Max Altergott raised under the gun plus one to 100,000 and Vladimir Troyanovsky called from the big blind. The flop rolled out and Troyanovsky check-raised from 100,000 to 250,000. Altergott made the call.
On the turn the hit and Troyanovsky picked up the pot with a 350,000-chip bet. Altergott did not show his cards to the hole card camera but Troyanovsky did, he had for top pair.
Mike Watson is the first player to bust today after he was eliminated by Sorel Mizzi, who takes over the chip lead.
Max Altergott raised to 100,000 from the hijack before Watson shoved for 665,000 from the button. Mizzi was in the big blind and flat called which was enough to scare off Altergott.
Watson:
Mizzi:
The board ran out , and Watson was eliminated in seventh place. He took home �218,300.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised to 130,000 from the small blind and Max Altergott called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Mercier bet 105,000, Altergott called.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river brought the and again the action was checked. Mercier showed and that was not enough against Altergott's .
Jason Mercier's stack has suffered the first big dent to his stack after a battle in the blinds with Vladimir Troyanovsky.
The latter raised to 100,000 from the small blind and Mercier peeled to see a flop. Troyanovsky led for 100,000 and the Team PokerStars called to the turn where his oppoenent checked to him. He took the invitation to bet by sliding 270,000 forward. Call.
Both players checked the river and Troyanovsky's bettered Mercier's . He dropped to around 3.3 million whereas the Russian is up to 2.2 million.
Vladimir Troyanovsky raised from the cutoff to 105,000 and Scott Seiver moved all in from the big blind for 340,000. Troyanovsky called creating another all-in showdown.
Sorel Mizzi is starting to make his mark on the final after winning two pots in a row. He three-bet Mike Watson off a hand pre flop and then he took a bigger one off Max Altergott.
Mizzi raised to 100,000 from the cut-off and Altergott defended from the big blind to see a flop. Both players checked to the turn where Altergott led for 125,000. Call.
On the river, Altergott check-folded to a 280,000 bet from Mizzi.
It was the correct fold as Mizzi's was ahead of his opponent's .
Sorel Mizzi and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier were very likely to play a lot of hands against each other and we just saw the first of many.
Mercier raised to 100,000 under the gun plus one with and Mizzi called from the big blind with .
The flop brought out and Mizzi check-called 90,000. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river brought out the and Mercier folded to Mizzi's 100,000-chip bet.
and Troyanovsky check-raised from 100,000 to 250,000. Altergott made the call.
hit and Troyanovsky picked up the pot with a 350,000-chip bet. Altergott did not show his cards to the hole card camera but Troyanovsky did, he had 
for top pair.![[user76079]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, and Watson was eliminated in seventh place. He took home �218,300.
and again the action was checked. Mercier showed 
and that was not enough against Altergott's 
.
flop. Troyanovsky led for 100,000 and the Team PokerStars called to the 
turn where his oppoenent checked to him. He took the invitation to bet by sliding 270,000 forward. Call.
. He dropped to around 3.3 million whereas the Russian is up to 2.2 million.
and Seiver doubled up.
and Mizzi called from the big blind with 
and Mizzi check-called 90,000. On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river brought out the 
board before all the cards were revealed.
for the winning hand!