"Pegasus1505" opened for 2,800 from middle position before "ElPadrePablo" three-bet jammed for 21,619. "Pegasus1505" made the call and the race was on.
"ElPadrePablo": 
"Pegasus1505": 
It wasn't looking good for "ElPadrePablo" after the 
hit the flop and after the 
came on the turn. However, the 
spiked the river to give this player top pair which was good enough to double up.
The field has grown to 231 entrants including 27 reentries with 173 players remaining. The field will continue to grow with late registration open until 10:25 p.m. GMT.
Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren is "ready to kick ass" after warming up with a kickboxing session earlier in the day. Time will tell how far she will make it in the High Roller today.
XL Inferno high rollers today! Finished a kickboxing session and ready to kick ass...# Let's play! See you at the… https://t.co/CPAUmYUhwp
— Sofia Lövgren (@Sofia_Lovgren)
"CrackedAc3s" is the first player to break the 200,000 barrier. Meanwhile, 888poker Ambassador Martin "MJacobson888" Jacobson has chipped up to nearly 150,000.
Here is a look at some of the bigger stacks.
Level: 9
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 175
Notably absent thus far from the High Roller is 888poker Ambassador Ana "anamarquez" Marquez. It wouldn't be surprising to see her late-register after a recent Tweet from the high profile poker player.
Are you ready????### ####HighRoller #XLinferno @888poker #ad https://t.co/McFQDWIg8k
— Ana Marquez (@AnaMarquez86)
"Kroat." opened from the cutoff for 2,640 before calling a three-bet from Martin "MJacobson888" Jacobson of 10,560 from the big blind.
Jacobson fired out a continuation bet of 6,921 after the 
came on the flop.
The 
came on the turn and Jacobson bet 18,456 and got a fold from his opponent to win the pot.
888poker Ambassador Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren has chipped up to 63,566 while fellow Ambassador Martin "MJacobson888" Jacobson is down to 59,820.
Romania's "CrackedAc3s" is in the chip lead to start Level 8. Here is a look at the top five on the leaderboard.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 150
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