$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 19
No one at the table was in immediate danger, so it took two big hands to get all the chips in the middle preflop. We saw it happen when Ivan Luca opened to 22,000 and Nick Schulman three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind.
Luca four-bet to 140,000 and Schulman didn’t take long before he slid a barrel+ of 25K chips forward. It was enough to cover Luca and he called all in.
Schulman: Luca:
Luca needed to hold to stay in the game, the flop was safe, but Schulman added a flush draw to his over cards. The turn took away those flush outs but the river did the trick. Luca was sent out in fourth place for $120,000 while Schulman’s stack is more than half of the chips in play.
Nick Schulman – 1,385,000 (139 bb) Ivan Luca – Eliminated in 4th place ($120,000)
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 19
It didn’t take long for the five remaining players to heat things up. Rainer Kempe moved his short stack in the middle once, found no takers, then Bryn Kenny and Jake Schindler mixed it up.
Kenney opened to 22,000 and Schindler called in the big blind to the flop. Both checked and Schindler bet 35,000 after the turn. Kenney called, the river came , and Schindler moved all in for 247,000.
Kenney called with rivered two pair but Schindler was best with his king-high straight .
The hand knocked Kenney down to 26,000, he found a small double, then moved all in again after Ivan Luca opened to 25,000.
Kenney: Luca:
It was a good spot for the short stack but Luca immediately hit on the flop. The turn gave Kenney an open-ended straight draw but the blank river sent him out on the bubble.
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Returning to Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 19
The $50,000 Super High Roller event featured 16 talented players but only five of them remain with a chance for the title along with the $440,000 top prize. They slowly dropped throughout the opening day as WSOP and WPT Champion Nick Schulman built up his stack.
He returns today with a big chip lead against four tough opponents, all with huge results of their own. But they still have a little work to do to make some money, five remain but only four get paid.
Jake Schindler, Bryn Kenney, Ivan Luca, and Rainer Kempe will be trying to chase down Schindler and they are all capable.
Action will get back underway at noon and we will follow all the action until we have our next Super High Roller champion.
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Returning to Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 19
Today was a big day at Seminole Hard Rock Open, as the series’ biggest-buy-in event began inside the secondary ballroom.
The $50,000 Super High Roller drew 19 entries by the time registration closed, with a prizepool worth $1 million up for grabs. After 14 level of action, just five players remain.
The initial entry list was littered with faces familiar to this sort of buy-in; most of the usual suspects were in attendance.
There were 16 unique players, and David Cohen, Giuseppe Iadisernia, and Jason Koon each entered twice to bring the field to 19 total entries. None of the three managed to make it to the final table.
Schulman was in control of the big stack when the final nine combined, and he trended consistently upward from there to the end of the night, too.
Texas businesswoman Kathy Lehne was the first to depart the final table, falling in ninth place at the hands of Tom Marchese. Marchese was next to go himself, though, eliminated by Jake Schindler in eighth.
That knockout gave Schindler a brief lead, but Schulman quickly retook control of the big stack, and he did not relinquish it for the remainder of the night.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker’s own Chance Kornuth fell in seventh place, and David Peters was eliminated in sixth on the final hand of the night.
The clock ran out on the day, and the five finalists bagged up their chips for the overnight soak. They’ll return to action Wednesday to play it out to a winner.
With five players left and only room for four in the payouts, crossing that milestone will be the first item on the docket for Day 2. The average stack is still close to 50 big blinds at this point, so it may be a while before it happens.
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 19
Ivan Luca opened the button to 16,000, and David Peters three-bet shoved for about 180,000 in the small blind. As soon as Jake Schindler folded his big, Luca called. Peters winced just a bit, knowing he was likely in trouble.
Luca: Peters:
The board ran out , and Luca turned kings up to end the drama one card early. Peters was eliminated in sixth place on the final hand of the night.
The five finalists are now bagging up their chips for the overnight soak, set to return to action Wednesday at 12 p.m.
Ivan Luca – 565,000 (71 bb) David Peters – Eliminated
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 19
Jake Schindler opened to 21,000 second to act, and Ivan Luca defended his big blind.
The flop was , and Luca check-called a bet of 14,000 from Schindler. He check-called another 48,000 after the turn, and both players checked through the river.
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 19
Action folded around to the blinds, where Ivan Luca moved all in from the small and David Peters called off his last 100,000 chips to put himself at risk.
Luca: Peters:
The board ran out clean for Peters, coming to grant him a double-up.
David Peters – 206,000 (26 bb) Ivan Luca – 315,000 (30 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 14: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 19
After a long period of relative inactivity, things are suddenly happening quickly at the table. We missed Chance Kornuth’s elimination while we were writing a previous hand, but it looks like Nick Schulman was responsible for the knockout.
While that one was being posted, Schulman and Bryn Kenney tangled in another big pot. The board showed on the end, and Schulman bet 125,000 into a pot of about that much. Kenney eventually called, and Schulman showed him to win the pot.
Schulman is starting to open up a gap on the field, sitting with more than a third of the total chips in play.