$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 45

Down to 10,000, Darren Elias was able to quadruple his stack to 40,000 before getting it in from under the gun with against Jason Mercier in the small blind with .

The final board read , not enough help to Elias, locking up the pot for Mercier.

Jason Mercier – 430,000 (43 bb)
Darren Elias – Eliminated

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 45

Robert Heidorn was all in for 216,000 from the big blind against Darren Elias on the button.

Heidorn:
Elias:

The board ran out , safe for Heidorn to double up.

Robert Heidorn – 447,000 (45 bb)
Darren Elias – 10,000 (1 bb)

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 45

Table 80
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Andjelko Andrejevic – 315,000 (32 bb)
Seat 3: Anton Wigg – 510,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: Brock Wilson – 725,000 (73 bb)
Seat 5: Lazaro Hernandez – 990,000 (99 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Jerry Robinson – 143,000 (14 bb)

Table 90
Seat 1: Anthony Zinno – 460,000 (46 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Mercier – 410,000 (41 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Bryn Kenney – 159,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: Darren Elias – 236,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Scott Margereron – 307,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Robert Heidorn – 235,000 (24 bb)

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 45

Anthony Zinno raised to effectively 203,000 from the small blind and Jason Mercier called all in from the big blind.

Zinno:
Mercier:

The board ran out , safe for Mercier to double up.

Jason Mercier – 414,000 (52 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 483,000 (60 bb)

Recently eliminated was Rainer Kempe.

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 45

Anton Wigg raised from the small blind and James Romero called from the big blind.

The flop was , Wigg continued for 13,000, Romero raised to 27,000 and Wigg called.

The turn was the , Wigg checked, Romero bet 14,000 and Wigg called.

The river was the , Wigg checked, Romero shoved for 86,000 and Wigg called.

Romero showed , while Wigg tabled for queens and eights to score the elimination.

Anton Wigg – 310,000 (52 bb)
James Romero – Eliminated

Shortly thereafter, Franklin Fok was also eliminated.

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 45

Scott Margereson raised all in from the small blind and Manig Loeser called all in for roughly 45,000 from the big blind.

Margereson:
Loeser:

The board came down , giving Margereson trip queens to eliminate Loeser.

Scott Margereson – 166,000 (28 bb)
Manig Loeser – Eliminated

Shortly thereafter, a short-stacked Sean Winter was also eliminated.

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 45

Sean Winter raised to 10,000 from middle position, Darren Elias three-bet to 32,000 from the cutoff, Winter four-bet to about 150,000, Elias five-bet all in for 189,000 and Winter called.

Winter:
Elias:

The board ran out , safe for Elias to double up.

Darren Elias – 391,000 (78 bb)
Sean Winter – 40,000 (8 bb)

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 45

The prize pool and payouts have been calculated and the RRPO High Roller drew 45 entries to create a prize pool worth $1,111,500. The tournament will pay out the last seven spots with $400,135 awaiting the High Roller Champion.

2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 23
$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 45
Prize Pool: $1,111,500
December 2-3, 2019

1st: $400,135 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $255,645
3rd: $161,170
4th: $111,150
5th: $77,805
6th: $61,135
7th: $44,460

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  45

The High Roller is back underway after the dinner break and we had five more jump in during that time. Two of them, Manig Loeser and Scott Margereson, bought in at the very last moment after they finished first and third place in the $5,000 tournament.

Giuseppe Iadisernia, Rainer Kempe, and Jack Salter were the other three to create three six-handed tables.

Table 80
Seat 1: Rainer Kempe – 100,000 (20 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Anton Wigg – 371,000 (74 bb)
Seat 4: James Romero – 428,000 (86 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Brock Wilson – 205,000 (41 bb)
Seat 7: Franklin Fok – 153,000 (31 bb)
Seat 8: Jerry Robinson – 134,000 (27 bb)

Table 89
Seat 1: Giuseppe Iadisernia – 100,000 (20 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Andy Andrejevic – 399,000 (80 bb)
Seat 4: Jason Mercier – 198,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Jack Salter – 100,000 (20 bb)
Seat 7: Bryn Kenney – 554,000 (111 bb)
Seat 8: Lazaro Hernandez – 642,000 (128 bb)

Table 90
Seat 1: Anthony Zinno – 334,000 (67 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Sean Winter – 257,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Darren Elias – 202,000 (40 bb)
Seat 6: Scott Margerseon – 100,000 (20 bb)
Seat 7: Manig Loeser – 100,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8: Robert Heidorn – 146,000 (29 bb)

$25,500 RRPO High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  41

Halfway through the dinner break, the 41st entry went in the High Roller to push the prize pool over $1,000,000. We will have to wait until 45 minutes to find out who it is.

Lazaro Hernandez will be the chip leader at the restart with Bryn Kenney in second place. Erik Seidel was part of the tournament until the very last hand before dinner, perhaps he is number 41.

Table 80
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Jason Mercier – 198,000 (40 bb)
Seat 3: Sean Winter – 257,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: Bryn Kenney – 554,000 (111 bb)
Seat 5: James Romero – 428,000 (86 bb)
Seat 6: Franklin Fok – 153,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Andy Andrejevic – 399,000 (80 bb)
Seat 8: Robert Heidorn – 146,000 (29 bb)

Table 90
Seat 1: Lazaro Hernandez – 642,000 (128 bb)
Seat 2: Jerry Robinson – 134,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Anthony Zinno – 334,000 (67 bb)
Seat 4: Brock Wilson – 205,000 (41 bb)
Seat 5: Darren Elias – 202,000 (40 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Anton Wigg – 371,000 (74 bb)