$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 41

Ray Qartomy opened the pot with an early-position raise, Adam Geyer called next to act, and Alan Schein defended his big blind to create three-way action.

The flop was . Schein checked, Qartomy continued for 2,200, and Geyer called. Schein check-raised to 6,000, and both opponents folded. Schein won the pot.

On the next hand, Geyer opened to 1,100, and Schein three-bet to 4,200 in the big blind. The flop was . Schein continued for 4,000, and Geyer called. The turn was the , and Schein bet 10,000. Geyer folded, and Schein dragged his second consecutive pot.

Schein has been particularly active in the early-going today, and his stack has benefitted as a result.

Alan Schein – 130,000 (325 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 34

Following the river of a board with about 45,000 in the pot, Joseph Cheong checked from the small blind and Truyen Nguyen bet 18,000 from the big blind. Cheong called instantly.

Nguyen showed , but Cheong tabled to win the pot.

Joseph Cheong – 145,000 (362 bb)
Tryuen Nguyen – 59,000 (147 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 34

Adam Geyer opened to 1,100 under the gun, and Martin Kozlov three-bet to 3,500 on the button. Ray Qartomy cold four-bet to 9,500 in the big blind, and Geyer folded out of the way. Kozlov, though, five-bet to 25,500 total. Qartomy spent a long while in the tank before surrendering his cards into the muck, and Kozlov won the pot.

Martin Kozlov – 118,000 (295 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 90,000 (225 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 32

Mike Leah is the newest entry in the field, joining a six-handed table that contains Chance Kornuth, Jonathan Little, and Ian O’Hara.

Leah opened to 800 from the cutoff on his first hand at the table, and Kornuth three-bet to 3,100 in the small blind. Leah paused, dropping two chips onto his cards to cap them while he pondered.

“Good morning,” Leah said.

“Good morning, buddy,” Kornuth answered with a big smile. “How are you?”

Leah called the three-bet, and both players checked through the flop. The turn was the , and Kornuth bet 4,700. Leah folded.

“That’s what I like to see,” Kornuth said as the dealer pushed him the pot.

Chance Kornuth – 106,000 (265 bb)
Mike Leah – 96,900 (242 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 30

Table 81: Joe Kuether, Brian Yoon, Barry Hutter, Ankush Mandavia

Table 82: Chance Kornuth, Jonathan Little, Ian O’Hara, Mike Leah

Table 83: Martin Kozlov, Ray Qartomy, Adam Geyer, Alan Schein

Table 88: Joe McKeehen, Kathy Lehne, Andy Philachack

Table 89: Brandon Steven, Ben Heath, Rainer Kempe

Table 90: Joseph Cheong, Pratyush Buddiga

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 26

The cards are in the air for the start of this High Roller event. The board shows 26 entries so far, with registration and unlimited re-entries available until about 9:45 p.m.