$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 105

Level 12 has concluded, and the field is on a 15-minute break. This represents the last chance for late registration and re-entry, as the field will be locked once the new level begins. The prizepool and payouts will be published shortly thereafter.

Here’s the top of the current leaderboard:

Barry Hutter – 623,000
Ray Qartomy – 458,000
Andjelko Andrejevic – 448,000
Daniel Strelitz – 390,000
Dan Colman – 353,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 104

Jess Yawitz (big blind) and Joseph Cheong (under the gun) were heads up on the turn of a board. There was just over 150,000 in the pot already, and Yawitz bet enough to put Cheong to the decision for his last 67,000. There was no decision to be made; Cheong instantly called, tabling for quad deuces. Yawitz showed , and the meaningless completed the board.

Cheong doubled up.

Joseph Cheong – 285,000 (57 bb)
Jess Yawitz – 85,000 (17 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Entries: 105

Daniel Strelitz raised to 11,000 from early position, Joe Kuether three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 73,000, Jorge Gomez called from the button, and Strelitz folded.

Kuether:
Gomez:

The board came down , safe for Kuether to double up.

Joe Kuether – 168,000 (33 bb)
Jorge Gomez – 240,000 (48 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 529

Justin Young raised to 34,000 from under the gun and Shawn Busse moved all in from early position for 118,000. Jeffrey Chang called from middle position and action folded back around to Young, who folded.

“You got two jacks?” asked Busse.

“Nope,” said Chang.

Busse showed and was flipping with Chang’s .

“I just played this hand,” referencing when he had pocket tens against Dermot Blain’s ace-queen.

The board ran out and Chang won the race to eliminate Busse in 17th place.

Jeffrey Chang – 670,000 (41 bb)
Shawn Busse – Eliminated 

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Entries: 104

Jess Yawitz raised to 15,000 from middle position, Taylor Paur three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 55,000, and Yawitz called.

Yawitz:
Paur:

The board camde down , giving Paur a set of queens to double through Yawitz.

Taylor Paur – 121,000 (24 bb)
Jess Yawitz – 255,000 (64 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 529

November Niner Jerry Wong raised and Justin Young shoved for 239,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Wong and he called.

Young:
Wong:

Runout:

Young’s aces held and he doubled through Wong.

Justin Young – 518,000 (43 bb)
Jerry Wong – 580,000 (48 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Entries: 103

Ankush Mandavia raised from the hijack, Ray Qartomy called from the button, and Joe Kuether called from the big blind.

“I’m wearing the glasses for this one,” said Qartomy, “Put it in the blog it will be a good one.”

The flop came down and Kuether checked. Mandavia bet 15,000, Qartomy called, and Kuether called.

The turn was the and Qartomy announced to the table, “I got there!” All three players checked.

The river was the and action checked to Qartomy who bet 30,000. Kuether folded after some thought, as did Mandavia. Qartomy showed for the nuts as he collected the pot.

Ray Qartomy – 445,000 (94 bb)
Ankush Mandavia – 190,000 (38 bb)
Joe Kuether – 68,000 (13 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 103

Paul Volpe opened to 11,500 in middle position, and Rainer Kempe three-bet shoved for 45,000 two seats over. Volpe called the remainder to put him at risk.

Volpe:
Kempe:

The board ran out , and Kempe doubled up with kings up.

Rainer Kempe – 101,000 (20 bb)
Paul Volpe – 150,000 (30 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players: 93 of 828 players remaining

In the penultimate hand of Level 16, John Roverto got his stack of 95,000 all in preflop and was at risk against Loren Klein.

Klein:
Roverto:

Roverto’s kicker had him well out in front, and in the end it made the difference as the board ran out .

John Roverto – 195,000
Loren Klein – 95,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 529

Shawn Busse raised to 36,000 from under the gun and Dermot Blain moved all in from the small blind for 320,000. Busse took a few minutes in the tank and then called.

Busse showed and was flipping with Blain’s . The window card was the and was followed by the and the on the flop, giving Blain top two pair and the lead.

The turn was the , giving Busse a straight draw, but the river was the and Blain doubled up, leaving Busse with just under 10 big blinds.

Dermot Blain – 664,000 (41 bb)
Shawn Busse – 155,000 (9 bb)