High Roller: Jorge Gomez Leads the Final 16 Players Into Day 2

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 132

Jorge Gomez
Chipleader Jorge Gomez

Once the Money Bubble burst, the next three eliminations came in less than 12 minutes.

Daniel Lazrus was knocked out in 19th place, followed by Jeremy Ausmus in 18th and Loni Hui in 17th. All three players earned $57,055 each.

The remaining 16 players drew for random seats at the final two tables and bagged up their chips. Here are the official seating positions and chip counts, with 14:30 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 15,000-25,000 with a 25,000 ante:

TABLE 23
Seat 1.  Matt Kolibas  –  730,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  Carlos Chadha-Villamarin  –  825,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3.  Kevin Rabichow  –  525,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  Brian Altman  –  1,610,000  (64 bb)
Seat 5.  Chance Kornuth  –  1,215,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6.  Daniel Swartz  –  400,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7.  Barry Hutter  –  1,015,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8.  Jorge Gomez  –  1,840,000  (74 bb)

TABLE 24
Seat 1.  Jerry Wong  –  1,260,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2.  Chris O’Hara  –  520,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Brock Wilson  –  470,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Landon Tice  –  780,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5.  Mike McDonald  –  375,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Stephen Song  –  335,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Joe McKeehen  –  955,000  (38 bb)
Seat 8.  Raul Martinez  –  370,000  (15 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 825,000 (33 big blinds). Here is the complete prizepool:

1st:  $889,145 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $560,570
3rd:  $335,800
4th:  $203,875
5th:  $158,130
6th:  $130,600
7th:  $115,115
8th:  $101,900
9th-10th:  $90,020
11th-12th:  $78,250
13th-14th:  $66,835
15th-16th:  $61,945

17th:  Loni Hui  –  $57,055
18th:  Jeremy Ausmus  –  $57,055
19th:  Daniel Lazrus  –  $57,055

Action resumes tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2:00 pm EDT.

Loni Hui
17th-Place Finisher Loni Hui