$25,500 MILLIONS Super High Roller ($1 Million Gtd.)
Day 1 Started
$25,500 MILLIONS Super High Roller ($1 Million Gtd.)
Day 1 Started
With the $10,300 MILLIONS High Roller wrapping up last night, it is now time to begin the $25,500 MILLIONS Super High Roller at the 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival. The action is set to begin at 2:00 P.M. local time at the Melia Caribe Tropical resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
The event was originally scheduled to begin yesterday but has been reduced to just a 2-day event. The players will still begin with a 1,000,000 chip starting stack with the levels now being 40-minutes in length. Late registration is expected to remain open until Day 2, at which point the players will play down to a winner.
The new plan for Day 1 is to play 10 levels before the remaining players will bag and tag to return on Day 2. There may still be some changes based on how many players are registered. The prizepool is still guaranteed at $1,000,000 and many of the poker world's top players will be here to battle it out.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team for continuous coverage throughout this partypoker LIVE event.
A few players have taken their seats but the tournament staff is waiting for a few more to finish the registration process before things get started.
The tournament staff have made another couple of changes before the tournament begins. The blind levels have been reduced to 30-minutes each and registration will only remain open for 10 levels. The plan is to play a full 10 levels on Day 1.
With that, the tournament director has announced "Shuffle up and deal," as the action is now underway.
Level: 1
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 5,000
The first nine players to take their seats include Sam Greenwood, coming off a third-place finish in the $10,300 High Roller, along with regular high-roller participants, Adrian Mateos, Stephen Chidwick, and David Peters.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Dvoress | 1,000,000 | |
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Steve O'Dwyer | 1,000,000 | |
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Chris Hunichen | 1,000,000 | |
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David Peters | 1,000,000 | |
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Seth Davies | 1,000,000 | |
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Adrian Mateos | 1,000,000 | |
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Stephen Chidwick | 1,000,000 | |
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Alex Foxen | 1,000,000 | |
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Sam Greenwood | 1,000,000 | |
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Koray Aldemir just took his seat and found himself in a hand with Stephen Chidwick. The board read with 120,000 in the middle. Chidwick checked from the big blind and Aldemir bet 55,000. Chidwick called and the completed the board.
Chidwick checked again and Aldemir fired another 126,000. Chidwick didn't waste much time before sending his cards to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Koray Aldemir | 1,120,000 | |
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Stephen Chidwick |
880,000
-120,000
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-120,000 |
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Fedor Holz and Bryn Kenney highlight the most recent additions to the field within the first level.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Michael Fanzy
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1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
Fedor Holz |
1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
Steffen Sontheimer |
1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
Jason Koon |
1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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Bryn Kenney |
1,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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Level: 2
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 7,000
It appeared Michael Fanzy did not enter the Super High Roller to sit on his hands and wait for premium cards. Just minutes into the second level, Fanzy was down to under 100,000 after sending the majority of chips to Steffen Sontheimer.
Fanzy was all in with and was called by Alex Foxen with . The board ran out clean for Foxen and Fanzy was the first player to hit the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Steffen Sontheimer |
1,900,000
900,000
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900,000 |
Alex Foxen |
1,400,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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Michael Fanzy
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Busted |