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High Roller: Alex Foxen Doubles Through Brandon Adams

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 99

Alex Foxen

Brandon Adams raised to 25,000 from the button, Alex Foxen three-bet to 90,000 from the big blind and Adams called.

The flop is 8c7d7h, Foxen continued for 60,000 and Adams called.

The turn was the As, Foxen checked and Adams took some time before he checked as well.

The river was the Ks and after about one minute, Foxen shoved for 290,000. Adams tanked for nearly two minutes before he called.

Foxen tabled Ad2c for aces and sevens, Adams mucked (his hand was not shown) and Foxen doubled up.

Alex Foxen – 895,000
Brandon Adams – 565,000

Recent Eliminations
Matt Berkey

High Roller: Mike Meskin Eliminated by Niall Farrell

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 99

Niall Farrell raised to 20,000 from the hijack, Mike Meskin reraised all in for 70,000 from the button and Farrell called after a few moments.

Farrell: 9s8s
Meskin: AhQd

The board ran out Ac9h4d6d8h, giving Farrell two pair to eliminate Meskin.

Niall Farrell – 700,000
Mike Meskin – Eliminated

Other Recent Eliminations:
David Peters
Barry Hutter
Franklin Fok

 

High Roller: Ben Yu Spikes a Two Outer to Double Through Matt Berkey

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 99

Following a flop of Qc4c2s, Ben Yu bet 20,000 from under the gun and Matt Berkey raised to 50,000 from the cutoff. Yu called.

The turn was the Qh, Yu checked, Berkey bet effectively 135,000 and Yu called all in after a few moments.

Yu: AhAd
Berkey: KsQs

Berkey led with trip queens, but the river was the Ac to give Yu aces full of queens to double up.

Ben Yu – 405,000
Matt Berkey – 300,000

High Roller: Final 23 Players

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 99

With the recent eliminations for Jake Schindler and James Romero, here is the current table map:

Table 1
Seat 1: Alex Foxen – 615,000
Seat 2: Ben Yu – 160,000
Seat 3: Manig Loeser – 465,000
Seat 4: Rainer Kempe – 165,000
Seat 5: Matt Berkey – 555,000
Seat 6: Alan Schein – 310,000
Seat 7:
Seat 8: James Calderaro – 285,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Andjelko Andrejevic – 710,000
Seat 2: Ray Qartomy – 350,000
Seat 3: Shannon Shorr – 1,040,000
Seat 4: Elio Fox – 150,000
Seat 5: Joe McKeehen – 245,000
Seat 6: Jonathan Jaffe  – 665,000
Seat 7: Sean Winter – 485,000
Seat 8: Brandon Adams – 960,000

Table 3
Seat 1: Ali Imsirovic – 805,000
Seat 2: Mike Meskin – 110,000
Seat 3: Aaron Mermelstein – 465,000
Seat 4: Franklin Fok – 210,000
Seat 5: Barry Hutter – 145,000
Seat 6: Sam Soverel – 320,000
Seat 7: David Peters – 200,000
Seat 8: Niall Farrell – 550,000

High Roller: Cord Garcia Eliminated by Aaron Mermelstein

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 99

Mike Meskin limped from under the gun, Aaron Mermelstein raised to 21,000 from the next seat over and Cord Garcia three-bet shoved for about 130,000 from the small blind.

Meskin folded and Mermelstein called.

Mermelstein: 10s10d
Garcia: AdJd

The board came down 8s8h7c2d5s, no help to Garcia, locking up the pot for Mermelstein.

Aaron Mermelstein – 435,000
Cord Garcia – Eliminated

Other Recent Eliminations:
Dylan Linde

High Roller: Seth Davies Eliminated by Shannon Shorr

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 99

Alex Foxen raised to 13,000 from the hijack, Shannon Shorr called from the cutoff and Seth Davies three-bet jammed from the small blind for about 145,000.

Foxen folded and Shorr called.

Shorr: AhQd
Davies: KdQh

The board came down 8d7d4h10dAc, no help to Davies, locking up the pot for Shorr to add to his chip lead.

Shannon Shorr – 1,020,000
Seth Davies – Eliminated