$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 99

The nine remaining High Rollers are in their final seats of the tournament with Joe McKeehen leading and Ben Yu short-stacked.

Seat 1: Aaron Mermelstein – 1,020,000 (20 bb)
Seat 2: Joe McKeehen – 1,950,000 (39 bb)
Seat 3: Alex Foxen – 1,895,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: Ben Yu – 295,000 (6 bb)
Seat 5: Shannon Shorr – 890,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6: James Calderaro – 1,350,000 (27 bb)
Seat 7: Brandon Adams – 1,100,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Niall Farrell – 1,200,000 (24 bb)
Seat 9: Alan Schein – 260,000 (5 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $674,895
2nd: $489,060
3rd: $305,665
4th: $210,295
5th: $136,935
6th: $100,255
7th: $83,140
8th: $70,915
9th: $68,470

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 99

Joe McKeehen was on the button, Sean Winter in the small blind, and Winter was at risk for his last 690,000.

Winter:
McKeehen:

Winter was dominated for his double but took the lead on the flop. The turn flipped the lead and Winter went out on the final table bubble after the river.

Tournament staff paused the clock and redrew seats for the final table. Levels are now 60-minutes long.

Joe McKeehen – 1,950,000 (49 bb)
Sean Winter – Eliminated in 10th Place ($66,025)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

It folded around to Brandon Adams on the button and he open-shoved for 570,000. Shannon Shorr folded his small blind and Ben Yu quickly called in the big.

Yu:
Adams:

Adams was live for a double, picked up flush draw on the flop, and it filled on the turn. The river was to double Adams and leave Yu short.

Ben Yu – 220,000 (6 bb)
Brandon Adams – 1,200,000 (30 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

In a battle of the blinds, Aaron Mermelstein ended up with his 645,000 stack in the middle from the big blind against Sean Winter in the small.

Mermelstein:
Winter:

Mermelstein was in command and the runout sent him a double.

Aaron Mermelstein – 1,310,000 (33 bb)
Sean Winter – 1,075,000 (27 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

Alex Foxen opened to 90,000 and Shannon Shorr defended his big blind to the flop. Shorr bet 115,000 and Foxen called before the turn.

Shorr checked, Foxen bet 165,000 and Shorr called. The river was and Shorr checked once again. After two minutes and a peek at Shorr’s stack, Foxen announced all in. It looked like Shorr thought about calling for a moment but mucked the big pot to Foxen.

Alex Foxen – 1,700,000 (43 bb)
Shannon Shorr – 850,000 (21 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

Table 86
Seat 1: Niall Farrell – 585,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Alan Schein – 675,000 (17 bb)
Seat 4: Joe McKeehen – 765,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5: Sean Winter – 1,555,000 (39 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Aaron Mermelstein – 925,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 89
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Brandon Adams – 315,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4: Shannon Shorr – 1,285,000 (32 bb)
Seat 5: Ben Yu – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: James Calderaro – 1,185,000 (30 bb)
Seat 8: Alex Foxen – 1,305,000 (33 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $674,895
2nd: $489,060
3rd: $305,665
4th: $210,295
5th: $136,935
6th: $100,255
7th: $83,140
8th: $70,915
9th: $68,470
10th: $66,025

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

Niall Farrell opened to 60,000 from the button and Alan Schein called in the small blind. Joe McKeehen moved all in from the big for 345,000, Farrell called, and Schein folded.

McKeehen:
Farrell:

McKeehen to win the race to double and hit the flop. The board finish turn and river to send the pot to McKeehen.

Joe McKeehen – 750,000 (25 bb)
Niall Farrell – 600,000 (20 bb)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 99

Action folded to Shannon Shorr on the button and he opened to 65,000. Ben Yu folded his small blind and Andjelko Andrejevic shipped in for ~150,000 to get a call from Shorr.

Andrejevic:
Shorr:

Andrejevic was dominated and found no help as the dealer spread the board to send him out in 11th place.

Shannon Shorr – 975,000 (33 bb)
Andjelko Andrejevic – Eliminated in 11th Place ($63,580)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 99

Action folded to Sam Soverel in the cutoff and he moved all in for ~425,000. Joe McKeehen called in the small blind and Sean Winter reshipped for slightly more. McKeehen called with a chance for the double KO.

McKeehen:
Winter:
Soverel:

Winter’s monster had him in great shape and Soverel needed a lot of help to stick around. The board ran to send Winter the huge pot, knock Soverel out in 12th place, and put McKeehen near the felt.

Winter was down to three big blinds an hour ago but sitting pretty now.

Sean Winter – 1,350,000 (45 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 390,000 (13 bb)
Sam Soverel – Eliminated in 12th Place ($61,135)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 99

There were big hands running simultaneously at each table, both resulting in a double. On one side, Brandon Adams open-shoved for 160,000 from the small blind and Shannon Shorr called in the big.

Shorr:
Adams:

Shorr was ahead but Adams has two live, suited cards to double. The flop changed nothing but Adams took the lead on the turn. The board finished with the river to send our defending champ a double.

Niall Farrell – 480,000 (19 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 890,000 (36 bb)

Next door, Niall Farrell moved all in for 220,000, it folded to Joe McKeehen in the big blind and he called.

McKeehen:
Farrell:

Farrell was ahead and never had a sweat as the board ran for his double up.

Brandon Adams – 345,000 (14 bb)
Shannon Shorr – 970,000 (39 bb)