$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 11:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  57 of 145

Jason Mercer was all in from the hijack for 81,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Derek Gregory in the cutoff.

The board came , and the entire table reacted as Gregory flopped queens for the stone cold nuts to win the pot. Mercier was eliminated from the tournament.

Derek Gregory  –  180,000  (30 bb)
Jason Mercier  –  Eliminated

With 57 players remaining from a field of 145, the average chip stack is about 254,000 (42 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 145

T.K. Miles moved all in from the hijack for 48,000, Sam Soverel called from the cutoff, and Lee Markholt tanked for a while on the button before he moved all in over the top for 113,000.

Soverel asked for an exact count, and with 68K behind in his own stack, Soverel had Markholt covered by just 3K. Soverel tanked for a while before he folded.

Miles showed , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Markholt’s .

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Miles to win the pot and triple up in chips.

T.K. Miles  –  157,000  (31 bb)
Sam Soverel  –  68,000  (14 bb)
Lee Markholt  –  65,000  (13 bb)

With 64 players remaining from a field of 145, the average chip stack is about 227,000 (45 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  145

Chris Hunichen moved all in from the hijack for 100,000, and Lanny Vaysman moved all in over the top from the cutoff with .

Hunichen turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Vaysman flopped a set of kings and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Hunichen from the tournament.

“That was a quick 25,000,” said Hunichen.

Lanny Vaysman  –  395,000  (79 bb)
Chris Hunichen  –  Eliminated

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  143

The players return from dinner to begin Level 10, with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  133

Level 9 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:05 pm EDT.

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 375K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Ray Qartomy  –  694,000  (139 bb)
2.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  520,000  (104 bb)
3.  Byron Kaverman  –  500,000  (100 bb)
4.  Isaac Baron  –  462,000  (92 bb)
5.  Andjelko Andrejevic  –  445,000  (89 bb)
6.  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  399,000  (80 bb)
7.  Aaron Van Blarcum  –  377,000  (75 bb)
8.  Ali Imsirovic  –  376,000  (75 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  131

James Carroll moved all in for about 70,000, Nipun Java moved all in over the top, and Will Failla calls all in for 120,000.

Nipun Java:  
Will Failla:  
James Carroll:  

The board came , and Failla turned a full house, queens full of sixes, to scoop the entire pot, doubling thru Java and eliminating Carroll.

Will Failla  –  315,000  (63 bb)
Nipun Java  –  50,000  (10 bb)
James Carroll  –  Eliminated

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  127

With the board showing on the turn and a little more than 100K already in the pot, James Romero moved all in from the small blind for about 155,000.

Chad Eveslage tanked for a while on the button before calling all in for 136,500 with for a pair of queens. Romero turned over for an open-ended straight draw with one overcard, and Eveslage needed his pair to hold to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Eveslage won the pot with his pair of queens to double up in chips.

Chad Eveslage  –  375,000  (94 bb)
James Romero  –  25,000  (6 bb)

Romero was eliminated a short while later.

James Romero  –  Eliminated

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 8:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Entries:  126

Ray Qartomy was fourth in chips at the break, and he’s nearly doubled his stack in the past hour to reach 586,500 (147 big blinds), and Giuseppe Iadisernia is the only other player above 400K — Iadisernia has about 535,000 (134 big blinds).

1.  Ray Qartomy  –  586,500  (147 bb)
2.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  535,000  (134 bb)

Joey Weissman raised from middle position to 9,000, Barry Hutter called from the cutoffoff, and Daniel Aharoni moved all in from the small blind for 50,500. Weissman called, and Hutter folded.

Aharoni turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Weissman’s .

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Weissman to win the pot and eliminate Aharoni.

Joey Weissman  –  315,000  (79 bb)
Daniel Aharoni  –  Eliminated

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 8:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Entries:  124

The 2021 Poker Showdown series has been setting records since day one and today is no different. The $25,500 High Roller entry count hit 124 in the midst of Level 8 to cement itself as the biggest field in our history, topping the 123 entries from the 2018 SHRPO Big 4 High Roller.

With registration open until the start of Level 10, they have plenty of time to run it up.

2021 Showdown (April) – 124 entries (late reg open till ~8:05 pm)
2018 SHRPO Big 4 (August) – 123 entries
2017 SHRPO Big 4 (August) – 117 entries
2017 Showdown (April) – 116 entries
2019 SHRPO Big 4 (August) – 115 entries

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 7:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  121

Late in the last level, with the final board showing in a multi-way pot, Aaron Van Blarcum moved all in, and William Stanford called with a five-high straight.

But Van Blarcum turned over to win the pot with a seven-high straight and double up in chips.

Aaron Van Blarcum  –  290,000  (97 bb)
William Stanford  –  10,000  (3 bb)

Shortly after this, Stanford moved all in preflop for a little less than 10,000, and he was up against Jesse Lonis (big blind) and Barry Hutter (UTG).

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Lonis bet 8,000, and Hutter folded.

Stanford turned over for a pair of aces with a gutshot straight draw, but he needed to improve to stay alive against Lonis’s (pair of aces, higher kicker, open-ended straight draw).

The river card was the , and Lonis won the pot with his seven kicker to eliminate Sanford.

Jesse Lonis  –  290,000
William Sanford  –  Eliminated

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 8:05 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:35 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.