Andrew Lichtenberger got his remaining stack of about 220,000 in preflop and was well behind with against the of Jason Koon. The board ran out , giving Lichtenberger little sweat. Koon embraced his busted foe after the hand and then collected the pot.
Stefan Schillhabel had a bet of 100,000 in front of him on the button when we got to his table. The community cards had come . Byron Kaverman was in the tank under the gun and used an extension before opting to fold. Schillhabel mucked but Kaverman leaned down as if he wanted to see the cards.
Dan Shak opened for 25,000 on the button, and Jason Mercier defended his big blind. The flop came , and Mercier checked. Shak put him all in for what looked like a bit under 170,000. Mercier used two of his time extensions and finally came to a decision.
"All right," he said. "I call."
Mercier:
Shak:
The turn was a harmless . The river: .
"Whoa," Mercier said, surprised to keep his tournament life alive.
On a board of , Daniel Negreanu bet 40,000 into his lone opponent, Brian Rast, who moved all-in. Negreanu called for the remainder of his stack and tabled , which was way behind Rast's .
The river brought the , which gave Negreanu the king-high straight for the double-up.
Welcome back to the ARIA Resort & Casino for Day 3 of the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl!
Over two days of intense poker action, the starting 56-player field has now been whittled down to just 19 players all fighting it out to reach the final table and money-paying final seven players. Those seven players will all take home a piece of the $16,800,000 prize pool, but it will be the $6,000,000 first prize that everyone will be eyeing. However, before players can breath easy knowing they have padded their bankroll with potential millions, they'll have to survive a Day 3 that is expected to be filled with hot and heavy poker action.
Justin Bonomo ascended up the leaderboard on Monday winning numerous sizeable pots while eliminating players here and there. First he dispatched of Antonio Esfandiari and then Nick Petrangelo before a table move saw him capture a big pot off reigning champion Rainer Kempe when Bonomo flopped trip sevens and managed to find value through a big river bet from Kempe. Bonomo also had position on Daniel Negreanu and applied countless aggression in a plethora of hands until he finished the day as the chip leader with 2,628,000 in chips.
The only other player with over two million in chips is Day 1 chip leader Byron Kaverman who may have had a quiet day in the blog, but continually accumulated chips to continue his rise up the leaderboard. However the story entering today is the fate of the so-called amateurs in the Super High Roller Bowl. All five amateurs remaining bagged top ten chip stacks with Dan Shak (1,482,000), Bill Klein (1,466,000), Leon Tsoukernik (1,335,000), Cary Katz (701,000), and David Einhorn (685,000) all fairing better then many might have expected. On the other end of the leaderboard, Negreanu (225,000), Jason Mercier (243,000), and Zach Hyman (267,000) all sit below starting stack and will be hoping that a rush of cards early can set them on a path to climbing back up the leaderboard.
The plan for today will be to play down to the final table of nine, or a full seven levels, whichever happens first. The cards are expected to be in the air at 1:00 p.m. (PST) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the Super High Roller Bowl action live from the ARIA Resort & Casino. Stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com as we write the path of the next Super High Roller Bowl Champion, and for those interested in live streaming of the final few days of the Super High Roller Bowl, then make sure to check out Poker Central's PokerGO!
against the 
of Jason Koon. The board ran out 
, giving Lichtenberger little sweat. Koon embraced his busted foe after the hand and then collected the pot.
. Byron Kaverman was in the tank under the gun and used an extension before opting to fold. Schillhabel mucked but Kaverman leaned down as if he wanted to see the cards.
.
. The river: 
.
.
turn and 
river were no help, and Rast was eliminated.
, Cary Katz fired his customary "Cary bet" of 12,000. Dan Shak put in a raise to 55,000.
, which was way behind Rast's 
. 
