$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 105

Monday was Day 1 of the $25,500 High Roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. Play began at high noon, and by the time registration closed, a total of 105 entries had joined the field, generating a prizepool worth $2,625,000. The final 14 players finished in the money.

Seventeen hours after the cards went in the air, Jan Schwippert was eliminated in tenth place, setting the final table and signaling the end of play for the day.

Here’s the remaining lineup:

Seat 1: Marvin Rettenmaier – 860,000 (17 bb)
Seat 2: Daniel Strelitz – 1,595,000 (32 bb)
Seat 3: Francisco Picasso – 380,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4: Ray Qartomy – 2,335,000 (47 bb)
Seat 5: Dan Colman – 2,260,000 (45 bb)
Seat 6: Rainer Kempe – 525,000 (11 bb)
Seat 7: Barry Hutter – 1,080,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Andjelko Andrejevic – 70,000 (1 bb)
Seat 9: Nick Petrangelo – 1,415,000 (28 bb)

10th place: Jan Schwippert ($69,563)
11th place: Martin Kozlov ($69,563)
12th place: Joseph Cheong ($69,563)
13th place: Nick Schulman ($61,688)
14th place: Tom Marchese ($61,688)

Some of those who were eliminated without a payout today included Erik Seidel, Joe McKeehen, Shaun Deeb, Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team members Chance Kornuth, Loni Harwood, and Faraz Jaka, along with this event’s defending champion, Jason Mercier.

The finalists will return later today (Tuesday) to play for the title. Everyone left is guaranteed to earn at least $78,750, but all eyes are on the trophy and the top prize of $787,497.

Blinds will be 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante when play resumes, and the average stack is about 23 big blinds. Cards go in the air at 2:00pm, and the cards-up live stream will be emceed by Ali Nejad and Maria Ho.