$25,000 Big 4 High Roller $2,000,000Guarantee | Structure Level 6: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Total Entries: 100
The High Roller entry count hit 100 before the second break and we’re seeing players join from other events.
Kristen Bicknell is now seated next to Jason Mercier, she made the money but busted short of the final table in the $2,650 Big 4 event and Mercier went deep in Day 3 of the Championship. At another table, Shannon Shorr is grinding his High Roller stack after cashing the $2,650 Big 4 event as well.
$25,000 Big 4 High Roller $2,000,000 Guarantee | Structure Level 6: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Total Entries: 91
On a flop of , Almedin Imsirovic checked from under the gun and Jeff Gross moved all in for about 45,000. Imsirovic thought for little bit before reluctantly tossing in a call.
Gross showed and was in the lead against Imsirovic’s .
The turn was the and the river was the . Gross’ kings held up and he doubled up.
$25,000 Big 4 High Roller $2,000,000 Guarantee | Structure Level 5: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Total Entries: 88
Gal Yifrach raised to 4,000 from middle position and Cliff Josephy called from the cutoff. Scott Wright called on the button and Giuseppe Iadisernia called out of the small blind.
Chance Kornuth three-bet to 20,000 out of the big blind, which brought folds from Yifrach and Josephy. Wright and Iadisernia both called.
The flop was and Iadisernia checked. Kornuth bet 21,500, Wright folded and Iadisernia called.
The turn was the and Iadisernia checked. Kornuth moved all in for 67,500 and Iadisernia called after a couple minutes of thought.
Kornuth showed and was in need of an ace against Iadisernia’s .
The river was the and Iadisernia won the pot to eliminate Kornuth. Iadisernia is one of the biggest stacks in the room and carrying over the momentum from his third-place finish in the $50,000 Super High Roller event.
Giuseppe Iadisernia – 310,000 Chance Kornuth – Eliminated
$25,000 Big 4 High Roller $2,000,000 Guarantee | Structure Level 4: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Total Entries: 80
Anthony Zinno raised from early position and Jonathan Little called from middle position. Joey Weissman three-bet to 13,500 from the cutoff. Both Zinno and Little called.
The flop was and Zinno checked. So did Little and Weissman bet 13,000. Zinno called and Little folded.
The turn was the and Zinno checked. Weissman moved all in for 54,500 and Zinno went into the tank for a couple of minutes before calling.
Zinno showed and just needed to fade a 10 against Weissman’s [Jc.]
The river was the and Zinno won the pot with a pair of queens, eliminating Weissman.
Anthony Zinno – 190,000 Joey Weissman – Eliminated
$25,000 Big 4 High Roller $2,000,000 Guarantee | Structure Level 4: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Total Entries: 80
With entry number 80 this afternoon, the Big 4 High Roller officially hit its $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and it will continue climbing until registration closes at 7:30pm.
Anthony Zinno was one of the afternoon entries, taking time out on his birthday to grind the High Roller. Only a week ago, the three-time WPT champ (and former WPT Player of the Year) found himself at another WPT final table. Zinno went out in fifth place and was unable to match a record-typing fourth title.
$25,000 Big 4 High Roller $2,000,000 | Structure Level 4: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Total Entries: 78
Gal Yifrach raised to 3,500 from the cutoff and Joey Couden three-bet to 13,500 out of the small blind. Yifrach called and they were heads-up to a flop of .
Couden bet 8,500 and Yifrach called. The turn was the and Couden checked. Yifrach bet 18,500 and Couden moved all in for about 65,000. Yifrach snap-called.
Couden showed and was drawing dead against Yifrach’s .
The river was a meaningless and Couden hit the rail.