Andras Nemeth opened the button for 27,000 and small blind Rui Ferreira shoved for about 280,000 or so. Big blind Patrik Antonius folded, Nemeth called right away.
Andras Nemeth:
Rui Ferreira:
The flop of did nothing and the on the turn ended it all for Ferreira. The river was a blank and Ferreira exited in tenth place.
Down to nine players. The tournament is now on break and will redraw to one table in about twenty minutes.
Charlie Carrel raised to 35,000 under the gun and Stefan Schillhabel three-bet to 183,000 from middle position with 21,000 behind. Matthias Eibinger on the button asked for a count and called. The blinds and Carrel both gave up.
While Schillhabel still had chips behind, Eibinger already showed his cards: . Schillhabel tabled the but kept his second card hidden for now.
After some banter, Schillhabel said he was all in blind. Eibinger called and the flop was dealt: .
Schillhabel wasn't showing his second card just yet. Meanwhile, the dealer turned the and put the river on the board.
Schillhabel showed he had and made his exit. With seven left, this event is now on the bubble.
Andras Nemeth opened to 60,000 in the cutoff and Jan Schwippert defended his big blind with an all-in shove for around 500,000. Nemeth called and tabled , finding himself in a dominating spot against .
The board ran out , so Nemeth dodged a turned straight draw to burst the bubble.
The six remaining players are now guaranteed €134,440 ($152,189).
Andras Nemeth opened button and Luc Greenwood defended big blind. The flop came and Greenwood checked. Nemeth bet 90,000 and immediately called when Greenwood shoved for about 500,000.
Andras Nemeth:
Luc Greenwood:
Greenwood was in need of help with an inferior pair. The turn prompted him to push out his ten as if asking for one on the river but it was a instead.
Matthias Eibinger completed the blind and Andras Nemeth raised to 140,000. Eibinger came back with 560,000 and Nemeth called. The flop came and Eibinger bet 575,000 after using a time bank. Nemeth called. On the turn, Eibinger counted out his stack then moved in for 1,505,000. Nemeth grimaced but called at the buzzer before he'd have had to use a time bank himself.
Matthias Eibinger:
Andras Nemeth:
The river was the and Eibinger dragged the biggest pot of the tournament thus far.
Pavel Plesuv jammed on the button for 760,000 over an open from Andras Nemeth to 90,000 and Nemeth snap-called with . Plesuv could only muster but he hit Broadway on the river as rolled off the deck.
The biggest buy-in event of 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, the €50,000 Super High Roller, has been whittled to just four combatants, and one man has established himself as the clear favorite.
Austrian pro Matthias Eibinger has about 55 percent of the total chips in play heading into the final day. He's over 100 big blinds with 5,455,000. He's been rocking the super high roller scene with over $4 million in cashes and is coming off of a $50K win in Las Vegas last month for $575,000.
The other three players — Pavel Plesuv (1,600,000), Andras Nemeth (1,445,000) and Liang Xu (1,400,000) — are all about even. Play wrapped for Day 2 after nine levels with the table arrayed thus:
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Liang Xu
China
1,410,000
28
2
Matthias Eibinger
Austria
5,455,000
109
3
Andras Nemeth
Hungary
1,445,000
29
4
Pavel Plesuv
Moldova
1,610,000
32
Nemeth spent most of the day in the chip lead after coming in with a big lead, but Eibinger put an end to his hopes for a wire-to-wire crushing performance in the final level of the night, Level 17 (20,000/40,000/40,000).
It was blind versus blind and Eibinger limp-reraised to 560,000 after Nemeth made it 140,000. Nemeth called and then called a flop bet and turn shove with just ace jack high. Eibinger had pocket tens and faded the two overcards on the river to double into a huge lead.
Now, everyone's racing to catch Eibinger while at the same time perhaps eyeing the other similar stacks with hopes of laddering past. Everyone has €220,870 locked up with €653,000 set to be paid to the winner.
That total came courtesy of 40 total entries, of which 12 showed up for the end of late registration at the beginning of Day 2. Many were entries but some fresh faces like Benjamin Pollak and Patrik Antonius as well.
Just six would be paid, with only Charlie Carrel and Luc Greenwood scoring in-the-money finishes after Jan Schwippert busted in seventh following an extended bubble period. Nemeth picked off his reshove, with ace-jack holding against ace-six.
The last four players return at 12:30 p.m. local time to battle it out until a winner emerges. They'll come back to 25,000/50,000/50,000 and with three of the four sitting under 35 big blinds, action should be swift. Come to PokerNews on time to keep following the nosebleed action.