$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 116

sometimes you play and win a 25k, other times you enter 5 times never doubling your stack and still bust day 1.

— Scott Seiver (@scott_seiver) April 5, 2017

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 43 of 116

Ray Qartomy’s table just broke, and he moved to a new spot on the direct right of Jason Mercier. While Qartomy was still settling into his chair, he opened to 20,000 in middle position, and Mercier three-bet shoved for 101,000 in the cutoff.

“Whatever it is, I call,” Qartomy said, putting Mercier at risk.

Qartomy:
Mercier:

Mercier had to sweat it the whole way, but the run-out was clean enough to give him a double-up with eights up.

“Did I win?” he asked, smiling across at Qartomy.

Jason Mercier – 222,000 (28 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 360,000 (45 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 43 of 116

Nghi Tran opened to 15,000 under the gun, and David Lopez three-bet to 40,000 on the button. From the small blind, Grayson Ramage four-bet to 93,000 total, and Tran five-bet shoved with the largest stack of the three. Lopez folded, but Ramage called all in for 283,000, putting himself at risk.

Tran:
Ramage:

The board ran out safely for Ramage, coming to give him a big double-up with kings full.

Grayson Ramage – 620,000 (103 bb)
Nghi Tran – 65,000 (11 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 116

Byron Kaverman opened to 14,000 in early position, and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 36,000 a couple seats over. Kaverman four-bet shoved for about 120,000 total, and Chidwick called to put him at risk.

Kaverman:
Chidwick:

The board ran out , and Chidwick won the pot with his pair of queens to eliminate Kaverman.

Stephen Chidwick – 365,000 (61 bb)
Byron Kaverman – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Entries: 116

This $25,500 High Roller drew a field of 116 entries, making it the largest $25k tournament in the history of Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

That attendance generated a prizepool worth $2,900,000, which will be shared by the final 16 players like so:

1st: $794,600
2nd: $556,800
3rd: $348,000
4th: $240,700
5th: $153,700
6th: $113,100
7th: $92,800
8th: $78,300
9th: $75,400
10th: $72,500
11th: $69,600
12th: $66,700
13th: $63,800
14th: $60,900
15th: $58,000
16th: $55,100

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Entries: 116

Ray Qartomy and Jonathan Concepcion were involved in what would become a substantial pot on a flop. Qartomy bet 15,000 first to act from the small blind, and Concepcion moved all in for 143,000 in the cutoff. Qartomy asked for the count, then called to put Concepcion at risk.

Qartomy: (pair of sevens)
Concepcion: (ace-high flush draw)

“No heart,” Qartomy pleaded with the dealer, and he got his wish. The turn and river were both the wrong shade of red for Concepcion, and he was eliminated at the hands of Qartomy.

Ray Qartomy – 540,000 (90 bb)
Jonathan Concepcion – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 114

Level 12 concluded, and the field was sent on their final 15-minute break of Day 1. When they return, registration and re-entry will close, and they’ll play three more levels before the survivors bag up for the night.

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 113

Warren Fund and Justin Bonomo were heads up on the turn of a board. Fund checked from the small blind, Bonomo bet 38,000 from middle position, and Fund called to put more than 120,000 chips in the pot going to the river.

It was the . Fund checked again, and Bonomo moved all in for 101,500. Fund spent several minutes deliberating, then called to put Bonomo at risk.

Bonomo showed , and his aces up were good. Fund flashed his as he paid off his debt, losing most of his stack to Bonomo’s double-up.

Justin Bonomo – 330,000 (66 bb)
Warren Fund – 95,000 (19 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 110

Erik Seidel wasted no time jumping straight back into the field after his recent elimination, working on his fourth entry into this event.

He’s also wasted no time putting his chips to work. Three hands into his time at his new table, Seidel moved all in for 98,500 in middle position. Action paused on Ray Qartomy’s big blind for a long while, but he eventually open-mucked to let Seidel take the pot uncontested.

Erik Seidel – 110,000 (22 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 110

Under the gun, Erik Seidel open-shoved for 77,000 chips, and Robert Heidorn called next to act, putting Seidel at risk with his big stack. The rest of the table folded out of the way, and Seidel was in bad shape as the cards were turned up.

Seidel:
Heidorn:

The flop was a good start for Seidel, and the on the turn gave him even more outs with one card to come. Too many outs, really. The river was the blank , and Seidel could not get over the hump. Heidorn sent him off with aces up, padding his chip lead in the process.

“At least I had a sweat,” Seidel found the silver lining as he left the table.

Robert Heidorn – 680,000 (136 bb)
Erik Seidel – Eliminated