$50,000 Super High Roller
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 19

Today was a big day at Seminole Hard Rock Open, as the series’ biggest-buy-in event began inside the secondary ballroom.

The $50,000 Super High Roller drew 19 entries by the time registration closed, with a prizepool worth $1 million up for grabs. After 14 level of action, just five players remain.

Here’s the lineup:

Seat 1: Ivan Luca – 567,000 (57 bb)
Seat 2: Jake Schindler – 358,000 (36 bb)
Seat 3: Nick Schulman – 924,000 (92 bb)
Seat 4: Bryn Kenney – 351,000 (35 bb)
Seat 5: Rainer Kempe – 180,000 (18 bb)

The initial entry list was littered with faces familiar to this sort of buy-in; most of the usual suspects were in attendance.

There were 16 unique players, and David Cohen, Giuseppe Iadisernia, and Jason Koon each entered twice to bring the field to 19 total entries. None of the three managed to make it to the final table.

Schulman was in control of the big stack when the final nine combined, and he trended consistently upward from there to the end of the night, too.

Texas businesswoman Kathy Lehne was the first to depart the final table, falling in ninth place at the hands of Tom Marchese. Marchese was next to go himself, though, eliminated by Jake Schindler in eighth.

That knockout gave Schindler a brief lead, but Schulman quickly retook control of the big stack, and he did not relinquish it for the remainder of the night.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker’s own Chance Kornuth fell in seventh place, and David Peters was eliminated in sixth on the final hand of the night.

The clock ran out on the day, and the five finalists bagged up their chips for the overnight soak. They’ll return to action Wednesday to play it out to a winner.

With five players left and only room for four in the payouts, crossing that milestone will be the first item on the docket for Day 2. The average stack is still close to 50 big blinds at this point, so it may be a while before it happens.

Here are the payouts reserved for the final four:

1st: $440,000
2nd: $260,000
3rd: $180,000
4th: $120,000

Day 2 begins at 12 p.m. in the poker room and will continue until a winner is determined.