After a raise by Ngoc Minh Hoang and a three-bet by Albert Skobolev on the button, Hoang called and the duo headed to a flop of . Hoang checked and called a bet of 5 million by Skobelev before checking again the on the turn. Skobelev immediately announced all in and Hoang folded.
Over on the other table, Marc Doring raised to 1,050,000 and Sonay Kehya defended the big blind. The flop fell and Kehya check-called a bet before the turn was checked. On the river, Kehya check-called a bet of 3 million and showed , however Doring had that beat with for the wheel.
Martin Kabrhel opened with a min-raise to 12,000 from middle position, with Bertrand Grospellier, also known as "ElkY," defending from the big blind. They went heads up to a flop, with ElkY checking the action over to Kabrhel who put in an 11,000 continuation bet. ElkY flicked in the call, as the dealer burned and turned the . ElkY check-called again, this time to the tune of 30,000.
The landed on the river, with ElkY checking a third time. Kabrhel thought for a moment before locking eyes with the dealing and announcing "all-in" as he emptied the clip for 98,000. ElkY was clearly not convinced, as he went dee into the tank, using two of his 60-second timebank cards.
Exactly two minutes and 20 seconds later, ElkY reigned himself to a call and turned over for king high. Kabrhel tapped the table to indicate a good call, tabling . The King's Poker Room Twitch chat went wild! "There is no way, such a good call," said one viewer, whilst all most spectators could interject was, "wow!"
That means we are down to our final eight, on our official final table.
Joining the action on the heads-up flop of , Marek Blasko bet 1.7 million out of the small blind and Robin Hegele called on the button. The duo then checked the turn and river and Blasko's won the pot.
The stack of Fabrice Halleux had melted and he slipped into the danger zone before doubling through Dominik Desset for 3.75 million.
Fabrice Halleux:
Dominik Desset:
The board came and Halleux was back in business. It got even sweeter just before the end of the level when the Belgian open-shoved for around eight million. It folded all the way to partypoker Day 2 online qualifier Patrick Wiper, who called all in for less and flipped over pocket kings.
Halleux only had , but the jack-high flop was followed by a king on the turn and a ten on the river to complete an unlikely straight for the Belgian and eliminate Wiper in 24th place.
The bustouts keep coming at an incredible speed and the last two seat open were The Talk and Lukasz Golczyk.
Golczyk had previously doubled Rinaldo Aquino with jacks to the of the Brazilian and then got his last 5.5 million in with ace-queen and failed to improve against the ace-king of Arsenii Karmatckii.
Jack Sinclair leads the way going to the unofficial final
We're down to our final nine in the Super High Roller, which means players are going to redraw for seats as everyone moves to the feature table. We still won't have our official final until we lose one more player. Chip counts as we go to the break are as follows:
Player
Chip Count
Kenny Hallaert
124,000
Yair Bitoun
472,000
Martin Kabrhel
143,000
Tony G
269,000
Pavel Binar
136,000
Steffen Sontheimer
473,000
Manig Loeser
124,000
Jack Sinclair
740,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
305,000
We can confirm that three players will be paid, with a €350,000 top prize. The whole thing will be streamed live from the King's Poker Room Twitch channel, with commentary from Simon Trumper.
. Hoang checked and called a bet of 5 million by Skobelev before checking again the 
on the turn. Skobelev immediately announced all in and Hoang folded.
and Kehya check-called a bet before the 
river, Kehya check-called a bet of 3 million and showed 
, however Doring had that beat with 
for the wheel.
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. ElkY check-called again, this time to the tune of 30,000.
landed on the river, with ElkY checking a third time. Kabrhel thought for a moment before locking eyes with the dealing and announcing "all-in" as he emptied the clip for 98,000. ElkY was clearly not convinced, as he went dee into the tank, using two of his 60-second timebank cards.
for king high. Kabrhel tapped the table to indicate a good call, tabling 
. The 
, Marek Blasko bet 1.7 million out of the small blind and Robin Hegele called on the button. The duo then checked the 
turn and 
river and Blasko's 
, but the jack-high flop was followed by a king on the turn and a ten on the river to complete an unlikely straight for the Belgian and eliminate Wiper in 24th place.
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