Oliver Weis is currently up to 380,000 after putting the pressure on some shorter stacks. After Murad Akhundov three-bet to 16,000, Weis four-bet shoved from the small blind and Akhundov folded.
Weis is having an incredible 2017 so far, with a fourth place in the €25,500 High Roller in Panama ($123,980) and a victory in the HK$ 200,000 High Roller, where he cashed the equivalent of $402,827.
Fady Kamar moved all in from the cutoff and Preben Stokkan announced all in out of the small blind as well.
Fady Kamar:
Preben Stokkan:
The board ran out and Kamar was on his way out, though the stacks were counted. Kamar had 38,800 and Stokkan was covered by 600 chips.
Hand 2
With 400 chips gone for the ante, Kamar was all in for 200 and binked the pot with versus on a board of .
Hand 3
"How much are you playing?" Kamar joked to Anton Morgenstern in the big blind and moved all in for 1,200, half a big blind. He then grinned and put on his sunglasses, and the action folded to Daniel Dvoress in the small blind. Dvoress raised to 7,500 and Morgenstern folded.
Fady Kamar:
Daniel Dvoress:
The roller coaster board of gave Dvoress a straight and Kamar left with a "nice try" and smile on the face. Scott Margereson was eliminated as well.
Ivan Luca was eliminated early into the new level while Igor Kurganov was more fortunate. Kurganov check-raised all in for his last 21,800 out of the big blind on a flop of and Preben Stokkan looked him up.
Preben Stokkan:
Igor Kurganov:
The turn gave Kurganov a straight and the river changed nothing anymore to let the PokerStars Team Pro double.
A total of 187 entries, including 48 re-entries, created a net prize pool of €4,581,500 and the top 27 spots will receive at least €45,820. The winner can look forward to a massive payday of €1,015,000 and the elusive PokerStars Championship High Roller trophy that comes along with it.
Sergio Aido, Sam Grafton and Andrew Chen have all been eliminated in quick succession. Chen shoved for his last nine big blinds from under the gun and Maxi Lehmanski reshoved out of the small blind to force Scott Margereson in the big blind out of the way.
Maxi Lehmanski:
Andrew Chen:
The flop all but sealed it and Chen needed running cards to stay in. A on the turn was a start, but the river bricked off to eliminate the Canadian.