$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)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 260

There are 15 players remaining in the $1,100 no limit hold’em and with the final table approaching, it’s Team SHRP member Chance Kornuth leading the way with 420,000.

With 15 players left, everybody is guaranteed a cash of at least $4,166.

$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

$300 No Limit Hold’em Jason Taylor Foundation
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 119

Corbin Avery was in the big blind and picked up pocket aces against the button’s pocket kings. It was a cooler situation and Avery’s kings held up to eliminate a player.

With the elimination, Avery burst the bubble to send the WPT/Jason Taylor Foundation Charity event into the money. Everybody remaining is guaranteed a cash of at least $250.

$300 No Limit Hold’em Jason Taylor Foundation
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 119

With another elimination taking place, the final 19 players are playing hand-for-hand until there is one more elimination. Once more player hits the rail, the top 18 finishers will be in the money.

$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.

$300 No Limit Hold’em Jason Taylor Foundation
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 119

The money bubble is approaching and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Director of Poker Operations Tommy Bates is showing he can do more than run one of the nicest rooms in the country.

Bates got into a preflop confrontation with Mike Leah. Leah got all in from the big blind for about 35,000 and Bates called from middle position.

Leah showed and was in the lead against Bates’ . The board ran out favorably for Bates, however, as it came and Leah was eliminated just a few spots before the money.

Bates dragged the pot and chipped up over an average stack. With one more elimination, the field will be on the bubble and hand-for-hand play will begin.

Tommy Bates – 110,000 (27 bb)
Mike Leah – Eliminated

$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