$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 6:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  106

Markus Gonsalves raised UTG+1, Aaron Mermelstein moved all in from the cutoff for 34,500, and Matthew Zarcadoolas thought for a while before moving all in over the top for about 130,000. Gonsalves thought for a while before he folded.

Mermelstein turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Zarcadoolas.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Zarcadoolas to win the pot and eliminate Mermelstein.

Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  180,000  (60 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  Eliminated

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 6:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  101

With the board showing on the turn, Rodney Seymour checked the big blind, Shawn Cunix bet 18,500 from the cutoff, and Seymour called.

The river card was the , and Seymour bet 32,000. Cunix asked to see how many chips he had left (roughly 50K), and then Cunix folded face up for two pair.

Seymour showed as he took the pot.

Rodney Seymour  –  160,000  (53 bb)
Shawn Cunix  –  170,000  (57 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 5:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Entries:  94

James Romero moved all in under the gun for 22,000, and William Stanford called from the hijack with .

Romero showed , and he was dominated and facing elimination.

The board came , and Stanford flopped trip aces and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Romero.

William Stanford  –  83,000  (42 bb)
James Romero  –  Eliminated

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  91

Michael Rossitto raised UTG+1 to 10,500, Aaron Van Blarcum moved all in from the cutoff for about 27,000, and Rossitto called with .

Van Blarcum turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Rossitto won the pot with two pair, queens and eights, to eliminate Van Blarcum.

Michael Rossitto  –  155,000  (78 bb)
Aaron Van Blarcum  –  Eliminated

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  89

With the final board showing , Aaron Van Blarcum moved all in from the button, and Alexander Butcher went into the tank from late position.

Butcher eventually called all in for 70,500, and Van Blarcum showed for an eight-high bluff. Butcher turned over to win the pot and double up with a pair of aces.

Alexander Butcher  –  210,000  (105 bb)
Aaron Van Blarcum  –  27,000  (14 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  83

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 180,000 in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Chris Hunichen  –  251,000  (126 bb)
2.  Larry Greenberg  –  188,000  (94 bb)
3.  Landon Tice  –  182,000  (91 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 3:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  67

A player raised under the gun to 3,500, the player in the cutoff called, and Sean Perry reraised from the button to 14,000. Jesse Lonis reraised from the small blind to 47,000, and the other two players folded.

Perry five-bet all in, but he didn’t put out any chips, and Lonis didn’t hear him because he was wearing headphones. But when the dealer put out the “All In” button, Lonis realized the situation and quickly called with in an unintentional slowroll.

But Perry turned over , and unless somebody made a flush, it would be a chopped pot.

The board came , and Perry turned a club flush to win the pot and double thru Lonis in an aces vs. aces situation.

Sean Perry  –  200,000  (133 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  70,000  (47 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 2:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  50

We’ve already had our first elimination of the day, and it was four-time WPT champion Darren Elias.

There are now 40 players in their seats at five tables, and as soon as another player shows up, a sixth table will open up. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  34

Here’s a seat draw for the 24 players who have taken their seats so far:

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Jesse Lonis
Seat 2.  Sangguk Im
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Jack Hardcastle
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Joe McKeehen
Seat 7.  Jared Jaffee
Seat 8.  Byron Kaverman

TABLE 4
Seat 1.  Chris Hunichen
Seat 2.  James Anderson
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Randy Kaas
Seat 5.  Mike Meskin
Seat 6.  Larry Greenberg
Seat 7.  Ziad Alameddine
Seat 8.  Darren Elias

TABLE 5
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Billy Taylor
Seat 3.  Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 4.  Dan Smith
Seat 5.  Nitis Udornpim
Seat 6.  Christopher Brewer
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Brian Altman

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Chance Kornuth
Seat 2.  Richard Bai
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Calvin Ketchel
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Johan Guilbert
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Joseph Cheong

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  32

There are 32 players in the field as action gets underway. Players begin with 100,000 in chips, and the opening blinds are 500-1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.

Levels will be 40 minutes long until the final table, when they extend to 60 minutes. When heads-up play begins, levels drop to 30 minutes. The field is playing 15 levels today, with action scheduled to end around 12:30 am.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.