Event #28 $350,000 Guarantee - High Roller | 2017 888poker Super XL Series

01-24-2017 23:17 UTC

Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson Loses Flip: Starts to Rebuild

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Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Preflop Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson raised it up under the gun to 3,200. Ukranian player "Ender112" shoved all in for 35,422 from the cutoff, and Margereson called it off with . They were flipping against the of Ender112, but the board ran out , and the pot was shipped to the Ukranian.

Margereson did not slow down, however, and won the following two pots off "myhometown" to get to 53,469 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
AggroSantos	53,469 -27,894	-27,894

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

01-24-2017 22:55 UTC

Break #4 and Plenty of Chip Counts

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

The remaining 77 players are now on break. The current chipleader is still Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez with 175,101, with Mexico's "bachacooo" in second with 150,442 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
DrMiKee	175,101 25,186	25,186

Poelsetyv	98,511 36,709	36,709

tutten7	91,553 41,834	41,834

WhosToClaim	85,780 -11,172	-11,172

AggroSantos	81,363 -17,575	-17,575

Ineedmassari	77,693 -14,221	-14,221

Romeopro33	56,172 8,160	8,160

Isildur1337x	50,063 3,806	3,806

olekonjole	44,160 -42,134	-42,134

veeea	27,918 -155	-155

PKaiser	21,956 12,061	12,061

sdot111	Busted

r4ndomr4gs	Busted

01-24-2017 22:41 UTC

Ole "olekonjole" Schemion Surges to the Top

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

A number of well-known poker pros are making themselves known in this $2,100 High Roller. Most notable is the 2013 European Live Poker Player of the Year, Ole Schemion, who right now is in the 6th place of the tournament under the moniker "olekonjole".

The two British players Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson and Richard "WhosToClaim" Trigg is also at the very top - both close to 100,000 chips. Lastly, Joao "ineedmassari" Pires Simao is also doing well for himself, sitting at more than double the average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
AggroSantos	98,938 98,938	98,938

WhosToClaim	96,952 96,952	96,952

Ineedmassari	91,914 91,914	91,914

olekonjole	86,294 86,294	86,294

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 150

01-24-2017 22:27 UTC

Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi Hits Lucky River

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

The action was folded around to Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi in the small blind, who wasted no time putting his Romanian opponent all in for 8,945 effective. "Ph4N888" woke up with and called, but the Ukranian player hit a lucky on the river, to make his the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romeopro33	48,012 27,410	27,410

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 125

01-24-2017 22:14 UTC

Niklas "tutten7" Astedt's Kings Hold Up

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Niklas "tutten7" Astedt came out with guns blazing after the break and immediately took down a few pots, and now the Swedish player has a knock out to his name. Astedt raised to 1,600 from the cutoff, before Costa Rican player "IshmaeI" shoved his entire stack of 12,858 to the middle. Both the blinds folded, and Astedt called it off quickly.

IsmaeI:
Astedt:

Astedt was well ahead, and as the board ran out , the Swede could rake in the pot of 27,816 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
tutten7	49,719 21,758	21,758

01-24-2017 21:56 UTC

Third Break of the Day - Notable Chip Counts

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Players are now on their third six-minute break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
DrMiKee	149,915 13,052	13,052

Poelsetyv	61,802 9,800	9,800

Isildur1337x	46,257 25,008	25,008

sdot111	32,806 -13,076	-13,076

veeea	28,073 -8,495	-8,495

tutten7	27,961 -3,279	-3,279

Romeopro33	20,602 -7,133	-7,133

r4ndomr4gs	13,792 -5,905	-5,905

PKaiser	9,895 1,090	1,090

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100