$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 1,000 ante.

With 19 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 437,000 (44 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s televised final table.

The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $57,500.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000/1000 Ante

We’ve on break here in our High Roller with 19 players remaining. Here are the chips counts as we near our final table.

Table 77
David Peters – 773,000
Shannon Shorr – 134,000
Jason Mercier – 271,000
Phil Laak – 596,000
Barry Hutter – 569,000
Andy Andrejevic – 622,000

Table 78
Fred Goldberg – 275,000
Raj Vohra – 438,000
Ashwin Sarin – 476,000
Tom Marchese – 321,000
Brian Yoon – 145,000
George Dolofan – 263,000
James Joyner – 429,000

Table 84
Ian O’Hara – 637,000
Doc Sands – 638,000
Ty Reiman – 344,000
Sean Winter – 395,000
Ankush Mandavia – 653,000
Kathy Lehne – 199,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

Things have tightened up since the rebuy period ended but we do have a few players opening up some space between themselves and the rest of the pack.

Andy Andrejevic, Ankush Mandavia, Ian O’ Hara and Tom Marchese are looking good right now.  Andrejevic stands at 637,000 leading the way.  Mandavia sits at 596,000 with O’Hara at 569,000 and Marchese at 505,000.

24 players remain as we close in on our final table tonight.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

Byron Kaverman was all in from the small blind with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of David Sands in the big blind.

The board came — Kaverman flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Sands won the pot with his ace to eliminate Kaverman from the tournament.

David “Doc” Sands  –  365,000  (46 bb)
Byron Kaverman  –  Eliminated

With 24 players remaining, they redraw for random seats at the final three tables (8-handed play). The average chip stack is about 346,000 (43 big blinds).

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

Level 13 comes to an end, and Level 14 begins with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a 1,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 320,000 (40 big blinds).

The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $57,500 each. Action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s televised final table.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

Hans Winzeler was all in UTG+1 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of David Peters in the big blind.

The board came , and Peters paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Winzeler from the tournament.

David Peters  –  425,000
Hans Winzeler  –  Eliminated

With 27 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 307,000 (51 big blinds).

2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

August 17-18th, 2015

Total Entries:  83
Total Prize Pool: $2,075,000

1st: $652,800
2nd: $391,700
3rd: $245,500
4th: $186,200
5th: $141,900
6th: $116,600
7th: $93,400
8th: $74,400
9-11th: $57,500

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

Phil Laak, Doc Sands and Christian Harder found themselves in a three-way pot on a board of .  After checks from Sands and Harder, Laak bet out 107,000 which was enough to put both of them all-in.  Sands took his time and then made the call matching Laak’s bet and Harder followed suit.

Laak:
Sands:
Harder:

Sands had flopped a set of threes and had both of his tablemates in trouble. The board ran out giving Sands the full house, the triple-up and the elimination of Harder.

28 players remain in this High Roller tournament.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

Bryn Kenney was all in from the big blind for 96,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Fred Goldberg’s on the button.

The board came , and Kenney won the pot with a pair of fives to double up in chips.

Bryn Kenney  –  201,000  (34 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  345,000  (58 bb)

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

Here are updated chip counts from the break for some of the notables in the High Roller event. The average chip stack is about 244,000 (41 big blinds).

Ian O’Hara  –  581,000  (97 bb)
Pratyush Buddiga  –  490,000  (82 bb)
David Peters  –  490,000  (82 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  431,000  (72 bb)
Barry Hutter  –  420,000  (70 bb)
Phil Laak  –  384,000  (64 bb)
Ty Reiman  –  373,000  (62 bb)
Tom Marchese  –  351,000  (59 bb)
Brian Yoon  –  265,000  (44 bb)
Brian Hastings  –  243,000  (41 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  243,000  (41 bb)
Jason Mercier  –  235,000  (39 bb)
James Joyner  –  224,000  (37 bb)
Kathy Lehne  –  175,000  (29 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  167,000  (28 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  160,000  (27 bb)
Erik Seidel  –  137,000  (23 bb)
Hans Winzeler  –  122,000  (20 bb)
Byron Kaverman  –  114,000  (19 bb)
David “Doc” Sands  –  101,000  (17 bb)
Bryn Kenney  –  100,000  (17 bb)
Christian Harder  –  99,000  (17 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  62,000  (10 bb)
James Calderaro  –  45,000  (8 bb)