$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 41

Ping Liu got it all in from the hijack for 326,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jared Jaffee (UTG+1).

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Liu to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ping Liu  –  677,000  (68 bb)
Jared Jaffee  –  90,000  (9 bb)

Two hands later, Maria Ho raised from the button to 22,000, Jared Jaffee moved all in from the big blind for 80,000, and Ho called with . Jaffee turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Jaffee won the pot with his queen kicker to double up in chips.

Jared Jaffee  –  175,000  (18 bb)
Maria Ho  –  440,000  (44 bb)

Four hands later, after the blinds increased to 6K-12K (12K ante), Jaffee moved all in from the hijack for 170,000, taking the blinds and antes.

Jared Jaffee  –  200,000  (17 bb)

The next hand, Ali Imsirovic raised from middle position to 27,000, Ping Liu reraised from the button to 80,000, and Imsirovic thought for a while before he three-bet all in for about 400,000.

Liu called with , and Imsirovic turned over . Imsirovic needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Liu to win the pot and eliminate Imsirovic in ninth place.

Ping Liu  –  1,070,000  (89 bb)
Ali Imsirovic  –  Eliminated in 9th Place

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 513,000 (43 big blinds), and they are now officially on the Money Bubble. Here is the prizepool at stake:

1st:  $364,571
2nd:  $232,921
3rd:  $146,842
4th:  $101,270
5th:  $70,889
6th:  $55,699
7th:  $40,508