Lucas Reeves, Claas Segebrecht and Carl Froch were all in a hand together, with Reeves eventually sending both opponents to the rail and moving up to top spot in the chip counts.
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Day: 1
The partypoker Big Game is down to a final table of nine, featuring partypoker Ambassador Patrick Leonard. The current chip leader is Soenke Jahn who is within touching distance of 100 million in chips.
Meanwhile, Patrick Leonard is sitting comfortably in the middle of the pack with just over 30 big blinds.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandros Theologis | United Kingdom | 23,146,518 |
| 2 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 19,185,377 |
| 3 | Pedro Marques | Croatia | 37,722,080 |
| 4 | Soenke Jahn | Austria | 98,715,017 |
| 5 | Peter Jetten | Canada | 22,467,232 |
| 6 | Oleg Vasylchenko | Ukraine | 18,846,329 |
| 7 | Julian Selinger | Malta | 93,460,339 |
| 8 | Soren Jeppesen | Denmark | 16,691,227 |
| 9 | Darko Percic | Germany | 47,365,881 |
Vishal Shyamnarain is the new chip leader in the partypoker Powerfest Main Event Day 1B, and is one of only two players over one million in chips alongside Breixo González Peña.
Day 1B will conclude when 119 players remain.
Pablo Silva has won The High Roller Big Game for $65,609 after a dominating final table performance. He came into the final table with the chip lead, and held onto it right through to the final hand, including an elongated heads-up battle against Kevin Rabichow.
partypoker Ambassador Jason Koon finished sixth at the final table for $12,366.
The High Roller Big Game Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Brito Silva | Brazil | $65,609 |
| 2 | Kevin Rabichow | Canada | $42,307 |
| 3 | Leonard Maue | Austria | $29,106 |
| 4 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | $20,654 |
| 5 | Enrico Camosci | Mexico | $15,391 |
| 6 | Jason Koon | Canada | $12,366 |
| 7 | Jonah Silverstein | Canada | $10,492 |
| 8 | Samuel Vousden | Finland | $8,993 |
With 36/96 players remaining, Joni Jouhkimainen currently leads the Powerfest #28: Super High Roller ahead of Vicent Bosca and Nick Petrangelo.
Fellow partypoker Ambassador Mikita Badziakouski is also in the top ten chip counts, with Jason Koon and Isaac Haxton still in the tournament.
A reminder that Day 1 concludes with 17 players remaining. Here are the final table chip counts:
| Rank | Payouts |
|---|---|
| 1 | $249,791 |
| 2 | $166,429 |
| 3 | $116,183 |
| 4 | $80,047 |
| 5 | $59,059 |
| 6 | $46,521 |
| 7 | $37,676 |
The partypoker Powerfest Main Event Day 1B will conclude when there are 119 players remaining. The current chip leader is Breixo González Peña with 974,000 and is honing in on the one million chip mark.
There are 328/792 players remaining and they include the following notables:
| Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Brunno Botteon | Brazil | 854,000 |
| Michael Gathy | Malta | 658,000 |
| Stoyan Madanzhiev | Lithuania | 650,000 |
| Carl Froch | United Kingdom | 590,000 |
| Benjamin Roller | Austria | 565,000 |
| Luuk Gieles | Netherlands | 484,000 |
| Kenny Hallaert | United Kingdom | 373,000 |
| Artur Martirosian | Russia | 342,000 |
| Bryan Paris | Netherlands | 322,000 |
| Sylvain Loosli | United Kingdom | 306,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | Austria | 285,000 |
We're down to three players in the High Roller Big Game with Pablo Brito Silva still in the chip lead.
- Pablo Brito Silva (Brazil) - 48,955,000
- Leonard Maue (Austria) - 28,299,000
- Kevin Rabichow (Canada) - 10,044,000
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Carl Froch raised to 6,000 and Jozsef Liszkovics three-bet to 22,500 from the small blind. Froch called and then called a continuation bet from Liszkovics on the 
flop.
The turn was the 
and Liszkovics shoved for 82,981. Froch called.
Jozsef Liszkovics: 
Carl Froch: 
Liszkovics was ahead with top pair, but Froch held a pair and a straight flush draw.
The river 
complete his flush and sent Liszkovics to the rail.
With a double elimination, the High Roller Big Game has reached a final table of eight players, with Brazil's Pablo Brito the chip leader.
partypoker Ambassador Jason Koon is second in chips, and is one of several players eyeing up the $65,609 first place prize.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Rabichow | Canada | 8,983,486 |
| 2 | Pablo Brito Silva | Brazil | 25,100,196 |
| 3 | Jonah Silverstein | Canada | 2,150,488 |
| 4 | Artur Martirosian | Lithuania | 6,151,727 |
| 5 | Enrico Camosci | Mexico | 5,053,321 |
| 6 | Leonard Maue | Austria | 14,762,558 |
| 7 | Samuel Vousden | Finland | 4,364,306 |
| 8 | Jason Koon | Canada | 20,733,918 |