$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 102

Ankush Mandavia opened the button to 10,000, and Martin Finger three-bet shoved for 115,000 in the big blind. Mandavia called to put him at risk, committing most of his own chips to do so.

Mandavia:
Finger:

The board ran out in Finger’s favor, coming to double him up with a pair of aces. Mandavia was left with just 7,000 chips, and he was eliminated one hand later.

Martin Finger – 236,000 (59 bb)
Ankush Mandavia – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 102

Ray Qartomy opened to 7,500 under the gun, and John Racener called in middle position. From the cutoff, Ian O’Hara three-bet shoved for 39,500 total. Qartomy called, Racener folded, and O’Hara was heads-up for his tournament life.

Qartomy:
O’Hara:

The flop was bad news for O’Hara, and he started to collect his things and stand from his chair just as the landed on the turn. That was one of the best cards in the deck for his chances, giving him straight and flush draws with one card to come. The river was the blank , though, and Qartomy won the pot with a set of Kings to eliminate O’Hara.

Ray Qartomy – 265,000 (88 bb)
Ian O’Hara – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 100

Scott Seiver opened to 7,500 in middle position, and Loni Harwood defended her big blind.

The flop was . Harwood checked, Seiver made a continuation bet, and Harwood called. The turn was the , and Harwood check-called another Seiver bet — 15,000 this time. The river was the . When Harwood checked for a third time, Seiver bet 85,000, which was more than two thirds of his remaining stack. Harwood wasted little time calling to see a showdown.

Seiver tabled for a miss, and Harwood showed to win the pot with a pair of aces. She’s became the overall chip leader with that exchange, while Seiver was left with the shortest stack in the room.

Loni Harwood – 405,000 (135 bb)
Scott Seiver – 35,500 (12 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 99

Down to his last 29,000 chips, Alex Rocha got his short stack into the middle preflop agains Anthony Spinella.

Rocha:
Spinella:

The board ran out , and Rocha won the flip to double up with tens up.

Alex Rocha – 66,000 (22 bb)
Anthony Spinella – 315,000 (103 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Entries: 98

In one of the first hands back from dinner, Anthony Zinno was eliminated by Olivier Busquet, and he was kind enough to provide the details.

According to Zinno, he opened the button to 7,000, and Olivier Busquet three-bet to 20,000 in the small blind. Zinno called, and the flop was with two clubs, and Busquet continued for 25,000. Zinno moved all in for 116,000, and Busquet called to put him at risk.

Zinno:
Busquet:

The turn was a blank, but another on the river was a disaster for Zinno. Busquet ran down trip nines to win the pot and eliminate the former WPT Player of the Year.

Olivier Busquet – 345,000 (115 bb)
Anthony Zinno – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Entries: 92

Level 9 concluded, and the field was sent on a one-hour dinner break. Play resumes just after 9:30 p.m.

Here’s the top of the leaderboard at the break:

Dietrich Fast – 393,000
Jake Schindler – 385,000
Ari Engel – 344,500
Tom Marchese – 330,000
Robert Heidorn – 307,000
Loni Harwood – 306,500
Anthony Spinella – 300,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Entries: 92

SHRP Team member Loni Harwood and Nghi Tran were involved in a significant pot on the turn of a board. Tran checked from the big blind, Harwood bet 14,000 into a pot of more than twice that, and Tran check-raised to 32,000. Harwood called.

The river was the , and Tran checked again. Harwood took her cue to bet 55,000, and Tran called, committing half his remaining stack to see a showdown.

Harwood tabled , winning the pot with a set of jacks. She’s quickly worked her stack over 300,000 chips and is now contending for the lead as the dinner break approaches. Tran, on the other hand, was among the early leaders but has seen his stack trending in the wrong direction since.

Loni Harwood – 315,000 (131 bb)
Nghi Tran – 55,000 (23 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Entries: 92

Stephen Chidwick opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Byron Kaverman three-bet shoved for 58,900 in the small blind. Chidwick took a second to double-check the amount, then called to put Kaverman at risk.

Chidwick:
Kaverman:

The flop was a good start for Kaverman, and the turn gave him a straight and a hammerlock on the pot. Chidwick was drawing dead to the river, and Kaverman doubled up.

Byron Kaverman – 123,000 (51 bb)
Stephen Chidwick – 245,000 (102 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Entries: 90

After his second elimination, Alan Schein jumped straight back into the field with a third entry, joining a table that includes Ari Engel, Joe McKeehen, Rainer Kempe, and Daniel Strelitz.

Shortly after sitting back down, Schein was involved in a pot against McKeehen on the river of a board. Out of position, Schein bet 55,000 on the river into a pot of nearly twice that. McKeehen spent several minutes deliberating the call that would cost him about half his remaining stack, then did so to see a showdown.

Schein tabled , winning the pot with trip queens. He’s already more than doubled his starting stack over the first few hands of his third try.

Alan Schein – 245,000 (123 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 55,000 (28 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Entries: 87

Just the tail end of a pot here, but one worth a mention.

Three players saw the river of an board. There was about 60,000 in the middle, and Aditya Prasetyo bet 27,000 first to act in the small blind. Alan Schein was under the gun, and he raised all in for 96,900 total. That put the action on Dietrich Fast, and he considered for a long while before calling all in for his last 91,100 chips, putting himself at risk. Prasetyo quickly folded.

“I guess I’m a loser,” Schein said, tabling for trip aces with a jack. He was the loser of this pot, at least; Fast tabled to double up with aces full of fives.

Schein was left with just 5,800 chips, and he was eliminated a short time later.

Dietrich Fast – 270,000 (169 bb)
Alan Schein – Eliminated