High Roller: Brandon Adams Versus Ajay Chabra

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 40

Ajay Chabra opened to 35,000 from the button and Brandon Adams three-bet to 95,000 from the small blind. Pablo Fernandez folded his big blind and Chabra called to the QhJs4s flop.

Adams bet 110,000 and Chabra called. The turn came 8s and Adams bet another 140,000. This time Chabra through better of it and released his hand while Adams increased his chip lead.

Brandon Adams – 2,600,000 (173 bb)
Ajay Chabra – 450,000 (30 bb)

High Roller: Brandon Adams vs Barry Hutter

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Level 17: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 40

Brandon Adams opened the button to 35,000 and Barry Hutter called from the big blind.

The flop came Ac10s6d, Hutter checked and Adams bet 45,000. Hutter called. Both players checked the 4s on the turn.

The river brought the 5s, Hutter bet 60,000, and Adams put Hutter all in for his last 270,000. Hutter thought for a while before letting it go.

Brandon Adams – 2,500,000 (167 bb)
Barry Hutter – 270,000 (18 bb)

High Roller: Darren Elias – 5th Place ($75,000)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
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Level 17: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 40

Darren Elias

Darren Elias could not get any traction this afternoon and was down to 71,000 soon after the break. He moved all in after Brandon Adams opened to 40,000 and he was good shape preflop.

Adams: QcJd
Elias: Ad4d

Elias was ahead for the double and faded Adams’ two live cards on the Th8s7s flop. Adams added an open-ended straight draw on the Kd turn but it was the paired Qs river that sent the three-time WPT champ out in fifth place.

Brandon Adams – 2,200,000 (147 bb)
Darren Elias – Eliminated in 5th place ($75,000)

High Roller: Break Time Counts

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Level 17: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 40

The five remaining players took a 10-minute break and cards are back in their air. Brandon Adams extended his lead with Darren Elias the shortest stack of the five.

Seat 1: Barry Hutter – 518,000 (35 bb)
Seat 2: Ajay Chabra – 579,000 (39 bb)
Seat 4: Brandon Adams – 2,100,000 (140 bb)
Seat 5: Pablo Fernandez – 425,000 (28 bb)
Seat 7: Darren Elias – 271,000 (18 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $370,000
2nd: $240,000
3rd: $150,000
4th: $105,000
5th: $75,000

High Roller: Shaun Deeb – 6th Place ($60,000)

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Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 40

Shaun Deeb

Action folded to Shaun Deeb in the small blind and he moved all in for 167,000. Brandon Adams thought for a minute and called to put Deeb at risk.

Deeb: 6c6h
Adams: Ad2d

Deeb was ahead for the double but Adams made trip deuces on the 9s2c2h flop. Deeb got out of his seat but it came back around for him on the 6s turn to give him a boat. Deeb sat back down but could not fade the river one outer when the 2s shocked the table to exit in sixth place.

Brandon Adams – 2,100,000 (175 bb)
Shaun Deeb – Eliminated in 6th place ($60,000)

High Roller: Pablo Fernandez vs Brandon Adams

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Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 40

Brandon Adams completed his small blind and Pablo Fernandez checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came Ac10h9c, Adams bet 22,000 and Fernandez called.

Both players checked the 7c on the turn. The river brought the 10c, Adams bet 60,000 and Fernandez called.

Adams tabled 6h3d and Fernandez showed the winning Qc9d flush.

Pablo Fernandez – 600,000 (60 bb)
Brandon Adams – 1,440,000 (140 bb)

High Roller: Barry Hutter Doubles Through Pablo Fernandez

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Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 40

Barry Hutter

Pablo Fernandez opened to 20,000 from the button and Barry Hutter called from the big blind to the Kc8s5d flop. Hutter checked, Fernandez bet 20,000 and Hutter check/raised to 55,000.

Fernandez called and the turn came Qs. Hutter led for 70,000 and Fernandez called to the river 4d. Hutter moved all in for 125,000 and Fernandez thought for a minute before he called.

Hutter: 7s6c
Fernandez: KdTc

Hutter took the pot with his eight-high straight besting top pair kings for the double.

Barry Hutter – 650,000 (65 bb)
Pablo Fernandez – 855,000 (86 bb)

High Roller: Pablo Fernandez Versus Brandon Adams

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Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 40

Brandon Adams opened to 30,000 from the small blind and Pablo Fernandez defended in the big to the Jd9c5c flop. Adams bet 55,000 and Fernandez called to see the Jc turn.

Adams bet out 130,000, Fernandez called and they both checked the 2s river.

Adams tabled Ac3h but Fernandez was better with jacks up Qs9c for the pot.

Pablo Fernandez – 1,100,00 (110 bb)
Brandon Adams – 1,620,000 (162 bb)

High Roller: Larry Greenberg Eliminated by Brandon Adams

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
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Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 40

Larry Greenberg

Larry Greenberg was the shortest stack coming back to the final table, tried one shove that made it through earlier, then watched Pablo Fernandez fade the bubble with a two-out river. After that hand, he was all in for his final 230,000 against Brandon Adams and in good shape.

Adams: AcQd
Greenberg: AsKs

Greenberg’s fate changed on the QcQhJh flop and he went out on the money bubble after the Ad turn and 9s river.

Brandon Adams – 1,750,000 (175 bb)
Larry Greenberg – Eliminated

High Roller: Pablo Fernandez Doubles Through Ajay Chabra

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Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 40

Pablo Fernandez opened to 20,000 and Ajay Chabra three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind. Fernandez moved all in for 386,000 and Chabra quickly called.

Chabra: TdTs
Fernandez: QsQh

Fernandez was in line for a double but Chabra flopped a set on the KdTh7c board. Fernandez had two game-saving outs after the 7d turn and it showed up on the Qc river for his double.

Pablo Fernandez – 792,000 (79 bb)
Ajay Chabra – 520,000 (52 bb)