Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck Hold’em Day 1 | 2021 Super High Roller Bowl Europe

08-23-2021 17:54 UTC+3

Peng Doubles Up

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

Ivan Leow called and "Peng" shoved for exactly 100,000 after having just reloaded and Leow took some time before deciding to put a stack in for the call.

"Peng":
Ivan Leow:

The board ran out for "Peng" to flop top two pair instantly to double up.

Cary Katz used to be seated at this table too but his seat is now empty as he was eliminated earlier on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peng	206,000 106,000	106,000
Ivan Leow	80,000 -168,000	-168,000
Cary Katz	Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 4,000

08-23-2021 18:15 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
XD Hu	100,000
Y Huang	100,000
C Liang	100,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	505,000 405,000	405,000

Jordi Urlings	100,000 -345,000	-345,000

Phil Ivey was seen leaving the tournament room and when the PokerNews team checked at the table, Rene van Krevelen was kind enough to relay that Ivey held ace-king while Xia Jiang He had pocket kings.

While Van Krevelen said this, there was already around 32,000 in the middle while the board read . "C Liang" bet 25,000 and Stephen Chidwick made the call. He put in 200,000 for "C Liang" to call for the 84,000 he had in total while Chidwick folded.

"C Liang":
Xia Jiang He:

"C Liang" had the open-ended straight draw while He had two pair.

The river completed the board with the to seal the deal and get He over the 1 million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santi	1,125,000 965,000	965,000
C Liang	100,000
Phil Ivey	Busted

08-23-2021 18:45 UTC+3

Chidwick Out Before Dinner Break

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 0/0, 4,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick was all-in for 122,000 and called by Ihor Shkliaruk with the bigger stack.

Stephen Chidwick:
Ihor Shrliaruk:

The board ran out for Chidwick to but with the lower kicker just before the players were sent for a 90-minute dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihor Shkliaruk	500,000 168,000	168,000
Stephen Chidwick	Busted

08-23-2021 18:59 UTC+3

Chip Counts During the Dinner Break

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 0/0, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Peng	1,118,000 912,000	912,000
Santi	835,000 -290,000	-290,000
Paul Phua	580,000 467,000	467,000

Ihor Shkliaruk	542,000 42,000	42,000
Mikita Badziakouski	537,000 455,000	455,000

Ivan Leow	443,000 363,000	363,000
Chris Brewer	422,000 227,000	227,000

XD Hu	380,000 280,000	280,000
Boris Turitsa	363,000 263,000	263,000
Hing Yang Chow	355,000 210,000	210,000
Wai Kiat Lee	330,000 169,000	169,000
Chi Zhang	267,000 -36,000	-36,000
Erik Seidel	166,000 -29,000	-29,000

C Liang	132,000 32,000	32,000
Y Huang	117,000 17,000	17,000
Jordi Urlings	68,000 -32,000	-32,000
Rene van Krevelen	40,000 -275,000	-275,000
Danny Tang	Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 5,000

08-23-2021 20:31 UTC+3

35 Entries in the Tournament

Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Seven more players have entered after the break with Richard Yong and Timofey Kuznetsov as the new faces in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	100,000 100,000	100,000

Seth Davies	100,000 -232,000	-232,000

Cary Katz	100,000 100,000	100,000
Phil Ivey	100,000 100,000	100,000

Richard Yong	100,000
Stephen Chidwick	100,000 100,000	100,000

Timofey Kuznetsov	100,000

08-23-2021 20:39 UTC+3

Full House for Badziakouski Gives Him the Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski called and so did Danny Tang and Chi Zhang. Paul Phua raised to 10,0000 for "Peng" to make the call. "Y Huang" shoved for 154,000 for Badziakouski to tank and then call. The action folded back to Peng who also took some time before making the call.

The flop came for "Peng" to check. Badziakouski bet 200,000 and "Peng" shoved with the bigger stack. Badziakouski called for the 423,000 he had behind.

"Y Huang":
Mikita Badziakouski:
"Peng":

"Y Huang" held the overpair while "Peng" had the open-ended straight draw. But Badziakouski was ahead with the flopped set.

The turn was the for Badziakouski to improve to a full house but "Peng" picked up the flush draw.