Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi opened for 5,360 from the small blind before he called a three-bet to 15,900 by Ole "wizowizo" Schemion in the big blind.
Shakerchi check-called for 10,000 the 
flop before both players checked the 
turn. Shakerchi bet 35,209 on the 
river and Schemion called.
Shakerchi showed 
for top pair top kicker, which was good enough to win the hand after Schemion mucked his cards.
On the second hand of play, Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder opened for 8,000 from the small blind. Marius "DEX888" Gierse three-bet to 22,000 from the big blind before he called a four-bet by Mulder to 47,000.
Mulder check-called for 26,000 on the 
flop before leading out for 44,175 on the 
turn. Gierse called and the 
river completed the board. Mulder jammed for 130,325. Gierse used some of his clock before he folded to give Mulder an early chip lead.
Cards are virtually in the air with five players to kick things off.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 250
PokerStars has been experiencing some technical difficulties and as a result the starting time of the WCOOP-14-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller has been pushed back in the PokerStars lobby an hour to 6:05 p.m. GMT.
In related news, WCOOP-12 has already been pushed back until tomorrow. PokerNews will update the situation if things change again.
The $100 million guaranteed World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) progressed to it's third day at PokerStars.
Some of the biggest names in poker will be in action today as the WCOOP-14-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] features the largest buy-in thus far in the festival.
The two-day event guarantees at least a $1 million prize and comes on the heads of another big buy-in event just completing with Brazil's Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani defeating Peru's Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura heads-up in the WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller for $195,690.
The High Roller is a deep-stacked affair with all players beginning with 250,000 in chips. The blinds will increase every 15 minutes during the first four levels before the action becomes deeper with 20-minute blind levels the rest of the way on Day 1. Any player can re-enter two times during the late registration period which last is available for the first 5 hours of play.
Day 1 of this event will play down until the action is down to just a final table of nine players. Those advancing to the final table will then resume their battle until a winner is declared on Wednesday, Aug 25 at 5:05 GMT.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all of the updates throughout this event so stay tuned.
WCOOP-14-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], $1M Gtd
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