$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 1,104,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 1,910,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 907,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 646,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 1,080,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 1,166,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 1,048,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 1,368,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

David Peters didn’t have much to begin the day and he never made a move forward today. He tried to get back in the game when he shoved from the high jack for 255,000 and Mercier moved all-in over the top from the small blind to isolate.

Sands let his hand go and Mercier tabled against Peters’ . Peters was dominated and missed as the board ran out to leave the High Roller in 9th place for $57,500.

David Peters: Eliminated in 9th
Jason Mercier: 1,160,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

David Sands and David Peters are the two short stacks at the High Roller tables with Sands moving up.

He has Peters in trouble now after a hand that had Sands opened to 44,000 from middle position and Peters called in the big blind to the flop. Peters check called a 34,000 bet from Sands and they both checked the turn.

Peters led for 88,000 after the river and Sands called with Ace-high . The hand was good against Peters’ Queen-high for a big hand.

David Peters: 265,000
David Sands: 960,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 880,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 450,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 810,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 1,080,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 1,340,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 1,015,000
Seat 7: David Peters – 440,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 1,100,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 1,110,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

David Sands opened to 44,00 under the gun and Sean Winter moved all-in for 563,000 from the button. Sands called with against Winter’s .

The board ran out to give Winter the double.

David Sands: 495,000
Sean Winter: 1,183,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Here are the seating assignments and chip counts for our final nine players headed into tomorrow’s Day 2:

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 820,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 1,155,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 1,072,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 1,255,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 1,305,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 952,000
Seat 7: David Peters – 424,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 365,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 951,000

Final table play starts at 2 PM at Hard Rock Live.

Best of luck to everyone who made it to the final table!

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Jason Mercier min-raised under the gun to 32,000, Brian Yoon moved all in from the button for 273,000, and Mercier asked for a count before he called with .

Yoon turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Mercier to win the pot and eliminate Yoon on the TV bubble.

Jason Mercier  –  820,000  (51 bb)
Brian Yoon  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($57,500)

The final nine players are bagging their chips, and they’ll return tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 pm ET for the televised final table in Hard Rock Live.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 8,000-16,000 and a 2,000 ante.

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 830,000 (52 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until one player is eliminated, and the final nine will return tomorrow afternoon for the televised final table.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

As we get ready to head in to Level 17, here are the chip counts for the remaining ten players. Play will end after the next elimination.

Table 78
Brian Yoon – 353,000
Ankush Mandaivia – 952,000
Jason Mercier – 1,012,000
Tom Marchese – 585,000
Barry Hutter – 1,201,000

Table 84
David Peters – 330,000
Sean Winter – 327,000
Ashwin Sarin – 1,092,000
Doc Sands – 1,003,000
Ian O’ Hara – 1,449,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Tom Marchese was all in for 140,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Brian Yoon’s .

The board came , and Yoon won the pot with his king kicker to eliminate Marchese in 11th place.

Brian Yoon  –  434,000  (36 bb)
Tom Marchese  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($57,500)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 830,000 (69 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until one player is eliminated, and the final nine will return tomorrow afternoon for the televised final table.