Bryn Kenney's first bullet in this tournament came up short after running kings into aces. It was Javier Gomez Zapatero who had cold four-bet to 8,000 preflop after some earlier action.
Kenney five-bet shoved 48,725 with and Gomez had him covered with . A low board meant a re-entry for Kenney.
While Oleh Khorotkikh has been eliminated, two players joined the field recently. One of them was EPT10 Vienna Main Event champion Oleksii Khoroshenin and the other Rafael Moraes. One year ago, still under the name of the European Poker Tour, Moraes finished third in this very event for a career-best live score of €568,200.
The seat of Vanessa Selbst was filled by Joao Simao and Erik Seidel, as well as Javier Gomez Zapatero, confirmed the elimination of Selbst before the break. Short-stacked, the PokerStars Team Pro four-bet shoved with nines into the tens of Gomez Zapatero and found no help.
Just now after the break, Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 1,500 and Bryn Kenney three-bet to 3,000 from the button and Thorel called. On the flop, Thorel check-called a bet worth 2,000 before the went check, check. After the river, Thorel bet 2,000 and Kenney called - Thorel flashed and scooped the pot.
As well as talking about his biggest ever cash pot at the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®, Charlie Carrel analyses a hand from the €100k Super High Roller event he took part in.
Level four has come to an end, and the High Roller participants have been sent into their second 15-minute break of the day. Three levels of 60 minutes remain for the shortened Day 1.
€100,000 Super High Roller winner Bryn Kenney, Benjamin Pollak and Guillaume Diaz all jumped in the €25k in the fourth level of the day. Diaz happened to double soon after to get a brilliant start into the event.
Monaco resident Patrik Antonius sat down and instantly took some chips from EPT13 Malta winner Aliaksei Boika. It was Boika who bet 1,800 on a flop and Antonius check-called.
After both players checked the on the turn, Antonius checked the river to Boika. The Belarusian bet 4,500 and Antonius snapped it off.
Boika showed for ace high and Antonius tabled the winner with .
With the board already complete, showing , and Ihar Soika checked. Thomas Muehloecker then bet 10,100 from one seat over and Soika check-raised alll in for 53,375. Muehloecker used one time bank and eventually called all in with around five seconds left.
Soika rolled over and Muehloecker had that beat with .
The same table features a plethora of big names and their updated chip counts can be found below.
and Gomez had him covered with 
. A low board meant a re-entry for Kenney.
flop, Thorel check-called a bet worth 2,000 before the 
went check, check. After the 
river, Thorel bet 2,000 and Kenney called - Thorel flashed 
and scooped the pot.
on the turn, Antonius checked the 
river to Boika. The Belarusian bet 4,500 and Antonius snapped it off.
for ace high and Antonius tabled the winner with 
.
and Muehloecker had that beat with 
