$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 105
Daniel Strelitz raised to 80,000 from middle position, Byron Kaverman called all in from the hijack for 65,000, and Andjelko Andrejevic called from the big blind.
Andrejevic and Strelitz checked down the board and Andrejevic tabled for nines and fours. Strelitz had a , while Kaverman tabled a defeated , ending his tournament in 15th place.
$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 105
Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 60,000 from the cutoff, Dan Colman called from the small blind, and Daniel Strelitz called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Colman checked to Strelitz who shoved for 110,000. Rettenmaier folded, as did Colman after about 60 seconds, giving Strelitz the pot.
Daniel Strelitz – 325,000 (11 bb) Dan Colman – 1,430,000 (48 bb) Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,230,000 (41 bb)
$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 105
The decision was made to go hand-for-hand two from the money in order to combat some borderline stalling issues at both tables.
On the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Chance Kornuth put his last 25,000 chips into the pot from early position, and the table folded around to Barry Hutter, who had Kornuth covered in the big blind. The hand at the other table was played to completion, then the cards were turned up with Kornuth at risk.
Kornuth: Hutter:
The flop gave Hutter top pair, but Kornuth picked up nine outs to a flush. The turn was the , adding three additional outs to the list. Kornuth needed to find a ten or a spade on the river to stay alive, but he could not. The completed the board, and Hutter won the pot with trip queens.
Kornuth was eliminated in 16th place, bringing the field onto the direct money bubble. The next player eliminated will leave empty-handed, while the 14 who outlast him will each be guaranteed to earn at least $61,688.
Barry Hutter – 1,250,000 (42 bb) Chance Kornuth – Eliminated
$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 105
Marvin Rettenmaier raised from the hijack to 65,000, Chance Kornuth was already all in from the button for his remaining ante, and both blinds released.
Rettenmaier: Kornuth:
The board ran out , safe for Kornuth to survive.
“My name is Marvin Rettenmaier and I play the board,” joked Kornuth after the hand.
$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 105
Martin Kozlov raised all in for 235,000 from middle position and Chance Kornuth reraised all in from the small blind for a total of 240,000. Dan Colman folded his big blind.
Kozlov: Kornuth:
The board came down , giving Kozlov fours full of queens to double up.