$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 5:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Entries:  37

There has been a fair amount of turnover and table balancing since the break, and here is the updated seat draw:

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Sergi Reixach
Seat 2.  Dylan Gang
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Sergio Aido
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Darren Elias
Seat 7.  Sean Winter
Seat 8.  Dovid Lakein

TABLE 11
Seat 1.  Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 2.  
Seat 3. Chris Brewer
Seat 4.  Andony Wasaya
Seat 5.  Erik Seidel
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Joe McKeehen
Seat 8.  Jeremy Ausmus

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Sam Soverel
Seat 3.  Arthur Conan
Seat 4.  Matthew Ploof
Seat 5.  Sean Perry
Seat 6.  Aaron Van Blarcum
Seat 7.  Jason Mercier
Seat 8.  Dan Smith

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Alex Foxen
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 4.  Brock Wilson
Seat 5.  Andjelko Andrejevic
Seat 6.  Cary Katz
Seat 7.  Ilyas Muradi
Seat 8.  Jake Schindler

Ali Imsirovic was eliminated on his second bullet, and since this is a single re-entry event, he’s out of the tournament.

Other recent eliminations include Chris Hunichen, Johan Guilbert, Dan Smith, and Giuseppe Iadisernia. As you can see in the seat draw above, both Smith and Iadisernia have re-entered.

With 26 players remaining from a field of 37, the average chip stack is about 178,000 (71 big blinds).

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 5:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Entries:  37

With the board showing on the turn, Ilyas Muradi moved all in from the hijack for 166,000, and Seth Davies called all in from the button with a smaller chip stack, turning over for a flush draw with a gutshot straight draw.

Muradi showed , and Davies needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card was the , and the pocket threes held up for Muradi to win the pot and eliminate Davies.

Ilyas Muradi  –  300,000  (120 bb)
Seth Davies  –  Eliminated

Muradi is fresh off his victory in the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship, where he won his entry in a $400 satellite, and then outlasted a field of 1,573 entries to win $620,000.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  30

Ali Imsirovic has taken advantage of the single re-entry to rejoin the field, and he’s now sitting at Table 11, seat 1.

At Table 9, Sean Winter raised from the small blind to 16,000, Dylan Gang moved all in from the big blind for 61,500, and Winter thought for a while before he called with .

Gang turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the ace-king held up for Gang to win the pot and double up in chips.

Dylan Gang  –  125,000  (63 bb)
Sean Winter  –  245,000  (123 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  29

One more player has joined the field — Giuseppe Iadisernia — but we’ve also had two eliminations. Darren Elias was knocked out by Sean Winter, and Ali Imsirovic eliminated by Arthur Conan.

Sean Winter  –  285,000
Darren Elias  –  Eliminated

Arthur Conan  –  185,000
Ali Imsirovic  –  Eliminated

At Table 16, Billy Taylor (small blind) and Andjelko Andrejevic (button) got it all in after a flop of .

Taylor was all in for about 85,000 with (ace high), and he needed to catch something runner-runner to stay alive against Andrejevic’s (set of nines).

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Andrejevic won the pot with his set of nines to eliminate Taylor.

Andjelko Andrejevic  –  325,000  (163 bb)
Billy Taylor  –  Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  27

The players return from their first break to begin Level 4, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a 2,000 ante.

With 25 players remaining from a field of 27, the average chip stack is about 135,000 (68 big blinds). Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the end of the dinner break (about 10:15 pm).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 (around 8:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15 (around 2:30 am).

Here are the updated chip counts from the break:

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Darren Elias  –  105,000  (53 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Gang  –  46,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Ali Imsirovic  –  64,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Sergio Aido  –  185,000  (93 bb)
Seat 5.  Arthur Conan  –  118,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6.  Cary Katz  –  150,000  (75 bb)
Seat 7.  Sean Winter  –  180,000  (90 bb)
Seat 8.

TABLE 11
Seat 1.
Seat 2.
Seat 3. Chris Brewer  –  120,000  (60 bb)
Seat 4.  Andony Wasaya  –  125,000  (63 bb)
Seat 5.  Erik Seidel  –  175,000  (88 bb)
Seat 6.  Dan Smith  –  110,000  (55 bb)
Seat 7.  Joe McKeehen  –  70,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  170,000  (85 bb)

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Chris Hunichen  –  63,000  (32 bb)
Seat 2.  Sam Soverel  –  215,000  (108 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Johan Guilbert  –  135,000  (68 bb)
Seat 5.  Sean Perry  –  324,000  (162 bb)
Seat 6.  Aaron Van Blarcum  –  160,000  (80 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Sergi Reixach  –  63,000  (32 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.
Seat 2.
Seat 3.  Seth Davies  –  135,000  (68 bb)
Seat 4.  Brock Wilson  –  135,000  (68 bb)
Seat 5.  Andjelko Andrejevic  –  165,000  (83 bb)
Seat 6.  Billy Taylor  –  120,000  (60 bb)
Seat 7.  Ilyas Muradi  –  155,000  (78 bb)
Seat 8.  Jake Schindler  –  110,000  (55 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 3:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  27

Sean Winter raised UTG+1 to 3,500, Dylan Gang reraised from the cutoff to 14,000, and Winter called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Winter bet 27,000, and Gang called.

The river card was the , and Winter moved all in for about 60,000. Gang tanked for a while before he called, and Winter turned over for top two pair, kings and jacks. Gang mucked, and Winter won the pot to double up in chips.

Sean Winter  –  205,000  (137 bb)
Dylan Gang  –  46,000  (31 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 3:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  27

Shankar Pillai was all in from the big blind for about 37,000 with offsuit, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Sean Perry, who was under the gun.

The board came — Pillai flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Perry won the pot with his pocket queens to eliminate Pillai.

There have only been two eliminations so far in this event, and Sean Perry has scored both of them.

Sean Perry  –  335,000  (223 bb)
Shankar Pillai  –  Eliminated

Recent Arrivals:  Johan Guilbert

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 3:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  26

Chris Hunichen was all in under the gun for 17,500 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Shankar Pillai in the cutoff.

The board came , and Hunichen paired his three on the turn and his ace on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Chris Hunichen  –  39,000  (26 bb)
Shankar Pillai  –  50,000  (33 bb)

Recent Arrivals:  Joe McKeehen (re-entry) and Cary Katz.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 2:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  26

Ali Imsirovic raised from the hijack to 3,500, Seth Davies called from the cutoff, Brock Wilson called from the button, Billy Taylor called from the small blind, and Ilyas Muradi called from the big blind.

All five players checked to the turn on a board of , and it checked to Wilson, who bet 5,500. Taylor called, and the next four players folded.

The river card was the , Taylor bet 20,500, and Wilson tanked for a while before he called. Taylor showed to win the pot with a flopped full house, and Wilson mucked.

Billy Taylor  –  200,000  (133 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  135,000  (90 bb)

Recent Arrivals:  Sergio Aido, Andjelko Andrejevic, Arthur Conan, Sergi Reixach, and Jake Schindler.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure
Level 2:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  21

We’ve had our first casualty here in Level 2 of the Super High Roller.

Describing the hand, Sean Perry said they got it all in after an eight-high flop, with Perry’s against Joe McKeehen’s . Though he was a pretty big underdog with the jacks, Perry felt confident enough to start pulling his chips back as if he would win the hand.

The river card was — a .

Perry rivered a set of jacks to win the pot and eliminate McKeehen.

Sean Perry  –  312,000  (208 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  Eliminated

There is a single re-entry option, so McKeehen could enter one more time before the end of the dinner break.