Sam Greenwood defended big blind with from a Chris Hunichen button open with and they checked down until Hunichen bet 160,000. Greenwood shoved all in and Hunichen quickly folded.
Greenwood's been all in on all three hands dealt so far.
Sam Greenwood opened to 95,000 under the gun. Henrik Hecklen, on the button, three-bet to 300,000. Chris Hunichen in the small blind four-bet to 825,000. Greenwood responded by moving all in for 3,460,000. Hecklen folded. Hunichen made the call.
Sam Greenwood raised to 95,000 with in the cutoff and Talal Shakerchi three-bet to 235,000 with on the button.
Greenwood checked the flop and Shakerchi bet 175,000. Greenwood raised to 450,000 and Shakerchi peeled to the turn. Greenwood shoved all in and Shakerchi mucked immediately.
Some of the biggest names in poker get back to the Atlantis poker room today for the final five of the $100,000 Super High Roller.
Leading the 5 remaining players, who are all guaranteed $485,300, is one of the most successful online tournament players of all times, Chris Hunichen (4,555,000). He is followed by Henrik Hecklen with 3,465,000. Hecklen is known for dominating the high stakes cash games.
The player in third is Jesus Cortes (2,885,000). Cortes is a newcomer in those toughest fields but he has already proved himself and will be looking to capture his first title in a high buy-in.
Sam Greenwood will start the day 4th in chips with 2,675,000. Greenwood has been around for very long and has plenty of experience playing at the highest stakes.
Talal Shakerchi is in 5th place with 1,670,000. Shakerchi is mainly a businessman but has over $6 million in poker winnings and has already locked another big score to add to his poker resume.
The remaining five players will continue to battle it out at 1:00 pm local time at 20,000/40,000/40,000 until a champion is crowned. You can watch the action on the stream on PokerStars.tv. with a 30-minute delay where hole cards will be available. Live updates will also be available here on PokerNews.
Seat 1: Jesus Cortes, 30, Zaragoza/Spain - 2,885,000
30-year-old Jesus Cortes is a wild card in Super High Roller fields. The Spaniard is a newcomer to this exclusive club of top-shelf players, but the long-time poker fans might remember Cortes' fantastic run in the 2010 EPT Barcelona Main Event. Cortes came close to hoisting the trophy, falling to Kent Lundmark in the final duel. He was awarded �525,000 for the runner-up finish. While Cortes' latest reported live cash dates all the way back to 2012, he has been ahead of the game; Cortes has been grinding live cash games in London and Spain for the last years.
Seat 2: Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood, Toronto, ON/Canada - 2,675,000
Sam ��Str8$$$Homey�� Greenwood, along with both his brothers, cashed in the $25,000 PSPC (49th for $69,100; Max was 47th and Luc 98th) and has continued on form throughout the Super High Roller. Fourth on the Canadian all-time money list, Greenwood has nearly $13 million in live tournament winnings. He has a WSOP bracelet, multiple SCOOP/WCOOP titles and high roller victories from the EPT, Partypoker Millions and ACOP and even a 6th place finish in this very event ($100,000 Super High Roller) from the 2015 PCA. An outspoken and respected member of the high stakes poker community and Run It Once poker coach, Greenwood has the credentials to back up his opinions and has plenty of experience in the toughest high buy-in fields.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, 54, has just made back-to-back final tables here at the PCA, in two of the biggest events on offer. The first �C the record-breaking PSPC �C saw him finish 8th out of 1.039 entrants for $509,000, and this $100,000 Super High Roller guarantees him at least a further $485,300 tomorrow. Businessman Shakerchi is a poker amateur only in the sense that it is not his day job; he��s 158th on the all-time money list for live poker, and 6th in the England-only one, with over $6 million in winnings. He is also the 2016 $10,000 SCOOP High Main Event champion, which he won on PokerStars for $1,468,000 to add to his sizeable virtual trophy cabinet.
Seat 4: Henrik "hhecklen" Hecklen, 28, Aarhus/Denmark - 3,465,000
Elite high stakes cash game grinder Henrik Hecklen arrived in the Bahamas fresh on the back of his biggest live tournament victory, having triumphed in last month's EPT Prague �10k High Roller for �503,700. That result helped Hecklen move inside the top 10 on the Danish all-time money list. While the 28-year-old is closing on $2 million in live tournament cashes, his bread- and-butter is the online grind. Hecklen's moniker "hhecklen" can be found mostly in high stakes cash games, but his tournament accolades are also spectacular. Hecklen notched four six-figure results at PokerStars, including two just short of $500,000.
Seat 5: Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen, 34, Clayton, NC/United States - 4,555,000
Former #1-ranked player on the PocketFives online tournament leaderboard, Chris Hunichen is notoriously known as "Big Huni" in the virtual poker arena. Hunichen one of the most prolific online tournament players of all times, having racked up over $11.7 million cashes with $7.2 million coming at PokerStars. Hunichen settled in Costa Rica after the Black Friday, and his r��sum�� is packed with dozens of outright victories. However, Huni's standout result has been a bronze medal in the 2018 SCOOP Main Event which earned him a hefty $618,943. Hunichen has been successful on the live circuit as well, having accumulated nearly $3.8 million in winnings. He scored his largest live cash last month at the Bellagio where he picked up $592,000 for a third-place finish in a $100,000 event.