$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 145

After a flop of , Jesse Lonis check-raised all in from the big blind for 103,000. Randy Kaas called from the hijack, and Aaron Van Blarcum tanked for a while with a bet of 12,000 in front of him. Van Blarcum eventually folded.

Lonis showed for a pair of tens, and Kaas turned over for an open-ended straight draw. Lonis needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Lonis won the pot with his pair of tens to double up in chips.

After the hand, Van Blarcum said, “He saved you,” referring to Kaas calling the all-in bet. “I had a small flush draw. I thought he had a bigger flush draw.”

Jesse Lonis  –  275,000  (34 bb)
Aaron Van Blarcum  –  350,000  (44 bb)
Randy Kaas  –  350,000  (44 bb)

With 44 players remaining from a field of 145, the average chip stack is about 330,000 (41 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.