High Roller: Marvin Rettenmaier Doubles Thru Dan Colman

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 105

Ray Qartomy opened to 225,000 from the button and Dan Colman raised to 680,000 from the small blind. Rettenmaier moved all in for 1,310,000 from the big blind, Qartomy released, and Colman quickly called.

Rettenmaier: QsQh
Colman: JsJc

Rettenmaier was dominating for the double and stayed that was as the board ran Ad4d2hTcTd.

Marvin Rettenmaier – 2,800,000 (35 bb)
Dan Colman – 870,000 (11 bb)

High Roller: Dan Colman vs. Marvin Rettenmaier

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 105

Marvin Rettenmaier opened the button to 175,000, and Dan Colman defended his big blind.

The flop was AsTc7c. Colman checked, Rettenmaier continued for 200,000, and Colman called. The turn was the 9d, and both players checked. The river was the Ks. Colman led out for 550,000, and Rettenmaier spent about five minutes in the tank before surrendering his cards into the muck. Colman won the pot with no showdown.

Dan Colman – 2,325,000 (29 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,355,000 (17 bb)

High Roller: Nick Petrangelo Eliminated in 4th Place ($190,313)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 105

Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo

Nick Petrangelo was short after doubling up Dan Colman, moved all in on the next hand to pick up the blinds and antes, then his next shove was called by Ray Qartomy after he opened to 300,000.

Petrangelo: Qd9h
Qartomy: AcKd

Qartomy was ahead and they both hit the AdQh4c flop. The 2h turn changed nothing and Petrangelo was eliminated in 4th place after the 7h river.

Ray Qartomy – 6,400,000 (80 bb)
Nick Petrangelo – Eliminated in 4th place ($190,313)

High Roller: Dan Colman Doubles Through Nick Petrangelo

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 105

Dan Colman moved all in for 1,100,000 under the gun, and Nick Petrangelo re-shoved for 1,430,000 on the button. The blinds folded, and the cards were turned up with Colman at risk.

Colman: KcTc
Petrangelo: AdQs

The board ran out KhJd9h6h7d, and Colman doubled up with a pair of kings. Petrangelo is now dangerously short on chips after being relieved of the majority of his stack.

Dan Colman – 2,360,000 (30 bb)
Nick Petrangelo – 330,000 (4 bb)

High Roller: Marvin Rettenmaier Doubles Through Dan Colman

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 105

Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in for 995,000 on the button. Dan Colman called from the big blind, committing about half of his own stack to put Rettenmaier at risk.

Rettenmaier: Jh9h
Colman: Ad9s

The board ran out Js4d3c9d2h, and Rettenmaier doubled up with jacks up.

Marvin Rettenmaier – 2,070,000 (26 bb)
Dan Colman – 1,010,000 (13 bb)

High Roller: Daniel Strelitz Eliminated in 5th Place ($147,000)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 105

Daniel Strelitz
Daniel Strelitz

On the last hand before the break, Daniel Colman moved all in for 905,000 and Daniel Strelitz called at risk with a slightly smaller stack.

Colman: Ad5s
Strelitz: Ah8d

Strelitz was ahead for the double and added a pair on the Ks8c2c flop. Colman picked up a gutshot wheel draw on the 4s turn and got there on the 3h river.

Dan Colman – 1,825,000 (30 bb)
Daniel Strelitz – Eliminated in 5th place ($147,000)

High Roller: Barry Hutter Eliminated in 6th Place ($120,750)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 105

Barry Hutter
Barry Hutter

Ray Qartomy opened to 125,000 in middle position, and Dan Colman called in the cutoff. From the button, Barry Hutter squeezed all in for 1,290,000 total. Qartomy called to put him at risk, and Colman folded out of the way to leave Hutter heads-up for his tournament life.

Qartomy: Ad9h
Hutter: KsKd

The board ran out 7s4d2d5hAs, and Qartomy rivered an ace to earn the knockout pot. Hutter was eliminated in sixth place.

Qartomy now has more than half the total chips in play with five players remaining.

Ray Qartomy – 5,530,000 (92 bb)
Barry Hutter – Eliminated in 6th place ($120,750)

High Roller: Two in a Row For Dan Colman

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 105

Ray Qartomy opened the button to 120,000, and Dan Colman three-bet shoved for 785,000 in the small blind. “Come on, Ray,” Colman said. “Put me out of my misery.” Qartomy folded, though, and Colman won the pot.

The next hand, Qartomy opened the cutoff to 120,000. Colman once again moved all in, this time for 1,015,000 on the button. Qartomy folded, showing the As. Colman let Qartomy flip over one of his own cards, the Ac, then showed the other one, revealing AcTc. Colman won his second in a row, increasing his stack by about 60 percent in the process.

Dan Colman – 1,285,000 (21 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 3,975,000 (66 bb)