$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Entries: 67

Koray Aldemir opened the button to 7,000, and Dylan Linde three-bet to 21,000 in the small blind. From the big, Isaac Haxton four-bet shoved for 237,000 total. Aldemir quickly folded, but Linde tanked and called to put Haxton at risk.

Linde:
Haxton:

The flop was a disaster for Haxton, giving Linde a big lead with two to come. The turn made things interesting, but the on the river was the wrong club for Haxton.

Linde made tens full of aces, eliminating Haxton and moving into the chip lead.

Dylan Linde – 695,000
Isaac Haxton – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Level 9 concluded, and the field was sent on a one-hour dinner break. Play resumes right around 7:30 p.m.

The board shows 65 entries so far, with late registration and re-entry open until about 9:45 p.m.

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Someone opened the pot with a raise in middle position, though it’s not clear who did it. Stefan Schillhabel three-bet in the hijack, Seth Davies four-bet in the cutoff, the raiser folded, and Schillhabel five-bet shoved for 234,600. Davies called, committing most of his own stack to put his opponent at risk.

Schillhabel:
Davies:

There was an ace on the flop, and the run-out gave Schillhabel a huge double-up with a pair of aces.

Stefan Schillhabel – 490,000
Seth Davies – 75,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Stefan Schillhabel opened the cutoff to 5,500, and Luke Brereton three-bet shoved for 48,000 in the big blind. Schillhabel called to put him at risk.

Schillhabel:
Brereton:

The jack-high flop was a disaster for Brereton, and the run-out sent him to the rail just before dinner.

Schillhabel won the pot with jacks up to earn the knockout.

Stefan Schillhabel – 245,000
Luke Brereton – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

After being eliminated a short while ago, Erik Seidel has returned to the field with a fresh starting stack of 100,000 chips.

Seidel is the United States’ all-time winningest tournament player with more than $33 million in career cashes. As such, he has an A+ rating from the Poker Credit Bureau.

Borrowed 30k, lender was very insistent I don’t pay him back till summer, even tho I want to pay this week. Poker world is a funny place

— Erik Seidel (@Erik_Seidel) January 22, 2018

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Justin Bonomo (big blind) was heads-up against Stephen Chidwick (button) after an flop. Both men put in 13,500 apiece there, though it’s not clear who led the action.

Joining live on the turn, Bonomo bet enough to set Chidwick all in. The Brit quickly called all in for 46,500 to put himself at risk.

Bonomo:
Chidwick:

Chidwick was ahead with an overpair, but Bonomo had outs to both a straight and a flush.

The river was the blank , though, and Chidwick doubled up with queens up.

Stephen Chidwick – 155,000
Justin Bonomo – 210,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 60

Isaac Haxton (hijack) and Elio Fox (button) were heads-up on the river of a board. There was 34,000 in the pot.

Haxton checked, and Fox set him all in for 24,700. After a couple minutes of squirming, Haxton shrugged and called to put himself at risk.

Fox showed , and Haxton couldn’t beat trip sevens. “That… is good,” he confirmed.

The dealer flashed Haxton’s as he departed, and Fox added the chips to his own stack.

Elio Fox – 105,000
Isaac Haxton – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 59

Justin Bonomo opened the button with a raise, and Jonathan Jaffe three-bet shoved for about 26,500 in the small blind. Bonomo called to put him at risk.

Bonomo:
Jaffe:

The board ran out , and Bonomo won the race with three kings.

Jaffe was eliminated.

Justin Bonomo – 190,000
Jonathan Jaffe – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 56

On the last hand before break, Stephen Chidwick opened the cutoff to 2,700, and Isaac Haxton three-bet to 8,000 on the button. Chidwick called.

The flop was . Chidwick checked, Haxton continued for 4,700, and Chidwick called.

The turn was the , and Chidwick checked again. Haxton bet another 12,000, but Chidwick check-raised all in for 30,500. Haxton immediately mucked, and surrendering the pot to Chidwick.

Stephen Chidwick – 70,500
Isaac Haxton – 40,500

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 56

Alexander Turyansky opened to 2,600 under the gun, and Grayson Ramage three-bet shoved for about 40,000 on the button. Turyansky called to put him at risk.

Turyansky:
Ramage:

There was a queen on the flop, and the run-out gave Turyansky the pot with top pair.

Ramage was eliminated.

Alexander Turyansky – 275,000
Grayson Ramage – Eliminated