$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 50

On the last hand before the break with the flop reading , Alex Foxen bet 220,000 and Kevin Rabichow called on the button. The turn was , Foxen bet another 380,000 and Rabichow called.

The river was and Foxen took some time to think about his next action. He used two 30-second time chips before he announced all in for 1,056,000. Rabichow thought about it but folded before his time was up to send Foxen the big pot.

The players agreed to change heads-up levels to 30 minutes and took a color-up break with an even match ahead of them.

Seat 1: Alex Foxen – 2,355,000 (94 bb)
Seat 2: Kevin Rabichow – 2,645,000 (106 bb)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 50

Kevin Rabichow had raised to 60,000 preflop from the small blind when Thomas Boivin moved all in for 178,000 on the big blind. Rabichow called to cover so they flipped over their cards.

Rabichow:
Boivin:

Board:

Boivin was eliminated from the tournament in third place for a payday of $172,900, and Rabichow stacked up 3.45 million after the hand. That gives him a greater than 2:1 advantage over the 1.55 million held by Alex Foxen before the start of heads-up play.

Kevin Rabichow – 3,450,000 (172 bb)
Thomas Boivin – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($172,900)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 50

Kristen Foxen (big blind) and Kevin Rabichow (UTG) had built a nice-sized pot on multiple streets with the board reading when Rabichow bet 300,000.

That led to Foxen getting all in with her tournament hopes pegged on K-J with trip Kings, but Rabichow held K-Q for the full house. Foxen was eliminated in fourth place, good for $117,325 in prize money, and Rabichow stacked up 3.43 million after collecting the pot.

Kevin Rabichow – 3,430,000 (171 bb)
Kristen Foxen – Eliminated in 4th Place ($117,325)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 50

Action folded to Justin Saliba in the small blind, he moved all in for 115,000 and Alex Foxen called in the big blind after a quick peek at his cards.

Foxen:
Saliba:

“I still think I win this,” Saliba said when he saw he had two live suited cards.

Then the dealer put out the flop to give Foxen trip kings.

“Oh” was all Saliba could say after that.

The board finished with the turn and river to send him out in fifth place.

Alex Foxen – 1,455,000 (73 bb)
Justin Saliba – Eliminated in 5th Place ($80,275)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 50

Justin Saliba got all in preflop on a short stack for 43,000 under the gun with , and Kevin Rabichow called to cover him holding on the small blind.

The board was dealt , and Saliba scored a small double up to 136,000. Rabichow was still cruising with 2.58 million after the hand.

Justin Saliba – 136,000 (6 bb)
Kevin Rabichow – 2,580,000 (129 bb)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 50

Alex Foxen was all in with pocket jacks for 593,000 preflop on the button, and Justin Saliba had him covered holding on the cutoff.

The final board read , and Foxen doubled up to survive with a stack worth 1,236,000. Saliba was down to just 43,000 after the hand.

Alex Foxen – 1,236,000 (61 bb)
Justin Saliba – 43,000 (2 bb)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 50

Cards are in the air for the five-handed final table of the LHPO $25K High Roller.

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  404,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2:  Justin Saliba  –  912,000  (46 bb)
Seat 3:  Alex Foxen  –  487,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4:  Kristen Foxen  –  748,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5:  Kevin Rabichow  –  2,450,000  (123 bb)

1st:  $426,075 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $284,050
3rd:  $172,900
4th:  $117,325
5th:  $80,275

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  150/300 Limits

The LHPO Championship isn’t the only game in play this afternoon; we also have something for our mix game fans with a $600 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at noon.

They’ll start with big 25K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm. Players will have a 45-minute dinner break at 6 pm and return to find our second H.O.R.S.E. champ of the series.

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 35 Structure Sheet

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Return to Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 50

The $25K High Roller drew an even 50 entries, five remaining with a chance for the title and the $426,075 top prize. Kevin Rabichow leads by a lot but Thomas Boivin, Justin Saliba, and Team Foxen (Kristen and Alex) are no walkovers so it should be a tough battle.

Cards go in the air at noon for Day 2 and we will have all the action.

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  404,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2:  Justin Saliba  –  912,000  (46 bb)
Seat 3:  Alex Foxen  –  487,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4:  Kristen Foxen  –  748,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5:  Kevin Rabichow  –  2,450,000  (123 bb)

1st:  $426,075 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $284,050
3rd:  $172,900
4th:  $117,325
5th:  $80,275

6th:  Viktor Ustimov  –  $61,750
7th:  Anton Wigg  –  $49,400
8th:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  $43,225

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries:  170

We’re still in the morning hours but we have a nice crowd of 170 players in the Grand Ballroom at this point for the Championship.

Some early friends include Vanessa Kade, Francis Margaglione, Jose Delgado, Spencer Champlin (runner-up in yesterday’s $2,200 Deep Stack), Gil Aboodi, David Albertson, Paul Domb, John Gordon, and Caleb Piderit.