$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 29

Dan Smith limped in on the button and Zhuang Ruan checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was and Ruan led for 125,000. Smith called and the turn was the .

Ruan bet again, this time 250,000 and Smith called. The river was the .

Ruan shoved all in for effectively Smith’s remaining 585,000. Smith mulled over his decision for a while before eventually committing the chips.

Ruan showed , good for trip jacks, and he won the pot against Smith’s .

Zhuang Ruan – Super High Roller Champion
Dan Smith – Eliminated in 2nd Place

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 29

Zhang Ruan won a pot by shoving the turn and getting a fold to Dan Smith to get the heads-up match back to even.

A few hands later, with about 300,000 in the middle on a completed board of , Ruan checked and Smith bet 250,000.

Ruan tanked for about a minute before tossing in a chip, indicating a call.

“Jack-six,” said Smith, as he briefly tabled his hand.

Ruan showed , good for fourth pair and won the pot to take back the chip lead.

Zhang Ruan – 2,350,000 (47 bb)
Dan Smith – 1,300,000 (26 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 29

Dan Smith raised on the button and Zhuang Ruan called out of the big blind.

The flop was and Ruan checked. Smith bet 70,000 and Ruan called.

The turn was the and Ruan led out for 110,000. Smith called. The river was the and Ruan led again, this time for 400,000.

Smith mulled it over for quite some time before moving all in. Ruan quickly folded his hand.

“That was like a James Bond board right there,” said Smith after the hand. “Straight flush versus quads or something.”

Dan Smith – 2,655,000 (66 bb)
Zhuang Ruan – 975,000 (24 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 29

With about 400,000 in the pot on a board of , Dan Smith checked and Zhuang Ruan bet 250,000. Smith called.

The river was the and both players checked. Smith showed and Ruan tossed his hand into the muck.

A few hands later, in a limped pot, Smith checked a flop of and Ruan bet 40,000.

Smith check-raised to 140,000 and Ruan called. The turn was the and Smith checked. Ruan bet 100,000 and Smith called. Both players checked the river.

Smith showed and Ruan mucked.

Dan Smith – 2,625,000 (65 bb)
Zhuang Ruan – 1,000,000 (25 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 29

Cary Katz moved all in on the button for 210,000 and Zhuang Ruan called out of the small blind. Dan Smith folded his big blind, leaving Katz heads-up for his tournament life.

Katz showed and was in a dominating spot against Ruan’s .

The flop changed that as it came , moving Ruan into the lead with a pair of eights.

“Yeah. I wasn’t feeling that one,” lamented Katz.

The turn was the and the river was the . Katz was eliminated in third place for $225,040 and Ruan will start heads-up play with a slight chip advantage against Dan Smith.

Zhuang Ruan – 1,850,000 (62 bb)
Cary Katz – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 29

Zhuang Ruan raised on the button to 60,000 and Cary Katz defended his big blind.

The flop was and Katz checked. Ruan bet 45,000 and Katz called. Both players checked the turn and the came on the river.

Katz bet 30,000 and Ruan raised to 175,000. Katz mulled it over for a couple minutes before calling.

Katz showed , but Ruan tabled and won the pot with a bigger kicker. Ruan dragged the pot and overtook Dan Smith for the chip lead.

Zhuang Ruan – 1,650,000 (55 bb)
Cary Katz – 200,000 (7 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 29

Cary Katz moved all in from the cutoff for 390,000 and Giuseppe Iadesernia called out of the small blind.

Katz showed and was in the lead against Iadesernia’s .

The flop was and Iadesernia moved into the lead with top pair. The turn was the , keeping Iadesernia in the lead, but the came on the river and Katz won the pot.

The dealer counted down both stacks and verified that Iadesernia actually had the bigger stack, covering Katz by just 10,000. He was eliminated by Zhuang Ruan the next hand.

Iadesernia earned $154,715 for his fourth place finish.

Cary Katz – 840,000 (28 bb)
Giuseppe Iadesernia – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 29

Giuseppe Iadesernia limped in from under the gun and Dan Smith moved all in on the button. Zhuang Ruan called out of the big blind for 425,000 and Iadesernia folded.

Ruan tabled and was in the lead against Smith’s .

The board ran out and Ruan doubled through the chip leader.

Zhuang Ruan – 950,000 (38 bb)
Dan Smith – 1,895,000 (75 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 29

Sean Perry moved all in for 50,000 from under the gun and was called by Cary Katz in the small blind. Zhuang Ruan moved all in from the big blind for about 450,000 and Katz quickly folded, leaving Ruan heads-up with Perry.

Perry showed and was up against Ruan’s .

The board came and Perry drilled a gutshot straight on the river to triple up and stay alive.

Unfortunately for Perry, the next hand he was in the big blind and got all in with 7-7 against Dan Smith’s K-J. Smith flopped a jack and eliminated Perry in fifth place for $112,520.

Dan Smith – 1,450,000 (58 bb)
Sean Perry – Eliminated In 5th ($112,520)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 29

Cary Katz was in the hijack and got into a preflop battle with Sean Perry in the small blind.

Katz was all in for his last 270,000 with against Perry’s .

The board ran out and Katz won the flip to double up again and leave Perry with just a couple of blinds.

Cary Katz – 640,000 (26 bb)
Sean Perry – 50,000 (2 bb)