$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Total Entries: 24

With the board complete and reading , Giuseppe Iadisernia checked from the hijack and Brian Green bet 17,000. Iadisernia check-raised to 50,000 and Green took his time to think it through. He had ~80,000 behind and thought for a minute before putting in the calling chips.

Iadisernia seemed reluctant to show and ended up tabling . Green quickly flipped over for top pair and the pot.

Brian Green – 206,000
Giuseppe Iadisernia – 93,000

The field jumped up another entry with the addition of Lazaro Hernandez.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Total Entries: 23

Cliff Josephy’s knockout was the only big action in Level 4 and now the blinds are going up. The entry count ticked up one with the addition of Jerry Wong.

Table 78
Seat 1: Chance Kornuth
Seat 2: Lawrence Greenberg
Seat 3: Jonathan Little
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Jerry Wong
Seat 6: Ankush Mandavia
Seat 7: Lance Steinberg
Seat 8: Barry Hutter

Table 79
Seat 1: Paul Domb
Seat 2: Olivier Busquet
Seat 3: Darren Elias
Seat 4: Marc MacDonnell
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Ajay Chabra
Seat 7: Seth Davies
Seat 8: Cliff Josephy
Seat 9:

Table 80
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Mark Fisher
Seat 3: Pablo Fernandez
Seat 4: Ari Engel
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 7: Sergi Reixach
Seat 8: Brian Green

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Total Entries: 22

With the board complete and reading , a small pot turned into a big one when Chance Kornuth put out a 100K bet. Enough to put Cliff Josephy at risk if he called. And he did.

Kornuth:
Josephy:

Josephy turned a Broadway straight but it was second best to Kornuth’s flopped flush.

Josephy was sent out, then bought right back into the High Roller. Jonathan Little took a seat along with Olivier Busquet taking another shot.

Chance Kornuth – 251,000
Cliff Josephy – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Total Entries: 20

High Roller players enjoyed their first break of the day and returned to the action. Lance Steinberg holds the biggest stack and Pablo Fernandez the shortest as Mark Fisher and Brian Green joined during the break.

Table 78
Seat 1: Chance Kornuth – 150,400
Seat 2: Lawrence Greenberg – 110,000
Seat 3: Cliff Josephy – 109,000
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Ankush Mandavia – 63,000
Seat 7: Lance Steinberg – 207,000
Seat 8: Barry Hutter – 91,900

Table 79
Seat 1: Paul Domb – 98,800
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Darren Elias – 111,000
Seat 4: Marc MacDonnell – 161,400
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Ajay Chabra – 121,100
Seat 7: Seth Davies – 101,700
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 80 –
Seat 1: — Empty — –
Seat 2: Mark Fisher – 100,000
Seat 3: Pablo Fernandez – 55,100
Seat 4: Ari Engel – 142,400
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia – 110,500
Seat 7: Sergi Reixach – 65,500
Seat 8: Brian Green – 100,000

By chip count:

Lance Steinberg – 207,000
Marc MacDonnell – 161,400
Chance Kornuth – 150,400
Ari Engel – 142,400
Ajay Chabra – 121,100
Darren Elias – 111,000
Giuseppe Iadisernia – 110,500
Lawrence Greenberg – 110,000
Cliff Josephy – 109,000
Seth Davies – 101,700
Mark Fisher – 100,000
Brian Green – 100,000
Paul Domb – 98,800
Barry Hutter – 91,900
Sergi Reixach – 65,500
Ankush Mandavia – 63,000
Pablo Fernandez – 55,100

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Total Entries: 19

While Paul Domb was being sent out on Table 78, Olivier Busquet and Chance Kornuth were in it on Table 80. Busquet’s chips went in with king/jack on a jack-high board against Kornuth’s open-ended straight draw. It hit on the river and Busquet was sent to the rail on the heels of Domb.

Domb hit the re-entry desk but we’re waiting to see if Busquet does the same.

Chance Kornuth – 190,000

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Total Entries: 18

In a subtly subdued hand, Paul Domb and Lance Steinberg didn’t get all the chips mixed up until the board was complete.

A river ace gave Domb a wheel but it made a Broadway straight for Steinberg to send Domb out early.

Lance Steinberg – 185,000

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Total Entries: 18

Two fresh faces took seats in the High Roller. Ari Engel won his entry via a satellite the night before the series but was probably hoping he didn’t cash it in. Engel made Day 2 of the Championship but it clearly did not end the way he wished.

Alex Foxen was the latest to jump in the game and the field is filling.

Table 78
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Marc MacDonnell
Seat 3: Cliff Josephy
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Paul Domb
Seat 6: Ankush Mandavia
Seat 7: Lance Steinberg
Seat 8: Barry Hutter

Table 79
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Chance Kornuth
Seat 3: Darren Elias
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Oliver Busquet
Seat 6: Ajay Chabra
Seat 7: Seth Davies
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 80
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Pablo Fernandez
Seat 4: Ari Engel
Seat 5: Lawrence Greenberg
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 7: Sergi Reixach
Seat 8: — Empty —

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Total Entries: 16

The entry count clicked up to 15 entries to trigger a three-table redraw to balance the field. We are still awaiting two players who entered the High Roller but waiting to take a seat.

Table 78
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Marc MacDonnell
Seat 3: Cliff Josephy
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Paul Domb
Seat 6: Ankush Mandavia
Seat 7: Lance Steinberg
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 79
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Chance Kornuth
Seat 3: Darren Elias
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Oliver Busquet
Seat 6: Ajay Chabra
Seat 7: Seth Davies
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 80
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Pablo Fernandez
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Lawrence Greenberg
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 7: Sergi Reixach
Seat 8: — Empty —

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Total Entries: 14

Paul Domb opened the action from under the gun and Lance Steinberg three-bet to 7,100 from the button. Chance Kornuth defended in the big blind and Domb came along to the flop.

Kornuth and Domb checked, Steinberg continued for 8,000 and only Kornuth stuck around. Kornuth check/called another 16,000 from Steinberg after the turn and both checked the river.

“I only have a jack,” Kornuth said as he tabled . His paired jack was outkicked by Steinberg’s and it was the first big(ish) pot of the tournament.

Lance Steinberg – 130,000
Chance Kornuth – 73,000

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Total Entries: 12

The High Roller is underway and the clock is ticking. We have 12 players in the game at the start with more expect with the traditional late registration of some.

Chance Kornuth, Olivier Busquet, Ankush Mandavia, Pablo Fernandez, Cliff Josephy, and Seth Davies were in their seats at the start and we will see who else takes a seat.