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Juha Helppi and Paul Newy have just been eliminated. There are 24 players remaining with an average stack of 375,000 chips. The average in big blinds is 62.
There will be a complete redraw right now. We will post the three tables shortly.
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
€50,000 Majestic High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€2,880,000
Total Entries
60
Level
24
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 60
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Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Alex Mostafavi's roller coaster tournament has come to an end. Igor Kurganov just raised from the cutoff after which Mostafavi moved all in from the small blind. Kurganov called.
Showdown:
Alex Mostafavi: 
Igor Kurganov: 
The board ran out 
, and Mostafavi was knocked out.
Lifeng Chen just raised to 11,000 from middle position after which Philipp Gruissem three-bet to 25,000 from the button. Winfred Yu sat in the big blind and he tanked for a bit before moving all in. Chen moved all in as well, and Gruissem quickly folded.
Showdown:
Lifeng Chen: 
Winfred Yu: 
The flop brought 
and Yu jumped up in excitement. On the turn the 
hit, and a roaring sound left the room when the 
hit on the river. Yu made quads in order to beat Chen's aces, and he was knocked down to just 20,000. Chen was eliminated on the very next hand.
Erik Seidel was just eliminated when his pocket aces — 
— were cracked by the 
of Marvin Rettenmaier. The flop, turn and river ran out 
to give Rettenmaier a flush.
Scott Seiver raised to 10,500 from the hijack seat, and Kristijonas Andrulis reraised to 24,000 from the cutoff seat. On the button, Vladislav Varlashin moved all in for 25,500, and the two blinds folded. Seiver called, then Andrulis called.
The flop came down 
with Seiver and Andrulis checking to see the 
land on the turn. They both checked again, and the 
landed on the river. Seiver bet 40,000, and Andrulis mucked.
Seiver showed the for a flush, and Varlashin's hand was mucked. He was eliminated while Seiver moved to about 230,000 in chips.
Justin Bonomo has had a lot of success in large buy-in tournaments, but he won't be adding another cash to his record here in the €50,000 Majestic High Roller as he was just eliminated by Daniel Negreanu.
Action passed around the table to Bonomo in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 10,000. Negreanu made the call from the small blind while everyone else folded. From there, the flop came down 
, and Negreanu checked. Bonomo fired 17,000, and Negreanu called.
On fourth street, the 
appeared and paired the board. Another check came from Negreanu before Bonomo bet 42,000. A minute passed, then Negreanu check-raised to 105,000. This sent Bonomo into the tank, and he thought for about two minutes before announcing that he was all in. The shove was for around 215,000 total, and Negreanu made the call.
Negreanu turned over the 
for trip eights to have Bonomo's 
on the ropes. The river landed with the , and Bonomo was eliminated. Negreanu climbed to over 700,000 in chips.
