$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 5:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 19

The field is now up to 19 players, approaching yesterday’s number of 24. The latest entries include Elio Fox, Lazaro Hernandez, Tom Marchese, Sam Soverel (re-entry), and Chris Brewer (re-entry).

At one point, as the tournament staff was opening up another table to accomodate the additional players, recent re-entry Sam Soverel told Elio Fox, “This is my fourth bullet, and I’ve only played 12 f***ing hands.”

Dan Smith doubled thru Elio Fox to knock Fox all the way down to a single 500 chip, or 25% of a big blind.

Elio Fox  –  500  (0.25 bb)

Fox got his 500 all in with against Tom Marchese’s , and the board came to give Fox the octuple up to 4,000.

Elio Fox  –  4,000  (2 bb)

That’s when the blinds increased to 1,500-2,500, and Sergi Reixach raised under the gun to 4,500. Fox called all in from UTG+1 for 4,000, and Marchese called from the big blind to create a side pot worth 1,000.

The flop came , Marchese checked, Reixach bet 3,000, and Marchese called.

The turn card was the , Marchese checked, Reixach bet 12,000, and Marchese folded. Reixach took the side pot worth 7,000.

For the main pot, Fox showed for two pair, queens and sixes, but Reixach turned over . Fox needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Reixach won the pot with his kings to eliminate Fox.

Sergi Reixach  –  260,000  (104 bb)
Elio Fox  –  Eliminated

A few minutes later, after a flop of , Jake Schindler bet from the small blind, Dan Smith moved all in from the cutoff for about 60,000, and Schindler quickly called with for an overpair.

Smith turned over for a pair of queens, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket kings held up for Schindler to win the pot and eliminate Smith.

Jake Schindler  –  230,000  (92 bb)
Dan Smith  –  Eliminated

With 13 players remaining from a field of 19, the average chip stack is about 182,500 (73 big blinds). Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the end of the dinner break, around 10:40 pm. With 19 entries so far, the prizepool is up to $921,500.