$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 117
Seat 1: Omar Zazay
Chip Count: 1,015,000
Zazay is a 32-year-old business owner from Dallas, Texas. In 2015, Zazay won the SHRPO Championship event, outlasting a field of 907 entries to claim the $1 million top prize. He’ll return to the second-shortest stack at the final table but with a favorable record in this building.
Seat 2: Sam Panzica
Chip Count: 910,000
Panzica is a 25-year-old standout from here in Fort Lauderdale. He’s on a serious heater over the last calendar year, having won two WPT titles in that span for more than $1.7 million combined. He also has four WSOP Circuit rings. In total, Panzica has close to $3.4 million in tournament earnings.
Seat 3: Tom Marchese
Chip Count: 1,120,000
Marchese is a fixture in the world’s largest poker tournaments. With more than $16 million in tournament earnings, the 29-year-old pro has earned nearly as much as the rest of the final table combined. He’s cashed for seven figures on six separate occasions, with the biggest of those coming courtesy of a runner-up finish in one of the now-defunct $100,000 WPT Alpha 8 events. He’s also one of the few people in the world with a trophy from the old North American Poker Tour.
Seat 4: Brandon Adams
Chip Count: 2,245,000
Adams is a dabbler in both high-stakes poker tournaments and daily fantasy sports contests. On the felt, he has just over $1.5 million in tournament earnings entering this event, but he’s still in search of his first victory in a major live event. His previous best result is a runner-up run in the $25,000 event at the Aussie Millions earlier this year.
Seat 5: Chris Hunichen
Chip Count: 1,715,000
Hunichen is a 33-year-old who makes his home in Playas Del Coco, Costa Rica. He’s married with two children, including a new seven-month old. His career-best result came just this past summer when he finished as the runner-up in the difficult $5,000 six-max event. Hunichen will cross the $2-million mark in career earnings with his run in this High Roller, regardless of his finish.
Seat 6: Chance Kornuth
Chip Count: 1,195,000
Kornuth is a 31-year-old member of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker team. He has more than $5.5 million in tournament earnings on his stat sheet, and his trophies include a WSOP bracelet and several pieces of High Roller hardware from around the world.
Seat 7: John Andress
Chip Count: 1,370,000
Andress is 29 years old and comes from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He won a €10,000 event at EPT8 Prague, and he’s had a couple near-misses in other major tournaments. He’ll cross the big million-dollar milestone in tournament earnings today no matter the result.
Seat 8: Mike Leah
Chip Count: 2,135,000
Leah is a 42-year-old man of many poker talents from Ontario, Canada. Three years ago, he finished second in the SHRPO Main Event for more than $1 million, and his other accomplishments include a WSOP gold bracelet and five WSOP Circuit rings. A finish of sixth or better would move Leah over the $6 million-mark in career tournament earnings.
. Hunichen checked, Zazay continued for 110,000, and Hunichen called. Both players checked through the 
turn, and the river was the 
. Hunichen bet 325,000, which represented just over half of his opponent’s remaining stack. Zazay eventually called.
for not much at all, and Zazay won the pot with 
.
flop didn’t do much for Glantz, but the 
turn made things interesting by giving him an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him, the 
river failed to complete it and he was left with just 50,000.
flop was dry as could be for Glantz, and he was left drawing dead after the dealer burned and turned the 
was put out on the river and Glantz took his leave from the tournament.
