Busted
Martin Finger	Busted

Tags: Anthony Spinella Ekrem Sanioglu Martin Finger Mikhail Soltanov Sebastian Figueroa

05-04-2017 13:49 UTC+2

Juanda Flips Out

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

John Juanda finished third in the €25k High Roller two days ago for €266,550 but will not be adding to that score today. Juanda was all-in for his last 25,000 against Vladimir Troyanovskiy.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
John Juanda:

Juanda flopped some additional outs but failed to improve on a board and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	110,000	23,800
John Juanda	Busted

Tags: John Juanda Vladimir Troyanovskiy

05-04-2017 13:51 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Josip Simunic	240,000	20,000
Adrian Mateos	135,000	67,100
Dan Colman	127,000	-1,700
Dmitry Yurasov	90,000	-28,500
Timothy Adams	85,000	17,800
Anthony Zinno	55,000	15,100
Thomas Muehloecker	55,000	5,000
Nick Petrangelo	50,000	-37,200
Luke Schwartz	45,000	-5,000
Stephen Chidwick	16,000	-25,300

Thorel Binks the River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

After a raise by Dan Smith from under the gun, short stack Jean-Noel Thorel got his last 12,400 in from the button. The action folded back to Smith and he called with the . Thorel only had and was ready to go and purchase a re-entry.

However, the board came and the eight on the river saved Thorel. Smith was left short while Felix Bleiker was spotted leaving the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel	28,000	-20,800
Dan Smith	16,000	-26,400
Felix Bleiker	Busted

Tags: Dan Smith Felix Bleiker Jean-Noel Thorel

05-04-2017 13:56 UTC+2

Players are Still (Re-)Entering

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

According to the screens, there are now 170 entries in the field and this includes 35 re-entries. Of those, 100 players remain and Robert Heidorn, Emil Patel as well as Mustapha Kanit were among the hopefuls on their second bullet. Tom-Aksel Bedell was eliminated and walked in with a new ticket in the hand, but that was apparently for a different side event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Heidorn	50,000	50,000
Emil Patel	50,000	50,000
Mustapha Kanit	50,000	-51,800
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted

Tags: Emil Patel Mustapha Kanit Robert Heidorn Tom-Aksel Bedell

05-04-2017 14:05 UTC+2

"Mind if I Join You Guys?"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Dan Smith and Ivan Luca have been eliminated, and the former took the re-entry and joined table one with the words "mind if I join you guys?" while a hand was going on. Romain Lewis limped in from the cutoff, as did Oleksii Khoroshenin on the button and David Peters in the small blind. Joao Simao checked his option in the big blind and the flop fell .

The action checked to Khoroshenin, who bet 2,700, and just Simao called. After the turn, Simao checked and folded quickly when Khoroshenin fired 17,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	230,000	-10,000
Oleksii Khoroshenin	160,000	30,000
Dan Smith	50,000	34,000
Ivan Luca	Busted

Tags: Dan Smith David Peters Ivan Luca Joao Simao Oleksii Khoroshenin Romain Lewis

05-04-2017 14:10 UTC+2

Urban Misfires Against Mateos

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

David Urban has left the tournament area right after being crippled in a big hand against Adrian Mateos. In a three-bet pot, Urban emptied the clip from the small blind on a board with barrels of 15,000, 25,500 and an all in of slightly over 60,000.

Mateos called the flop, called the turn and snap-called the river with . Urban couldn't beat that and was left with just 1,200, which he lost the hand after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	230,000	95,000
David Urban	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos David Urban

05-04-2017 14:17 UTC+2

Photos Day 2

Yori Epskamp

Courtesy of Manuel Kovsca, PokerStars.

05-04-2017 14:22 UTC+2

Kaverman and Khoroshenin Bust Aido and Lewis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The stack of Romain Lewis vanished and traveled approximately 20 centimeters over to Oleksii Khoroshenin.

Sergio Aido busted the Main Event earlier today and jumped into the High Roller not long ago. He raised to 3,000 and Pavel Plesuv called, as did Oliver Weis. On the button, Byron Kaverman raised to 18,000 and Aido shoved for starting stack. Only Kaverman called and the cards were turned over.

Byron Kaverman:
Sergio Aido:

The board came and the kicker played.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Khoroshenin	235,000	75,000
Byron Kaverman	195,000	64,800
Pavel Plesuv	185,000	135,000
Romain Lewis	Busted
Sergio Aido	Busted

Tags: Byron Kaverman Oleksii Khoroshenin Romain Lewis Sergio Aido

05-04-2017 14:27 UTC+2

Newey Gone for Good

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Paul Newey shoved for his last 12,000 out of the small blind and Charlie Carrel quickly called in the big blind.

Charlie Carrel:
Paul Newey:

Despite the jinx attempts of Max Silver from one seat over, Carrel had little to fear on a board of . "You gonna jump back in?" Carrel asked Newey, but the fellow Brit replied "I can't, it was my second bullet."

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Carrel	120,000	65,000
Paul Newey	Busted

Tags: Charlie Carrel Max Silver Paul Newey