$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 25
Dan Shak raised under the gun to 30,000, Giuseppe Iadisernia called from the button, and Ali Imsirovic moved all in from the big blind for 149,000. Shak called, and Iadisernia thought for a while before he folded.
Imsirovic turned over , and Shak showed . Imsirovic needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came — Shak flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Imsirovic won the pot with his pocket sevens to double up in chips.
Ali Imsirovic – 346,000 (29 bb) Dan Shak – 590,000 (49 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 25
Dan Shak raised to 30,000, Chris Hunichen moved all in for 97,000, and Shak called with . Hunichen turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came — Shak flopped a set of jacks, the board picked up a gutshot straight draw for a possible chop, but the river card was a blank. Shak won the pot with his set to eliminate Hunichen in fifth place.
Dan Shak – 660,000 (55 bb) Chris Hunichen – Eliminated in 5th Place ($100,000)
Here are the approximate chip stacks for the final four players, followed by the prizepool:
Seat 1. Ali Imsirovic – 830,000 (69 bb) Seat 2. Dan Shak – 660,000 (55 bb) Seat 4. Giuseppe Iadisernia – 820,000 (68 bb) Seat 5. Elio Fox – 190,000 (16 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 14: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 25
Dan Shak raised under the gun to 25,000, and Chris Hunichen called from the cutoff.
Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Shak bet 30,000, and Hunichen called.
The river card was the , Shak bet 80,000, and Hunichen thought for a while before betting enough to put Shak all in.
Shak quickly called all in for 202,000, saying they might have the same hand. Hunichen said, “Not if you have the nuts.”
Shak showed for the nuts — a king-high straight. Hunichen turned over for two pair, and Shak won the pot to double up in chips.
Dan Shak – 539,000 (54 bb) Chris Hunichen – 135,000 (14 bb)
Before that hand, Hunichen was telling the table the story of how he won his seat in the satellite here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Late in the satellite, James Calderero had the chip lead, and Hunichen was second in chips. Calderaro raised preflop, and Hunichen called with pocket queens, saying he’d normally reraise in the spot, but he didn’t see the need to play a big pot against the only player who could bust him.
The flop came , and one of the other players slammed the table and said something like, “Y’all are lucky I folded,” which seemed like a pretty good tell that he had folded a nine. Calderaro and Hunichen both checked. The turn card was a , and they checked again.
The river card was a , giving Hunichen top full house. He bet, and Calderaro shoved with pocket jacks. Ouch. That gave Hunichen a huge chip lead, and he went on to win his seat into this event.
Here are the updated chip counts, followed by the payouts:
Seat 1. Ali Imsirovic – 350,000 (35 bb) Seat 2. Dan Shak – 539,000 (54 bb) Seat 3. Chris Hunichen – 135,000 (14 bb) Seat 4. Giuseppe Iadisernia – 550,000 (55 bb) Seat 5. Elio Fox – 925,000 (93 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 14: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 25
The action has been relatively light during Level 13, but in the final few minutes, Giuseppe Iadisernia limped UTG+1 for 8,000, Sam Soverel moved all in from the small blind for 153,000, and Iadisernia asked for an exact count and thought for a bit before he called with .
Soverel’s eyes got wide when he saw the ace-king, and he sheepishly turned over . Soverel needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and Iadisernia was ahead the entire way, winning with an ace-high flush on the river to eliminate Soverel in seventh place.
Giuseppe Iadisernia – 465,000 (58 bb) Sam Soverel – Eliminated
Level 13 came to an end, and Level 14 began with increased blinds of 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big-blind ante. Here are their updated chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool:
Seat 1. Ali Imsirovic – 380,000 (38 bb) Seat 2. Bryn Kenney – 210,000 (21 bb) Seat 4. Dan Shak – 215,000 (22 bb) Seat 5. Chris Hunichen – 303,000 (30 bb) Seat 6. Giuseppe Iadisernia – 465,000 (47 bb) Seat 7. Elio Fox – 875,000 (88 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 13: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 25
In the last hand before the break, Taylor Black raised from the hijack, and Elio Fox called from the big blind.
The flop came , Fox checked, Black bet, and Fox called. The turn card was the , Fox checked, Black bet, and Fox called.
The river card paired the board with the , Fox checked, and Black moved all in for about 90,000.
Fox called with for trip deuces, and Black turned over for an ace-high bluff (missed his flush and straight draws). Black is eliminated in eighth place as Fox catapults to a huge chip lead, with more than twice as many chips as anyone else.
Elio Fox – 890,000 (111 bb) Taylor Black – Eliminated
That was the last hand of Level 12, so the players took a 15-minute break before the blinds increase to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big-blind ante. Here are the official chip counts from the break:
Seat 1. Ali Imsirovic – 221,000 (28 bb) Seat 2. Bryn Kenney – 282,000 (35 bb) Seat 3. Sam Soverel – 245,000 (31 bb) Seat 4. Dan Shak – 224,000 (28 bb) Seat 5. Chris Hunichen – 377,000 (47 bb) Seat 6. Giuseppe Iadisernia – 262,000 (33 bb) Seat 7. Elio Fox – 890,000 (111 bb)
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 12: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 25
Ian O’Hara moved all in under the gun for 73,000, and Sam Soverel called UTG+1 with . O’Hara turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and Soverel flopped two pair to win the pot and eliminate O’Hara in ninth place.
Sam Soverel – 380,000 (63 bb) Ian O’Hara – Eliminated
A short while later, Giuseppe Iadisernia got it all in from the hijack for 137,000 with , needing to improve to stay alive against the of Sam Soverel in the big blind.
The board came , and Iadisernia paired his ten on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.
Giuseppe Iadisernia – 283,000 (47 bb) Sam Soverel – 230,000 (38 bb)
The final five players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $100,000 each, while first prize is $500,000.