Jouhkimainen and Burns Tangle

Joni Jouhkimainen opened the hijack for 450,000 and Kahle Burns called from the button. Alex Foxen came along from the big blind. All three checked on [5sTh4c] before the [2c] hit the turn. Foxen led for 1,075,000 and Jouhkimainen called. Burns squeezed to 3,025,000 and Foxen folded. Jouhkimainen called. The [8d] on

Alex Foxen Pulls Away as Chip Leader

The first and only player to top four million chips in the High Roller Finale so far is Alex Foxen, who pushes John Duthie into second. The field is still growing, and with two one-hour levels left of late registration, it looks like that $1,000,000 guarantee may yet be met

High Roller Finale: Chip Leaders

John Duthie has slightly extended his chip lead in the opening levels of Day 2 in the $10,300 High Roller Finale. Creeping up on him in chips are both Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell (on different tables, for a change). Bicknell added a few chop-pot chips to her stack after taking

MILLIONS $10,300 High Roller Finale Day 1 Overnight Chip Counts

Here's how the surviving baker's dozen from Day 1 in the $10,300 High Roller Finale stack up. Their numbers are sure to be swelled by late registrants tomorrow (registration closes after four levels, at 6:30pm). Play restarts at 2pm, one hour earlier than scheduled.

High Roller Finale About to Spread to Three Tables

The pace of entry is slowly picking up. Current line-up: Table Seat Player 56 1 56 2 Joni Jouhkimainen 56 3 Lawrence Bayley 56 4 Fahad Althani 56 5 Alexandros Kolonias 56 6 Govert Metaal 56 7 Sirzat Hissou 56 8 Dimitar Danchev 45 1 Christoph Vogelsang 45 2 Tibor Nagygyorgy 45 3 Kahle Burns 45 4 Martin Mathis 45 5 Ryan Riess 45 6 John Duthie 45 7 Max Silver 45 8

Cary Katz Eliminated by Ludovic Geilich

On a flop of [3dTd5s], Cary Katz was all in for his last 20,000 against both partypoker pros Joni Jouhkimainen and Ludovic Geilich. Geilich had isolated Jouhkimainen with a raise, and eventually Jouhkimainen folded. Geilich: [QdQsJd4s] Katz: [Kc7s6c5h] The turn and river fell the [Qc] and [7d], and Katz missed his straight draw

Joni Jouhkimainen Eliminated by Richard Gryko

Partypoker pro Joni Jouhkimainen raised the button to 11,000 and Richard Gryko announced a re-raise of pot from the big blind. Jouhkimainen pushed forward his roughly 60,000 total, and Gryko called. Jouhkimainen: [AsAd2h2c] Gryko: [AhKc6h5c] The board ran out [KdTsJsQd4h] and Gryko turned the nut straight to leave Gryko drawing dead as he

Richard Gryko Makes Big Call Against Joni Jouhkimainen

Joni Jouhkimainen limped in from middle position and Ben Tollerene called next to act. Richard Gryko came along from the small blind, as did Ludovic Geilich in the big blind. The flop landed [7c2h3h] and Gryko led out for 5,000. Geilich folded, but both Jouhkimainen and Tollerene called as the [5s]

George Wolff Takes One Back

Partypoker pro Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 5,000 in middle position and George Wolff called in the cutoff. The flop landed [3d2s6d] and Jouhkimainen continued for 4,500. Wolff called, and the turn fell the [8c]. Jouhkimainen checked, and Wolff bet 15,000. Jouhkimainen folded.

Joni Jouhkimainen vs. George Wolff

Partypoker pro Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 5,000 on the button and George Wolff called in the big blind. The flop landed [5dTs7c] and Wolff check-called a bet of 5,000 before both players checked the [7h] on the turn. The river landed the [Kc] and Wolff checked. Jouhkimainen bet 14,000, and Wolff folded.