$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 7:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  121

Late in the last level, with the final board showing in a multi-way pot, Aaron Van Blarcum moved all in, and William Stanford called with a five-high straight.

But Van Blarcum turned over to win the pot with a seven-high straight and double up in chips.

Aaron Van Blarcum  –  290,000  (97 bb)
William Stanford  –  10,000  (3 bb)

Shortly after this, Stanford moved all in preflop for a little less than 10,000, and he was up against Jesse Lonis (big blind) and Barry Hutter (UTG).

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Lonis bet 8,000, and Hutter folded.

Stanford turned over for a pair of aces with a gutshot straight draw, but he needed to improve to stay alive against Lonis’s (pair of aces, higher kicker, open-ended straight draw).

The river card was the , and Lonis won the pot with his seven kicker to eliminate Sanford.

Jesse Lonis  –  290,000
William Sanford  –  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.