Thomas Muehloecker raised to 11,000 and Christoph Vogelsang three-bet from his immediate left to 29,000. The action folded to Mike Leah and he made it 86,000 with only 2,900 chips left behind.
Muehloecker folded right away and Vogelsang tanked for a while before making the call saying, "Let's see if I can still fold on the flop," and the other players laughed.
The flop brought out and Leah was already all in blind for his last chips.
"That's not good," Vogelsang said, and his opponents chuckled again, but he did make the call.
Leah:
Vogelsang:
The turn was the and the river the , giving Leah a double up right before the end of the registration period in the level prior to the most recent break.
Kathy Lehne, who cashed the $100,000 Super High Roller two days ago, has just been knocked out and re-entered this event.
First Lehne lost a big pot against Bryn Kenney with to after which she busted her last five big blinds holding versus Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree's .
Mike "Timex McDonald was the first player eliminated from the tournament, and he missed the mark with his second bullet as he was just felled again.
His demise came after losing a big hand to Fedor Holz. It happened when McDonald raised to 11,000 from the button and Holz three-bet all in for 181,400 from the small blind. McDonald thought long and hard before making the call and the cards were turned up.
McDonald:
Holz:
The flop gave Holz a full house, but McDonald was drawing to overs, not to mention the case jack. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river was what he needed and he was left with just 5,000 after the hand.
In the next hand, he managed to double when his pocket sevens held against Jeff Gross' , but a hand after that he was eliminated when his failed to get their against the of European Poker Tour Prague €10,300 High Roller champ Kenny "kenny05" Smaron.
Isaac Haxton raised from the cutoff to 8,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier three-bet from the big blind for 25,400. Haxton moved all in for 117,000 effectively, and Mercier made the call.
Haxton:
Mercier:
The board ran out and Haxton sent Mercier to the rail.
and Perkins hit the rail. Perkins immediately went over to the cage to re-enter the tournament in the final minutes of registration.
and Shak tabled 
.
turn and the 
river kept him in the game.
and Leah was already all in blind for his last chips.
, giving Leah a double up right before the end of the registration period in the level prior to the most recent break.
to 
after which she busted her last five big blinds holding 
versus Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree's 
flop gave Holz a full house, but McDonald was drawing to overs, not to mention the case jack. Unfortunately for him, neither the 
turn nor 
failed to get their against the 
and Haxton sent Mercier to the rail.
