2016 World Championship of Online Poker

$102,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2016 World Championship of Online Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$1,172,461
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$2,800,000
Entries
28
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
2,400 / 4,800
Ante
720
Players Left 1 / 28
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Sulsky Increases His Lead

Level 6 : 100/200, 30 ante

Chipleader Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky keeps adding chips to his stack. He just won a big pot against Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang.

Vogelsang opened from the button for 550 and Sulsky defended his big blind. Vogelsang continued for 488 on the {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} flop and Sulsky check-called.

The {4-Spades} turn made Sulsky check again, but shortly after he was facing a big overbet from the German. Vogelsang made a bet of 3,425 in 2,296-pot. Sulsky called and the two checked down the {6-Diamonds} river.

Sulsky showed {a-Hearts}{7-Spades} and his two pairs were good.

Player Chips Progress
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Sauce123
43,000
4,450
4,450
pokerstars
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26071985
32,500
5,429
5,429
pokerstars

Level: 7

Blinds: 125/250

Ante: 40

OtB_RedBaron Eliminated and Re-entered

Level 7 : 125/250, 40 ante

We just saw our first elimination of the day, as OtB_RedBaron lost in a flush over flush situation. But the Belgian wasn't completely gone, because he re-entered right away.

It all happened in a blind battle between him and Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang. OtB_RedBaron put in a 4-bet preflop to 3,360 and was called by big blind Vogelsang.

Both checked the {6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} flop and the {2-Diamonds} turn. The action came on the river when the {K-Spades} was dealt. OtB_RedBaron put in a bet of 5,572 with only 14,772 behind. Vogelsang wasted little time and shoved all in. His Belgian opponent tanked for several minutes before he elected to call.

Vogelsang showed {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades} for an ace-high flush which bested OtB_RedBaron's {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for a worse flush. The Belgian was sent to the virtual rail for only a couple of seconds before he put in another $102,000 as he re-entered this Super High Roller.

Player Chips Progress
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26071985
58,600
26,100
26,100
pokerstars
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OtB_RedBaron
30,000
4,191
4,191
pokerstars

Mercier Takes a Big Chunk of Shakerchi

Level 7 : 125/250, 40 ante

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi is getting short with only 12,000 chips left, as he lost a big pot against Jason Mercier.

Mercier opened under the gun to 562, but to his left Shakerchi made it 1,500 to go. Mercier made the call and the two saw a {10-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} flop. Mercier check-called a bet of 1,894.

Both checked the {2-Clubs} turn and Mercier fired 3,362 on the {A-Spades} river. Shakerchi took a moment before he called. Mercier showed {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} for trips aces and that was good enough to win the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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JasonMercier
31,945
11,244
11,244
pokerstars
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raidalot
12,472
11,628
11,628
pokerstars

Level: 8

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

OtB_RedBaron Struggles on Second Barrel

Level 8 : 150/300, 50 ante

OtB_RedBaron hasn't found any success with his second barrel yet. He just lost two big pots and is left with only half of his starting stack.

First, he lost a blind battle against Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky. The Belgian opened from the small blind for 956 and Sulsky put in a 3-bet to 2,720. OtB_RedBaron called and he check-called the 1,576 bet on the [4s6dc] flop.

Both checked the {a-Clubs} on the turn and the {6-Spades} was dealt on the river. OtB_RedBaron checked and folded to a 6,213 bet from Sulsky.

A couple of hands later he reraised from the small blind to 2,401, after Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk had opened for 625 from the button. He bet 3,492 on the {7-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop and Polk called.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and OtB_RedBaron checked before he folded on the shove from Polk.

Player Chips Progress
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Sauce123
46,000
3,000
3,000
pokerstars
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WCG|Rider
40,700
14,304
14,304
pokerstars
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OtB_RedBaron
14,500
15,500
15,500
pokerstars

Shakerchi Shoves

Level 8 : 150/300, 50 ante

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi just shoved on the river in a pot against Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov.

Preflop Shakerchi had raised to 535 from under the gun. Kuznetsov to his direct left pumped it up with a 3-bet to 1,625 and Shakerchi called. He then check-called a 1,912 bet on the {7-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop and was left with only 7,905 behind.

Both checked the {2-Clubs} turn, before Shakerchi shoved when the {a-Hearts} landed on the river. After a brief moment of thinking, Kuznetsov folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Trueteller
24,000
4,600
4,600
pokerstars
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raidalot
14,300
1,828
1,828
pokerstars

Double for OtB_RedBaron

Level 8 : 150/300, 50 ante

Right before the break OtB_RedBaron found the double up he needed. Again it was a blind battle which provided the action.

Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk completed from the small blind and OtB_RedBaron checked his option. Both checked the {3-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{a-Hearts} flop and the {j-Clubs} landed on the turn. Polk check-called a 648-bet before the action started on the {9-Hearts} river.

With four hearts on the board Polk bet out 4,200 in a pot of only 2,096. OtB_RedBaron had 11,221 left and thought for a while before shoving all in. Polk called, but his nutflush with {K-Hearts}{9-Clubs} wasn't good enough against the {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, which gave OtB_RedBaron a full house and a double up.

Polk's Bluff Fails

Level 8 : 150/300, 50 ante
Doug Polk
Doug Polk

Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang increased his chiplead a little bit by picking off Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk's bluff.

Polk opened under the gun to 750 and Vogelsang defended his big blind. Both players check on the {9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} flop. The turn gave the {2-Diamonds} and Vogelsang checked again. This time Polk fired 1,091 and his German opponent called.

The turn was the {8-Hearts} and Vogelsang checked a third time. Polk fired again this time for an amount of 2,903. Vogelsang quickly called and Polk had to show {q-Spades}{j-Hearts} for a complete bluff. Vogelsang had {8-Spades}{4-Spades} for a rivered two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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26071985
64,100
4,509
4,509
pokerstars
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WCG|Rider
24,200
2,763
2,763
pokerstars