The action folded to Thomas Santerne in the small blind, who made a raise to 200,000. Duco ten Haven defended his big blind and the two saw a flop of 5♥5♠6♣. Santerne checked to Ten Haven, who made a bet of 130,000.
Santerne put in a call, and check-called as well when Ten Haven fired 250,000 chips on the 3♣ turn.
The A♦ river then completed the board and a third check followed from Santerne. Ten Haven slid forward 1,025,000 chips, causing Santerne to go into the tank.
After a few time bank extensions were spent, he ultimately mucked his cards, shipping the sizeable pot Ten Haven's way.
Action folded around to Sirzat Hissou who went all in from the hijack for 675,000. Chris Brewer made the call from the cutoff and the button and blinds folded.
Sirzat Hissou: A♠K♣
Chris Brewer: A♣Q♣
Brewer's dominated ace couldn't find a queen on the 2♥6♦J♥ flop and Hissou's big slick held through the 8♦ turn and 3♠ river to secure the double up.
Duco ten Haven raised to 125,000 under the gun and Chris Brewer made it 260,000 to go on the button. The action folded back to Ten Haven, who used one time bank extension before four-betting all in for 1,265,000 chips.
A snap call followed from Brewer, and both players turned their cards face-up.
Duco ten Haven: 8♥8♣
Chris Brewer: A♦K♥
Both players made two pair on the 7♥7♠5♥Q♠Q♥ board, but Ten Haven's eights provided him with the higher one.
"I didn't expect that," commented Brewer as he cut out the chips he owed his opponent. "I thought I had you dominated."
Action was folded around to Markkos Ladev on the button. He opened for 110,000. Chris Brewer defended the big blind.
He checked the 3♥8♠4♠ flop to Ladev, who bet 110,000. Brewer then put in the check-raise to 360,000. Ladev made the call. On the 5♦ turn, Brewer opted to lead for 330,000. Ladev called again. Brewer then shoved all in for around 4,000,000 chips. Ladev burned a time bank before making the fold.
Two days filled to the brim with high-level poker has whittled the original field of 62 entries in the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris €50,000 Super High Roller to just six players. They will return to Le Palais des Congrès in the French capital to decide who will take home the glorious Super High Roller trophy and the accompanying €889,480.
Duco ten Haven is among the six returning, chasing his second trophy of the series after winning the €10,200 Mystery Bounty on the second day of the festival. In fact, Ten Haven hinted in his winner’s interview that his victory might be the only reason he even registered for the €50,000 buy-in Super High Roller in the first place.
Ten Haven comes back with 1,265,000 chips in his bag, equaling 25 big blinds at the start of play. This places him near the bottom of the leaderboard, as only Sirzat Hissou has fewer chips than him with a stack of 800,000. Estonia's Markkos Ladev, who has already secured his largest-ever live cash, and Belgian high-stakes regular Pieter Aerts also find themselves with a below-average stack, with 2,325,000 and 1,610,000 chips respectively.
Meanwhile, Chris Brewer, who won this very event during the inaugural EPT Paris in 2023, is looking to go back-to-back with a chip lead of 4,850,000 chips. The final player returning to the table will be Thomas Santerne, the only Frenchman left in the field, who is right behind Brewer with 4,660,000 chips to play with.
Day 3 Seating Assignments
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Duco ten Haven
Netherlands
1,265,000
25
2
Markkos Ladev
Estonia
2,325,000
47
4
Sirzat Hissou
Germany
800,000
16
5
Chris Brewer
United States
4,850,000
97
6
Pieter Aerts
Belgium
1,610,000
32
8
Thomas Santerne
France
4,660,000
93
Chris Brewer
The bubble has already burst as the money was reached late on Day 2. Eight places would divide the prize pool of €2,916,480, and with the departures of Stephen Chidwick in eighth place and Niklas Astedt in seventh place during the final minutes of the previous day, the remaining six are guaranteed at least €189,600 for their efforts.
€50,000 Super High Roller Payouts
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
€889,480
2
€583,300
3
€422,900
4
€320,800
5
€247,900
6
€189,600
7
Niklas Astedt
Sweden
€145,800
8
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
€116,700
When play resumes at 12:30 p.m. local time, blinds will restart in Level 18: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante, with a little over 13 minutes remaining on the clock. All levels thereafter will be 60 minutes in length, with a break after every two levels, and the tournament will be played until a champion is crowned.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who will win the Super High Roller battle of EPT Paris 2024, and don’t forget to check out all the other tournaments that are happening in the City of Love as well over at the coverage hub.
