$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 93

The first half hour of play has been surprisingly light on the action. It took 20 minutes to reach the first showdown, and it was a fairly small pot.

About 35 minutes into the action, Tim Capretta raised from the hijack to 60,000, Joseph Cheong called from the cutoff, and Jerry Wong called from the big blind.

The flop came , Wong checked, and Capretta bet 75,000. Cheong folded, and Wong called.

The turn card was the , Wong checked, Capretta bet 450,000, and Wong tanked for a while before check-raising all in for 790,000.

Capretta asked for an exact count before he called with for a pair of jacks with a ten-high flush draw. Wong turned over for a pair of fives with an open-ended straight draw and a (now worthless) four-high flush draw.

The river card was the , and Capretta won the pot with his pair of jacks to eliminate Wong in ninth place.

Tim Capretta  –  2,350,000  (78 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  Eliminated in 9th Place ($66,615)

With eight players remaining from a field of 93, the average chip stack is about 1.16 million (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $68,915 each.