Niklas "tutten7" Astedt opened the pot with a raise to 6,750, and called when British player "OMGsete" jammed 30,232 from the very next seat. Astedt's was behind the of his opponent, and that did not change on the flop.
The turn put the Swede in front, but Astedt still needed to dodge tens, kings and diamonds.
The river , and "OMGsete" hit the rail, while Astedt could rake in the pot
Germany's "Pimmelspeck" made it 5,250 from the cutoff, before Simon "Isildur1337x" Mattson three-bet to 12,750 out of the small blind. With action back on "Pimmelspeck" the German reraised to 26,500, before Mattson ultimately shoved all-in for a total of 135,169. "Pimmelspeck" called off his 120,092 to create a massive pot of 244,784 chips - enough to send Mattson in the chiplead.
The of Matsson needed to improve against the of his opponent, but it was not to be as the board ran out . "Pimmelspeck" scooped the massive pot, and left the Swede with just a handful of big blinds.
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov was first man in the pot with a raise to 5,250 from middle position. In the very next seat "TeamShippo" shoved all-in for 31,720 before "pintofbeer44" put his 21,290 chips at risk from the cutoff. Button and blinds all folded, and Vezhenkov opted for the call to put both players at risk.
Action folded around to Jonathan "chut_up" Van Fleet in the small blind who made it 5,200 to go. "88TIGER889" in the big blind wanted it otherwise and reraised to 14,500, and with action back on the American he put his opponent to the test with a four-bet shove of 75,068.
"88TIGER889" gave it a good and hard think before letting the hand go, and Van Fleet raked in the pot.
Late registration has just closed with the total number of entrants in this $2,100 Super XL High Roller ending up at 203. That has resulted in a prize pool of $406,000, and payouts to the top-27 contenders.
The first player busting in the money will receive $4,060, while the eventual winner will get $87,290 for his or her effort.
Ole "olekonjole" Schemion opened the pot to 3,200 from the hijack, before countryman "der_bomber66" in the big blind reraised to 9,200. Schemion called.
The flop came down , and while "der_bomber66" checked his option, Schemion bet out 8,000 and was called.
Turn prompted another check to Schemion, who this time shoved all-in for 26,637. "der_bomber66" wasted no time calling with , and needed to dodge any club and any jack to beat the of Schemion.
The river was the , and Schemion left the tournament in 73rd place. Seconds later Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi followed suit. 68 players remain, and late registration is closing in just five minutes.