$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 600/1,200
Players Remaining: 35 of 79

Registration is now closed for Event 28, and the numbers are in.

A total of 79 entries were purchased for this Pot Limit Omaha event, generating a prizepool worth $158,000. That money will be shared by the final 9 players thusly:

1st: $47,400
2nd: $33,180
3rd: $21,330
4th: $15,800
5th: $11,850
6th: $9,480
7th: $7,900
8th: $6,320
9th: $4,740

The winner will also receive the glass trophy for this event, one of the last few trophies left to be handed out in this series.

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Total Entries: 85

Joseph Cheong moved all in for 28,000 in middle position, and John Racener called in the big blind, putting him at risk.

Cheong:
Racener:

The board ran out , and Racener won the pot with a pair of queens. Cheong was eliminated.

John Racener – 130,000 (26 bb)
Joseph Cheong – Eliminated

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Total Entries: 85

Noah Schwartz looked down at an ace on the button and moved all in for 33,000. Steffen Sontheimer called in the small blind, showing . Schwartz and the rest of the table got to see his full hand at the same time, and he let out a sigh as he tabled a dominated .

The board ran out , and Sontheimer won the pot with trip eights. Schwartz was eliminated, though he still has about two hours to re-enter if he chooses to do so.

Steffen Sontheimer – 330,000 (66 bb)
Noah Schwartz – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
End of Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 342
Average Stack: 1,368,000 (57 bb)

The final ten players are on a 15-minute break, during which the orange T1,000 chips will be colored up and raced off.

Here’s how they’ll stack up when the new level begins:

Seat 1: Chino Rheem – 2,785,000 (93 bb)
Seat 2: Giuseppe Pantaleo – 485,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Lyle Vincent – 1,395,000 (47 bb)
Seat 4: Bryan Piccioli – 1,005,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: Richard Leger – 2,445,000 (82 bb)
Seat 6: Dietrich Fast – 575,000 (19 bb)
Seat 7: Adrian Mateos – 1,330,000 (44 bb)
Seat 8: William Benson – 785,000 (26 bb)
Seat 9: Jared Jaffee – 550,000 (18 bb)
Seat 10: Aditya Prasetyo – 2,325,000 (78 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Total Entries: 79

The field has grown to 79 entries as Level 9 begins.

Entry #79 was Jason Mercier, and it’s not the first time he’s been seated with a starting stack of 100,000 this evening. As he arrived to his new table, Bryn Kenney inquired about that very thing.

“How many entries is this for you?” he asked.

Mercier held up five fingers in reply. “I hope this is the last one,” he said. “Or else I’m going to be the one begging for money.”

It’s likely Mercier is embellishing a bit, but this entry is at least his second into this High Roller. He’s the defending champion of this event, and he starts 42 big blinds as he takes a seat once again.

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Total Entries: 74

The field has just returned from their second break of the day, and Level 7 is now ticking off the clock. Here’s the top of the leaderboard midway through the registration period.

Joe McKeehen – 311,100 (194 bb)
Nick Petrangelo – 277,500 (173 bb)
Brian Benderoff – 256,200 (160 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez – 240,000 (150 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 239,900 (150 bb)
Joe Hachem – 227,900 (142 bb)
Joseph Cheong – 225,000 (141 bb)
Tony Gregg – 195,400 (122 bb)
Mohsin Charania – 182,000 (114 bb)
Darren Elias – 164,400 (103 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 70

Level 5 is about halfway complete, and the field is still growing steadily. A ninth table was just added to play, and the board shows 70 entries so far.

SHRP Team member and WPT Season 12 Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja is the newest addition to the field, joined at his new table by two-time WPT Champion Marvin Rettenmaier. Pahuja is one of seven players who won seats for this event in last night’s satellite. Faraz Jaka (Season 8) is the only other WPT Player of the Year who’s entered the field so far.

There are also a few familiar WSOP faces in the crowd, with Main Event Champions Joe Hachem (2005) and Joe McKeehen (2015) both sitting comfortably above their starting stack. Hachem is one of five players who’ve won both the WSOP Main Event and a WPT title.

The 2012 WSOP November Nine is particularly well represented, too. Champion Jonathan Duhamel is not here, but John Racener (2nd place), Joseph Cheong (3rd place), and John Dolan (6th place) are all in attendance this evening.

Registration remains open for the first 12 levels, so there’s still plenty of time and space for the field to grow further.

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 342
Average Stack: 507,000 (63 big blinds)

The final four hands were played out at each table, and Day 2 has come to a close. A recap of the day’s action will be published shortly.

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 342
Average Stack: 507,000 (63 big blinds)

On the final hand of the night, Anthony Zinno moved all in for 125,000, and Aditya Prasetyo called to put him at risk.

Zinno:
Prasetyo:

The board ran out , and Zinno doubled up with trip kings.

Anthony Zinno – 274,000 (34 bb)
Aditya Prasetyo – 906,000 (113 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 342
Average Stack: 489,000 (61 big blinds)

Justin Kruger was all in for about 140,000 preflop, and Giuseppe Pantaleo put him at risk with the covering stack and a dominating pair.

Kruger:
Pantaleo:

The board ran out , and Pantaleo’s jacks held to earn him the knockout. Kruger was eliminated in 28th place, and the 27 remaining players redrew for new seats around the final three tables.

Giuseppe Pantaleo – 530,000 (66 bb)
Justin Kruger – Eliminated