$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 28

Two hands after the Jason Koon ace-king fold, the short-stacked Erik Seidel was in the big blind, facing a button-raise from Dietrich Fast. Seidel gave it a bit of a look but eventually surrendered his cards into the muck, leaving himself with around 20,000 chips.

“Good fold, Erik,” Koon said with a laugh. “One of us is going to punt.”

A couple hands thereafter, Seidel put his last 12,000 into the middle preflop from early position, Koon called on the button, and Fast called the remainder from the big blind.

The board ran out , with the two live players checking through the turn. Fast bet 20,000 on the river, Koon quickly folded, and Fast showed for top pair.

“I only looked at the Queen of Spades,” Seidel said. “So I have a sweat.” He flipped over the while he squeezed the other card. It was the useless , though, not enough to keep Seidel in the game. He was eliminated on the bubble in sixth place, leaving the other five in the money.

Dietrich Fast – 1,065,000 (133 bb)
Erik Seidel – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 28

Adrian Mateos opened the cutoff to 18,000, and Jason Koon three-bet to 56,000 on the button. From the big blind, Dietrich Fast four-bet shoved for around 900,000 or so, and Mateos quickly folded out of the middle. Koon did not fold quickly, though. He had 655,000 chips left in front of him and a huge decision.

“Wow. This is sick, Erik,” he said. Across the table, Erik Seidel let a little smirk cross his face as he glanced down at his desperately short stack of just 30,000 chips. “You might make the money,” Koon added.

The decision took several minutes for Koon, during which he glanced at the chip average and the total chips in play, along with the payouts scrolling on the clock. “Two buy-in bubble,” he said. “Forty percent of the chips in play…,” he trailed off.

After a couple more minutes, he flashed his so the rest of the table could agonize along with his decision. “F***ing s*** this is sick,” Koon said again. He eventually mustered a fold, and Fast quietly stacked the pot.

Dietrich Fast – 1,000,000 (125 bb)
Jason Koon – 655,000 (82 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 28

Adrian Mateos opened to 18,000 in middle position, and Rainer Kempe called on the button. From the big blind, Kathy Lehne three-bet to 75,000, Mateos called, and Kempe folded out of the way.

Heads-up, the flop came . Lehne continued for 100,000, and Mateos moved all in for 445,000 effective, having Lehne slightly covered. She called all in for that amount, putting herself at risk.

Lenhe: (pair of aces)
Mateos: (set of nines)

The turn and river completed the board safely for Mateos, and he scored the knockout with nines full. Lehne was eliminated in seventh place, giving Mateos’ stack a big boost and bringing the field onto the direct money bubble.

“Unlucky, Kathy,” Jason Koon said as she left the table.

Adrian Mateos – 1,105,000 (138 bb)
Kathy Lehne – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 28

Action folded around to the blinds where Jason Koon completed from the small. Bryn Kenney raised to 26,000 from the big, and Koon re-raised to 85,000. Kenny moved all in for 385,000 total, and Koon instantly called with a very similar stack.

Koon:
Kenney:

The board ran out , and Koon’s queens held to earn him the pot. “Unlucky,” he said.

When the stacks were counted down, Koon had Kenney covered by just 2,000 chips, so Kenney was eliminated in eighth place.

Jason Koon – 780,000 (98 bb)
Bryn Kenney – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 28

After that recent flurry of eliminations, the field has been reduced to eight players, and they’ve just redrawn for new seats around the final table.

Here’s the remaining lineup:

Seat 1: Jason Koon – 449,000 (75 bb)
Seat 2: Bryn Kenney – 278,000 (46 bb)
Seat 3: Rainer Kempe – 377,000 (63 bb)
Seat 4: Kathy Lehne – 558,000 (93 bb)
Seat 5: Dietrich Fast – 841,000 (140 bb)
Seat 6: David Peters – 327,000 (55 bb)
Seat 7: Erik Seidel – 53,000 (9 bb)
Seat 8: Adrian Mateos – 641,000 (107 bb)

Only five of the eight finalists will finish in the money, so the bubble is suddenly approaching in a hurry.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 28

Tom Marchese got his last 58,000 chips into the middle preflop against Rainer Kempe, and Marchese was dominated.

Marchese:
Kempe:

The board ran out , and Marchese could not catch up. Kempe’s kicker played to earn him the knockout, sending Marchese to the exit in ninth place.

Rainer Kempe – 375,000 (63 bb)
Tom Marchese – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 28

David Peters opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Jake Schindler defended his big blind.

Schindler got the last of his short stack into the middle on the flop, and Peters put him at risk.

Schindler: (king-high)
Peters: (pair of sevens)

Schindler’s overcards were live, but the turn and river completed the board with blanks. Peters won the pot with his pair of sevens, eliminating Schindler in 10th place.

David Peters – 330,000 (55 bb)
Jake Schindler – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 28

Kathy Lehne opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Stefan Schillhabel defended his big blind.

The flop was . Schillhabel checked, Lehne continued for 30,000, and Schillhabel check-raised all in for 113,000 total. Lehne called to put him at risk.

Lehne: (pair of nines)
Schillhabel: (pair of eights)

The turn and river completed the board to no avail for Schillhabel, and he was eliminated in 11th place at the hands of Lehne.

Kathy Lehne – 550,000 (92 bb)
Stefan Schillhabel – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 28

Scott Seiver was lucky enough to find with just 26,000 chips left, and he got all in against Stefan Schillhabel’s .

The flop was mostly clean for Seiver, but the turn was a disaster, giving Schillhabel the lead with a pair of aces. Seiver could not catch back up on the river, and he was eliminated in 12th place.

Stefan Schillhabel – 115,000 (19 bb)
Scott Seiver – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 28

On a flop, David Cohen ended up all in against Dietrich Fast, and it was a bit of a cooler.

Cohen: (kings up)
Fast: (set of queens)

Cohen needed to find a king in a hurry, but the turn and river completed the board with blanks. He was eliminated in unlucky 13th place, sending the rest of his chips into the already mighty stack of Fast.

Dietrich Fast – 850,000 (142 bb)
David Cohen – Eliminated