$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 39

Byron Kaverman got it all in from the small blind for 190,000 with , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jonathan Jaffe in the big blind.

The board came , and Kaverman won the pot with a pair of jacks and his ace kicker to double up in chips.

Byron Kaverman  –  395,000  (26 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  20,000  (1 bb)

The next hand, Byron Kaverman raised from the button to 35,000, Jonathan Jaffe called all in from the small blind for 20,000, and Kirk Steele called 35,000 from the big blind.

There was 75,000 in the main pot, and another 30,000 in the side pot between Steel and Kaverman.

Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three players showed their cards.

Kirk Steele:    (pair of aces, jack kicker)
Byron Kaverman:    (pair of aces, eight kicker)
Jonathan Jaffe:    (queen high)

Steele won the pot to eliminate Jaffe in 10th place.

Kirk Steele  –  880,000  (59 bb)
Byron Kaverman  –  360,000  (24 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  Eliminated in 10th Place

With nine players remaining from 39 entries, the average chip stack is about 540,000 (36 big blinds). The final six players will finish in the money, earning at least $113,490 each.

This should conclude Day 1, but there was a hand already in progress at the other table that developed into an all-in-and-call situation. (Details to come.)