$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Entries: 33

Rainer Kempe was one of the players we expected to see in the Super High Roller and he is with us now, pushing the entry count up to 33. In a very nice run in the past, Kempe had back-to-back third-place Super High Roller finishes during the 2017 Poker Showdown and Poker Open.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Ali Imsirovic eliminated defending champ Elio Fox to move up to 483,000. Fox took a short walk, bought back in, and is playing his final bullet in the Super High Roller.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries: 31

With 11,000 in the pot and the flop reading , Tom Marchese moved all in for his last 15,500 and Jake Schindler called from the cutoff.

Schindler:
Marchese:

Schindler was ahead with his pair of sevens but needed to dodge the club draw and overs to knock out the dangerous Marchese. The turn changed nothing and Marchese was sent out of the Super High Roller after the .

Jake Schindler – 65,000 (33 bb)
Tom Marchese – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries: 29

Brandon Adam bought into the Super High Roller after the first break and he was entrant number 29. That gives us another record this series and this is now the biggest Super High Roller in our history with there’s plenty of time to run it up. The previous high was set in 2018 during the WPT Poker Showdown

Adams comes in as one of our former High Roller champions. He won the $25K High Roller during the 2018 Poker Showdown for $370,000.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries: 28

Two hours are down in the Super High Roller and the players are now on a 15-minute break.  Registration remains open until 8:30 pm so we expect to see a few more players join.

Ali Imsirovic leads the field with 272,500 followed by Erik Seidel (242,500) and Sam Soverel (240,000).

Table 1
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Darren Elias – 98,000 (49 bb)
Seat 3: Andy Andrejevic – 170,000 (85 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Sean Winter – 139,000 (70 bb)
Seat 6: Jeremy Ausmus – 158,000 (79 bb)
Seat 7: Ian O’Hara – 136,000 (68 bb)
Seat 8: Chris Hunichen – 150,000 (75 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: Joe McKeehen – 153,000 (77 bb)
Seat 2: Tom Marchese – 62,500 (31 bb)
Seat 3: Ali Imsirovic – 272,500 (136 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Elio Fox – 48,000 (24 bb)
Seat 7: Jake Schindler – 48,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: Erik Seidel – 242,500 (121 bb)

Table 3
Seat 1: Jonathan Jaffe – 90,000 (45 bb)
Seat 2: Sam Soverel – 240,000 (120 bb)
Seat 3: Steven Veneziano – 95,000 (48 bb)
Seat 4: Albert Daher – 145,000 (73 bb)
Seat 5: Ben Yu – 175,000 (88 bb)
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia – 85,000 (43 bb)
Seat 7: Franklin Fok – 140,000 (70 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 4
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Matt Wantman – 79,500 (40 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Nathan Horton – 227,500 (114 bb)
Seat 5: Chris Arcidiacono – 53,500 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Sam Sweilem – 203,500 (102 bb)
Seat 7: Tom Boivin – 207,500 (104 bb)
Seat 8: Jason Mercier – 77,500 (39 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries: 28

The entry count clicked up two more spots when Albert Daher and Giuseppe Iadisernia joined the fray. A few seats were moved around while Matt Wantman and Jason Mercier had a tiny tangle.

With the board reading , Mercier checked and Wantman moved all in for 63,000. Mercier sat back in his seat and thought it over for several moments. In a $50,000 buy-in tournament, the other players give a little slack to others making a decision. After a few minutes, Mercier slid his cards to the dealer.

Wantman is almost back up to a starting stack while Mercier is half of that.

Matt Wantman – 123,000 (82 bb)
Jason Mercier – 64,500 (43 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries: 25

Elio Fox and Ben Yu entered the Super High Roller which prompted another complete redraw to four tables. They shuffled seats and action is back underway.

In any way you look at it, Elio Fox is the defending champ. Whether you go year-after-year or back-to-back, he’s the guy. Fox won the $50,000 Super High Roller last year during the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and followed that up with a Super High Roller win a few months ago during the Poker Showdown.

Table 1
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Darren Elias
Seat 3: Andy Andrejevic
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Sean Winter
Seat 6: Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 7: Ian O’Hara
Seat 8: Chris Hunichen

Table 2
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Tom Marchese
Seat 3: Ali Imsirovic
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 6: Elio Fox
Seat 7: Jake Schindler
Seat 8: Erik Seidel

Table 3
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Sam Soverel
Seat 3: Steven Veneziano
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Ben Yu
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Franklin Fok
Seat 8: Nathan Horton

Table 4
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Matt Wantman
Seat 3: Byron Kaverman
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Chris Arcidiacono
Seat 6: Sam Sweilem
Seat 7: Tom Boivin
Seat 8: Jason Mercier

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries: 21

With the 21st entry, the Super High Roller prize pool climbed over $1,000,000 and it will continue to move up with several confirmed players waiting for a few levels before joining.

Erik Seidel was the latest player to enter and he’s at Table 1 seat 1. Unfortunately for Sean Winter, he recently vacated that spot.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 20

We had 13 players at the start and that number quickly jumped to 20. That required the two tables running to redraw seats to split the field to three tables.

Recent additions include Sean Winter, Ali Imsirovic, Andy Andrejevic, and Jonathan Jaffe.

We have three players here via satellite and they are in the big game. Chris Arcidiacono won his way here by going from “Splash the Pot” promotion winner to a step satellite to a super high roller satellite to his seat today.

Last night we ran a $5,100 satellite with one seat guaranteed and it generated two seats by the time registration closed. Steven Veneziano and WPT Championship Club member Matt Wantman earned those seats.

Table 1
Seat 1: Sean Winter
Seat 2: Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 3: Chris Arcidiacono
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Tom Marchese
Seat 6: Byron Kaverman
Seat 7: Sam Sweilem
Seat 8: Ali Imsirovic

Table 2
Seat 1: Chris Hunichen
Seat 2: Franklin Fok
Seat 3: Steven Veneziano
Seat 4: Jake Schindler
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Nathan Horton
Seat 7: Matt Wantman
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 3
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Tom Boivin
Seat 3: Darren Elias
Seat 4: Joe McKeehen
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara
Seat 6: Sam Soverel
Seat 7: Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 8: Andy Andrejevic

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 13

It’s a fantastic start to the Super High Roller with 13 entries in the tournament at the start. Cards are in the air and action is underway.

Table 1
Seat 1: Sam Sweilem
Seat 2: Ian O’Hara
Seat 3: Steven Veneziano
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Byron Kaverman
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Sam Soverel
Seat 8: Franklin Fok

Table 2
Seat 1: Darren Elias
Seat 2: Chris Hunichen
Seat 3: Tom Marchese
Seat 4: Tom Boivin
Seat 5: Matt Wantman
Seat 6: Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 7: Chris Arcidiacono
Seat 8: — Empty —