$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry) Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante Players Remaining: 4 of 28
The four remaining players went on their first break of the day. David Peters was the most active at the restart but Rainer Kempe made the most of the first level back, going from one of the short stacks to the chip leader.
Seat 2: Rainer Kempe – 1,014,000 (85 bb) Seat 3: Dietrich Fast – 904,000 (75 bb) Seat 4: David Peters – 630,000 (53 bb) Seat 5: Adrian Mateos – 952,000 (79 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry) Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante Players Remaining: 4 of 28
Jason Koon was able to pull a few chips back from Rainer Kempe then made another move to really get back in the game.
Adrian Mateos opened to 22,000 and Koon moved all-in from the button for 309,000. Kempe moved all-in over the top from the small blind to get heads up.
“Please have AK,” Koon said.
Kempe: Koon:
Koon was ahead and racing to stay in the game but Kempe hit immediately on the flop. The turn left Koon with two river outs but he blanked the river to exit in fifth place.
Rainer Kempe – 1,200,000 (120 bb) Jason Koon – Eliminated in 5th place ($110,432)
$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry) Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante Players Remaining: 5 of 28
Jason Koon opened to 23,000 from the button and Rainer Kempe called heads up a flop. Kempe bet 29,000 and Koon raised it up to 115,000. After a few moments, Kempe announced all-in and Koon quickly called.
Kempe: Koon:
Kempe’s top pair was behind Koon’s overpair until the turn gave Kempe the lead. No love for Koon on the river and Kempe picked up a big double.
Rainer Kempe – 970,000 (97 bb) Jason Koon – 210,000 (21 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry) Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante Players Remaining: 5 of 28
Rainer Kempe and David Peters each took a shot with a pre-flop shove, neither which were called, and Kempe built a bigger pot with Dietrich Fast.
Fast opened to 25,000 from under the gun and Kempe called to the flop. Kempe checked, Fast bet 20,000 and Kempe check/raised to 70,000. Fast thought for a bit before calling to the turn.
After a few minutes to ponder, Kempe moved all-in for 183,000 and it was Fast’s turn to think. He released his hand and Kempe built up his stack.
Seat 1: Jason Koon – 623,000 (62 bb) Seat 2: Rainer Kempe – 480,000 (48 bb) Seat 3: Dietrich Fast – 900,000 (90 bb) Seat 4: David Peters – 417,000 (42 bb) Seat 5: Adrian Mateos – 1,080,000 (108 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry) Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante Players Remaining: 5 of 28
With no delay, the five remaining Super High Rollers kicked things off and David Peters is active in the early going, trying to run up his shorter stack into contention.
$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry) Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante Players Remaining: 5 of 28
It’s not often that a 28-entry field can create a prize pool over $1.4 million, but the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Super High Roller pulled it off. The tournament drew some of the best players in the game to compete against each other for big money.
Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Byron Kaverman, Scott Seiver, Tom Marchese, Steven Chidwick, Dan Colman, and Bryn Kenney were a handful of the players to show up but fall short of the money. Five players were set to get paid and we have five players returning today.
EPT Champion Adrian Mateos leads the way with Dietrich Fast not far behind and not far removed from a $25K High Roller Turbo victory at LAPC. Fast’s fellow German Rainer Kempe won a $25K Aria High Roller earlier this month and returns with the “shortest” stack along with WSOP bracelet winner David Peters. Right in the middle of the pack, we have 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Champion, Jason Koon.
These five players have combined for more than $41.7 million in career earnings along with their bracelets, trophies, and accolades.
With 90-minute levels and deep stacks, this will be a long, tough game for the eventual Super High Roller winner.
Cards go back in the air at noon and we’ll have all the action.
Seat 1: Jason Koon – 640,000 (64 bb) Seat 2: Rainer Kempe – 354,000 (35 bb) Seat 3: Dietrich Fast – 984,000 (98 bb) Seat 4: David Peters – 364,000 (36 bb) Seat 5: Adrian Mateos – 1,158,000 (116 bb)
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$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry) Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante Players Remaining: 5 of 28
A familiar cast of characters turned up at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for the series’ most expensive event, the $50,000 Super High Roller.
There were a total of 28 entries, creating a prizepool close to $1.4 million. The final five players share that money, and that’s where they ended for the night after play was suspended at the end of Level 14.
Here’s who’s left:
Seat 1: Jason Koon – 640,000 (64 bb) Seat 2: Rainer Kempe – 354,000 (35 bb) Seat 3: Dietrich Fast – 984,000 (98 bb) Seat 4: David Peters – 364,000 (36 bb) Seat 5: Adrian Mateos – 1,158,000 (116 bb)
South Florida hero Jason Mercier is foremost among those who are not still left; he came and went before the dinner break, opting to enter just once.
Stephen Chidwick and Justin Bonomo both battled with short stacks for a long while before succumbing shortly after dinner, and they were soon followed out by Scott Seiver, Stefan Schillhabel, Tom Marchese, and Jake Schindler. Schindler twice, in fact, but he wasn’t alone in that category, by any means. David Cohen, Kathy Lehne, and Erik Seidel also tried more than once, unsuccessfully.
The day was particularly unkind to Byron Kaverman, though.
Kaverman ran premium hands into opponents’ pocket kings twice within the span of 90 minutes or so — once with ace-king and once with pocket queens. Jason Koon eliminated him the first time, Bryn Kenney the second, and Kaverman fired one more bullet before deciding to take the rest of the night off. Kenny was eliminated in eighth place later in the day, incidentally.
Adrian Mateos, on the other hand, won two of the largest pots of the day, and he more or less rode those two hands to his end-of-day chip lead.
It was a set-flopping sort of day for the Spaniard. Mateos flopped a set of queens against Sean Winter’s ace-eight, and Winter ended up trapped in a big pot with a two-pair hand that he couldn’t get away from. Then in the last level of the night, Mateos flopped a set of nines to crack Kathy Lehne’s pocket aces, eliminating her in seventh place and giving him the tournament’s first seven-figure stack.
That elimination also put the field on the money bubble, and Erik Seidel was bleeding chips. Down to just a few big blinds, Seidel actually had a chance to sneak into the money as he sat on the sidelines of an enormous pot that was brewing between Jason Koon and Dietrich Fast.
Fast had four-bet shoved for something like 85 big blinds effective against Koon, who squirmed in his seat for several minutes before surrendering with ace-king. The pot fizzled out preflop much to Seidel’s chagrin, and he was eliminated a few hands later.
The final five players finished out the level and called it a night. All’s well that ends well for Koon and Fast, who both have playable stacks heading into tomorrow’s action.
Fast and his fellow German superstar Rainer Kempe were two of the very last entries into the field, joining during the dinner break in the minutes prior to the close of registration. Kempe also advanced to Day 2, virtually tied in chips with the fifth member of the table, David Peters.
It’s a deep battle right now, with an average stack of 70 big blinds and 90-minute levels that should allow for plenty of play at the start of Day 2. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m.
Blinds will be 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante when play resumes, putting the average stack at 70 big blinds. Levels will be 90 minutes apiece on Day 2, so it figures to be a relatively long day.