$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 102

Vikenty Shegal raised from the cutoff to 65,000, Ali Imsirovic reraised from the button to 150,000, and Anthony Hu tanked for a while before he moved all in from the small blind for about 1,000,000.

Shegal folded, and Imsirovic called with . Hu turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Imsirovic to win the pot and eliminate Anthony Hu in seventh place.

Ali Imsirovic  –  3,850,000  (128 bb)
Anthony Hu  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($85,660)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,700,000 (57 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $103,295 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 102

The final seven players return from break to begin Level 18, with increased blinds of 15,000-30,000 and a big blind ante of 30,000.

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,455,000 (49 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $85,660 each.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Stephen Song  –  430,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2.  Anton Wigg  –  635,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Martin Zamani  –  3,425,000  (114 bb)
Seat 4.  Vikenty Shegal  –  585,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Ali Imsirovic  –  2,760,000  (92 bb)
Seat 6.  Anthony Hu  –  1,000,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7.  Bryn Kenney  –  1,365,000  (46 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $695,355 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  $503,880
3rd:  $314,925
4th:  $216,670
5th:  $141,085
6th:  $103,295
7th:  $85,660

8th:  Adam Hendrix  –  $73,065
9th:  Gal Yifrach  –  $70,540

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 102

With the board showing on the turn and about 300K already in the pot, Ali Imsirovic checked the big blind, Martin Zamani bet 155,000 from the button, and Imsirovic check-raised to 500,000.

Zamani tanked for a while before he three-bet all in, and Imsirovic snap-folded, saying Zamani definitely had the best hand.

Zamani flashed one card — the for at least a pair of fives — as he took the pot.

Martin Zamani  –  3,400,000  (136 bb)
Ali Imsirovic  –  2,800,000  (112 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,455,000 (58 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $85,660 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 102

Ali Imsirovic min-raised from the cutoff to 50,000, Anthony Hu moved all in from the button for 315,000, and Bryn Kenney thought for a bit before he moved all in over the top from the small blind for about 1.25 million. Imsirovic quickly folded.

Hu turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Kenney’s .

The board came , and Hu spiked a king on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Anthony Hu  –  730,000  (29 bb)
Bryn Kenney  –  955,000  (38 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,455,000 (58 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $85,660 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 102

Stephen Song moved all in from the hijack for 400,000, Vikenty Shegal called from the small blind, and Ali Imsirovic folded face up in the big blind.

Song turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Shegal’s .

Imsirovic acknowledged the bad beat in terms of odds for Shegal that one of the nines is dead.

The board came , and Song paired his jack on the flop and rivered a Royal Flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Stephen Song briefly left the table after the hand to go to the rail and tell his father about the Royal Flush.

Stephen Song  –  850,000  (34 bb)
Vikenty Shegal  –  565,000  (23 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,455,000 (58 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $85,660 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 102

Vikenty Shegal completed the small blind to 25,000, Ali Imsirovic raised from the big blind to 70,000, and Shegal limp-raised all in for 795,000.

Imsirovic asked for an exact count and tanked for a while before he folded. Shegal took the pot.

Vikenty Shegal  –  890,000  (36 bb)
Ali Imsirovic  –  3,140,000  (126 bb)

A few hands later, Martin Zamani raised from the hijack to 65,000, and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Kenney checked, Zamani bet 85,000, and Kenney called.

The river card was the , Kenney checked, Zamani moved all in, and Kenney snap-called all in for 235,000 with for two pair, kings and fours.

Zamani turned over for a lower two pair, nines and deuces, and Kenney won the pot to double up in chips.

Bryn Kenney  –  810,000  (32 bb)
Martin Zamani  –  2,940,000  (118 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,455,000 (58 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $85,660 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 102

Martin Zamani raised UTG+1 to 90,000, Ali Imsirovic reraised from the hijack to 225,000, and Adam Hendrix moved all in from the cutoff for 745,000.

Zamani folded, and Imsirovic tanked for a while before he called with .

Hendrix turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Imsirovic paired his queen on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Hendrix in eighth place.

Ali Imsirovic  –  3,260,000  (130 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($73,065)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,455,000 (58 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $85,660 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 102

Martin Zamani and Gal Yifrach were heads up to a flop and Gal Yifrach checked from early position. Martin Zamani bet 500,000 and Yifrach thought for a few minutes before check-raising all in for 980,000. Zamani called with a snap.

Zamani:
Yifrach:

Zamani outflopped Yifrach with two pair aces and queens versus top pair/top kicker. The turn and river finished the board and Yifrach was eliminated in ninth place.

Martin Zamani – 3,340,000 (167 bb)
Gal Yifrach – Eliminated in 9th Place ($70,540)

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 102

Stephen Song moved all in from middle position for 155,000, Vikenty Shegal called from the button, and Ali Imsirovic reraised from the small blind to 375,000.

Shegal tanked for a while before he folded.

Song turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Imsirovic’s .

Adam Hendrix said that he folded an ace, and Song reacts in dismay that he’s facing a two-outer.

Half a beat later, there was an ace in the window as the dealer put out , giving Song the lead with a pair of aces, and a heart flush draw that weakened one of Imsirovic’s outs.

The reversal in fortune was so strong that Imsirovic could only laugh about it.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Song won the pot with his nine-high heart flush to triple up in chips.

Stephen Song  –  505,000  (25 bb)
Vikenty Shegal  –  960,000  (48 bb)
Ali Imsirovic  –  2,250,000  (113 bb)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,135,000 (57 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $70,540 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 102

The final nine players have returned and are ready to play down to a winner today. Here is the official lineup:

Seat 1.  Stephen Song  –  155,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2.  Gal Yifrach  –  1,150,000  (58 bb)
Seat 3.  Anton Wigg  –  1,380,000  (69 bb)
Seat 4.  Martin Zamani  –  2,200,000  (110 bb)
Seat 5.  Vikenty Shegal  –  1,115,000  (56 bb)
Seat 6.  Ali Imsirovic  –  2,455,000  (123 bb)
Seat 7.  Adam Hendrix  –  815,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8.  Anthony Hu  –  575,000  (29 bb)
Seat 9.  Bryn Kenney  –  400,000  (20 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $695,355 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  $503,880
3rd:  $314,925
4th:  $216,670
5th:  $141,085
6th:  $103,295
7th:  $85,660
8th:  $73,065
9th:  $70,540

Everyone is seated and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!