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

Jason Mercier opened to 4,400 under the gun, and Darren Elias called in the cutoff.

The flop was . Mercier continued for 3,800, and Elias called. That action repeated after the turn, with Elias calling another Mercier bet — 10,600 this time. The river was the , and Mercier emptied the clip with a bet of 38,000. Elias called him down.

Mercier showed , winning the pot with queens full.

Jason Mercier – 176,000 (110 bb)
Darren Elias – 65,000 (41 bb)

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

James Calderaro opened with a raise under the gun, Grayson Ramage called in the small blind, and Mark Radoja defended his big to create three-way action.

The flop was . It checked to Calderaro, who continued for 6,500. Ramage folded, but Radoja moved all in for about 65,000 total. Calderaro quickly called to put him at risk, and Radoja was on the draw.

Calderaro:
Radoja:

The turn and river were blanks, and Calderaro won the pot with queens up to eliminate Radoja.

James Calderaro – 210,000 (131 bb)
Mark Radoja – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Entries: 85

The field grew by two during the recent break, with the re-additions of Dietrich Fast and Pratyush Buddiga. That brings the running total to 85 entries, with late registration and unlimited re-entries available until close to midnight.

Fast joined a table that contains Jonathan Little, Aditya Prasetyo, and Erik Seidel, among others.

Buddiga re-joined his old table in a new seat, sitting once again with Jason Mercier, Anthony Spinella, Sorel Mizzi, Darren Elias, Martin Finger, and Ryan Laplante.

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Entries: 82

Richard Tuhrim recently joined the field for the first time, and Sean Winter did so for the second, and both were seated at the same table with fresh starting stacks. They wasted little time doing battle.

In one of the first hands at the table, the two were involved in a heads-up pot on a flop. Winter checked from the big blind, and Tuhrim bet 2,800 from the cutoff. Winter check-raised to 11,500, and Tuhrim called the remainder to proceed. The turn was the , and Winter bet 20,600. Tuhrim called again.

The river was the , and Winter moved all in for 69,000. Tuhrim had about 73,000 chips left in his stack, and he deliberated for a long while before surrendering his cards into the muck.

“Come on,” Charlie Carrel urged Winter from the other side of the table. He wanted to see the winning hand. “Just one. The bottom one.”

Winter grinned and offered to let him pick one. Carrel revealed the . Winter grinned again.

“Uh oh…” Tuhrim said, smiling back.

Sean Winter – 145,000 (121 bb)
Richard Tuhrim – 73,000 (61 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Entries: 79

Ankush Mandavia opened with a raise second to act, and Justin Bonomo three-bet to 8,000 on the button. Paul Hofer four-bet to 23,500 in the big blind, Mandavia folded, and Bonomo called the remainder to proceed heads-up.

The flop was . Hofer continued for 14,200, and Bonomo called. Both players checked through the turn, and the river was the . Hofer moved all in for 56,100.

Bonomo had 64,600 chips left in front of him, so the call represented nearly all of his remaining chips. After several minutes of deliberation, he did call to put Hofer at risk.

Hofer showed for high cards, and Bonomo tabled to win the pot with tens full. Hofer was eliminated.

Justin Bonomo – 200,000 (200 bb)
Paul Hofer – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Entries: 79

While we were watching another hand play out, we caught a glimpse of an all-in showdown at an adjacent table. Aditya Prasetyo and Sean Winter were involved on a flop, and Winter ended up all in for about 65,000 with Prasetyo putting him at risk.

Prasetyo:
Winter:

“I have… one out,” Winter astutely noted. “Eight of Spades,” he pointed at the board, trying to conjure up the one card that would save his tournament life.

The turn was the , though, and the river the , and Prasetyo won the pot with a king-high flush to eliminate Winter.

Aditya Prasetyo – 180,000 (180 bb)
Sean Winter – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Entries: 75

Anthony Zinno opened the cutoff to 2,500, and Olivier Busquet three-bet to 7,500 on the button. From the big blind, Dietrich Fast moved all in for just about 50,000 total on a four-bet shove. Zinno quickly folded, Busquet quickly called, and Fast was at risk and in trouble.

Busquet:
Fast:

The flop was actually decent news for Fast. Despite Busquet flopping top set, Fast traded two outs for nine, picking up a flush draw two cards to come. The on the turn ended the sweat one card early, though, as Busquet made unbeatable aces full. The river was the meaningless , eliminating Fast and giving Busquet’s stack a significant boost.

Fast has until the start of Level 13 to re-enter, should he so choose.

Busquet, on the other hand, has been trading the top spot with Nghi Tran for most of the early levels, and this pot puts the two back into a near tie for the overall lead.

Olivier Busquet – 272,000 (272 bb)
Dietrich Fast – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Entries: 74

SHRP Team member Chance Kornuth was eliminated a moment after losing that pot against Jonathan Little.

Good news for the Team, though; Loni Harwood has just walked in through the same door Kornuth walked out of, taking a seat at a table that contains Scott Seiver, Brandon Adams, and Jerry Wong, among others.

Erik Seidel has also returned for another entry after being eliminated before the first break. His second entry is number 74 overall into this High Roller field.

Loni Harwood – 100,000 (125 bb)
Erik Seidel – 100,000 (125 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Entries: 74

Three players were involved in a small pot on a flop. Giuseppe Iadisernia was first to act from the small blind, and he bet 2,000. Jonathan Little raised to 7,000 from the big blind, Chance Kornuth called in position, and Iadisernia called the remainder to proceed.

The turn was the . It checked to Little, who bet 16,000. Kornuth called, Iadisernia folded, and it was heads-up to the river. It was the . Kornuth had 9,200 chips left in front of him, and Little bet enough to set him all in. Kornuth quickly folded, and Little won the pot with no showdown.

Jonathan Little – 195,000 (244 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 9,200 (12 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Entries: 68

Players are back in their seats following the first break and dealers are dealing to blinds of 400/800 with a 100 ante. The clock shows 68 entries to this point with an unofficial prize pool of $1,700,000. Leading the way is Olivier Busquet with a stack of 216,000. Next up is Nghi Tran with 197,000.

Here’s a look at some of the counts:

Olivier Busquet – 216,000
Nghi Tran – 197,000
Grayson Ramage – 160,000
Scott Seiver – 125,500
James Calderaro – 98,000
Chance Kornuth – 58,000
Jason Mercier 49,500
Eddie Ochana – 29,500

Others in the event include Ari Engel, Jonathan Little, Aditya Prasetyo, Justin Bonomo, Joe McKeehen, Ryan LaPlante, Jerry Wong, John Racener and Ian O’Hara.