$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 94
Dan Shak moved all in for about 420,000 in the cutoff, and Steffen Sontheimer put him at risk from the button.
Shak: 
Sontheimer: 
The board ran out 
, and Sontheimer won the pot with aces up. Shak was eliminated in 12th place.
Steffen Sontheimer – 950,000 (48 bb)
Dan Shak – Eliminated
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 94
Lazaro Hernandez limped in under the gun, and John Dolan moved all in for 65,000 behind him. David Malka reraised to 134,000 in the small blind, and Hernandez moved all in with the covering stack. Malka folded, leaving Dolan heads up for his tournament life.
Hernandez: 
Dolan: 
The board ran out 
, and Dolan tripled up with aces up. Hernandez won the side pot, essentially breaking even on the exchange.
John Dolan – 223,000 (11 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez – 1,100,000
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 94
On the first hand of the day, action folded around to Fedor Holz on the button, and he moved all in for 186,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko called in the small blind, flipping for the knockout.
Holz: 
Timoshenko: 
The board ran out 
, and Timoshenko won the pot with two pair, taking the chip lead and reducing the remaining field by one. Holz was eliminated in 13th place.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 1,356,000 (85 bb)
Fedor Holz – Eliminated
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 94
The final 13 players are in their seats, and the cards are in the air for Day 2 of the High Roller. There are just less than two minutes left in Level 17, with an average stack just shy of 725,000 chips.
Play will continue tonight until a winner is determined.
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 94
The $25K High Roller event drew a huge crowd yesterday with nearly 100 entries to easily surpass the numbers we saw for this event in August. That meant there was a lot of play and the field didn’t reach the money with 13 players remaining until 5:30am when Florida #1 Jason Mercier went out on the stone-cold bubble in the wee hours of the morning.
Because of the late stoppage of play, those 13 players are returning at 4pm instead of the regularly scheduled 2pm restart. Brian Benderoff has the lead when they return but there is plenty of skill left in the game with big names from top to bottom.
They are slowing making their way to the meeting room and cards will fly shortly.
Returning seat assignments:
Table 83
Seat 1: Nick Petrangelo – 860,000 (54 bb)
Seat 2: Brian Benderoff – 1,279,000 (80 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Shak – 544,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Steffen Sontheimer – 490,000 (31 bb)
Seat 5: Fedor Holz – 188,000 (12 bb)
Seat 6: Empty
Seat 7: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 1,140,000 (71 bb)
Seat 8: Nick Yunis – 771,000 (48 bb)
Table 90
Seat 1: Empty
Seat 2: Lazaro Hernandez – 764,000 (48 bb)
Seat 3: John Dolan – 887,000 (55 bb)
Seat 4: Sylvain Loosli – 636,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: Jake Schindler – 358,000 (22 bb)
Seat 6: Tim West – 731,000 (46 bb)
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: David Malka – 758,000 (47 bb)
Returning chip counts:
Brian Benderoff – 1,279,000 (80 bb)
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 1,140,000 (71 bb)
John Dolan – 887,000 (55 bb)
Nick Petrangelo – 860,000 (54 bb)
Nick Yunis – 771,000 (48 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez – 764,000 (48 bb)
David Malka – 758,000 (47 bb)
Tim West – 731,000 (46 bb)
Sylvain Loosli – 636,000 (40 bb)
Dan Shak – 544,000 (34 bb)
Steffen Sontheimer – 490,000 (31 bb)
Jake Schindler – 358,000 (22 bb)
Fedor Holz – 188,000 (12 bb)
Payouts:
1st: $658,000
2nd: $481,750
3rd: $298,450
4th: $206,800
5th: $133,950
6th: $101,050
7th: $82,250
8th: $70,500
9th: $68,150
10th: $65,800
11th: $63,450
12th: $61,100
13th: $58,750
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 94
After a long, 15-hour day of poker, Day 1 of the $25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em comes to a close with the final 13 players all in the money.
Brian Benderoff is leading the pack with 1,279,000 in chips and is joined at the top of the leaderboard by Yevgeniy Timoshenko (1,140,000) and John Dolan (887,000).
The tournament was played eight-handed and Day 1 was originally scheduled to play down to the final table of eight players, but as the day moved along, the staff decided to alter the schedule and play until they burst the money bubble.
The money bubble burst just after 5 a.m. on Wednesday morning to wrap up the day’s action and leave the remaining 13 players all in the money.
The survivors of the day will come back on Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. to play down to a winner. They are all guaranteed at least a min-cash of $58,750, but they all have their sights set on the first place prize of $658,000.
Here are a look at the chip counts for the start of Day 2:
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 94
Action folded around to the blinds where Jason Mercier moved all in for about 145,000 in the small. David Malka called in the big, putting him at risk.
Mercier: 
Malka : 
The flop came 
, giving Mercier a flush draw in addition to his two live cards. He could not catch up, though, as the turn and river completed the board. Malka won the pot with aces up, eliminating Mercier on the direct money bubble.
The 13 remaining players are now guaranteed to earn at least $58,750, but the payouts will have to wait until tomorrow. The bags are out on the tables, signaling the end of Day 1.
David Malka – 758,000 (47 bb)
Jason Mercier – Eliminated
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 94
Nick Petrangelo opened to 38,000, and the player behind him called. Joe McKeehen moved all in for about 300,000, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko re-shoved for 698,000 in the big blind. The two players in the middle folded, and McKeehen was heads up for his tournament life.
McKeehen: 
Timoshenko: 
The board ran out blanks, and Timoshenko won the pot with his pair of queens. McKeehen was eliminated in 15th place, putting the remaining field squarely on the money bubble.
Play is now being dealt hand for hand to burst the bubble, and Day 1 will conclude following the next elimination.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 1,100,000 (69 bb)
Joe McKeehen – Eliminated
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 94
Bryn Kenney moved all in for 208,000 in the cutoff, and Steffen Sontheimer re-shoved for 215,000 on the button. Larry Klur called both shoves, having Sontheimer covered by just a few chips and seeking the double knockout.
Kenney:
Sontheimer:
Klur: 
The board ran out 
, and Sontheimer’s queens held to earn him the knockout and a triple up.
Steffen Sontheimer – 664,000 (42 bb)
Larry Klur – 31,000 (2 bb)
Bryn Kenney – Eliminated
$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 94
Nick Petrangelo opened to 38,000 in early position, and Joe McKeehen three-bet to 100,000. Petrangelo moved all in for 590,000 total, and McKeehen quickly called to put him at risk.
Petrangelo: 
McKeehen:
The board ran out 
, and Petrangelo doubled up with jacks full. He’s now the overall chip leader with three tables remaining in play.
Nick Petrangelo – 1,220,000 (76 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 335,000 (21 bb)