$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Total Entrants: 18
Players are back in their seats after swapping out the feature table and racing off the black chips.
Seat 1: Mustapha Kanit
Seat 2: Jason Mercier
Seat 3: Chance Kornuth
Seat 4: Jose Rafael
Seat 5: Jason Koon
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Benjamin Tollerene
Seat 8: Stephen Chidwick
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
End of Level 6: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Total Entrants: 18
High Roller players are on their second break of the day and tournament staff are swapping the two tables, giving some a chance to play in front of the cameras while giving others chance to hide away.
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Total Entrants: 18
We have a new player in the game and it happens to be 2nd all-time cash leader Erik Seidel. He grabbed a seat on the feature table for the next ten minutes before they flip the tables, bringing the outer table under the lights.
Seidel has earned more the $30 million in his career with eight WSOP bracelets and 99 WSOP cashes.
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Total Entrants: 17
Most of the action seems to be flying on the feature table while the outer table is taking a more laid back approach. Other than Salman Behbehani joining them after the break, the most exciting action was a full coffee spill by Sean Winter.
He continues to lead the outer table but they are still taking it easy.
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Total Entrants: 16
Players are back from their first 15-minute break with 16 players now in the game. Jason Koon is leading the way, mostly thanks to his KO of Jason Mercier, and Sean Winter leads the outer table after taking down Mustapha Kanit earlier.
Feature Table
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Chance Kornuth – 135,000 (84 bb)
Seat 4: Jose Rafael – 74,800 (47 bb)
Seat 5: Jason Koon – 276,000 (173 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Benjamin Tollerene – 114,100 (71 bb)
Seat 8: Stephen Chidwick – 113,700 (71 bb)
Table 2
Seat 1: — Empty — – ( bb)
Seat 2: David Peters – 82,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Guiseppe Ladiseria – 99,000 (62 bb)
Seat 4: Isaac Haxton – 98,000 (61 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty — – ( bb)
Seat 6: Ivan Rodriguez – 104,000 (65 bb)
Seat 7: Paul Domb – 80,000 (50 bb)
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 195,000 (122 bb)
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Total Entrants: 15
Jason Mercier was the first to be eliminated from the high roller and he was followed soon by Isaac Haxton.
Haxton was sent out after he was all-in with 
with the board reading 
against Stevie Chidwick’s flush draw/over card 
. The river came 
to fill the flush and Haxton was barely covered.
But the high roller didn’t wait long to fire another bullet. Haxton is now sitting at the outer table with a fresh stack and another chance.
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Total Entrants: 14
Chance Kornuth was worried Jason Mercier would be sporting some newlywed run good today but that is not what happened.
Chance Kornuth opened to 2,200 from under the gun, Jason Koon called, and Jason Mercier three-bet to 10,900. Kornuth released his hand and Koon called to see the 
flop. Mercier bet out 7,300 to get another call from Koon to the 
turn.
Mercier checked, Koon bet 12,000 and Mercier pulled the check/raise all-in. Koon instantly called with his flopped boat 
and Mercier was drawing dead with his flush draw 
.
Now we’ll wait to see if Mercier re-enters.
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Total Entrants: 12
Taking a look at the outer table and we found David Peters bringing his hot streak to the ballroom. The WSOP bracelet winner moved into the top 20 on the all-time money list when he won the Aria Super High Roller a few days ago, crossing over $14 million in career earnings.
Along with Peters we have Mustapha Kanit, Guiseppe Iadisernia, Sean Winter, and Benjamin Tollerance.
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Total Entrants: 11
As with most tournament sporting a huge buy-in and extreme talent, things take a little while to get rolling at the start. We have two tables running with one in the ballroom and one playing under the light on the Poker Night in America set.
It’s quite the initial draw on the feature table with Jason Mercier, Chance Kornuth, Jason Koon, and Isaac Haxton taking a seat at the start of the day.
We expect more players to jump in the game soon with the quick, 30-minute levels but we’re off to a good start.
$50,000 High Roller Turbo (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 300/600 with a 100 Ante
The biggest buy-in tournament of the series wasn’t originally on the schedule, but the $50,000 High Roller tournament was added at the suggestion of some of the best players on the planet. Jason Mercier and Natasha Barbour held their wedding earlier this week and now his top pro friends have a venue worthy of their talent after the festivities.
There are a few of players already here for the one-day High Roller and they include Mercier himself, Chance Kornuth, Jason Koon, Isaac Haxton, and Erik Seidel.
They’ll play deep stacks with 30-minute levels and run through the entire tournament today in front of the Poker Night in America live stream cameras. If anyone wants to join in the fun, registration is open until the start of Level 11 around 6:30pm.
It will take a few minutes to get everything set up but action should be underway shortly.