$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 93

The RRPO $25K High Roller drew 93 entries, and eight return today to play out the final table. They are in the money and Ben Grise leads a talent crew that features some of the top players in the game.

They are each guaranteed at least $71,210 while the winner will take home $682,238.

Seat 1:  Anton Wigg  –  440,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2:  Adam Hendrix  –  740,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3:  –empty–
Seat 4:  Ali Turkan  –  780,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5:  Joe McKeehen  –  1,405,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6:  Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,500,000  (50 bb)
Seat 7:  Brian Altman  –  1,535,000  (51 bb)
Seat 8:  Timur Vardanian  –  1,155,000  (39 bb)
Seat 9:  Ben Grise  –  1,735,000  (58 bb)

1st:  $682,238 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $459,420
3rd:  $298,623
4th:  $204,442
5th:  $135,529
6th:  $101,072
7th:  $82,696
8th:  $71,210

9th:  Justin Zaki  –  $68,913
10th:  Shashi Ramakrishna  –  $66,616
11th:  Frank Lagodich  –  $64,319
12th:  Ethan Yau  –  $62,022

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 93

The final table begins Tuesday at 1 p.m. with 28:47 remaining in Level 16 and 90-minute levels the rest of the way.

Seat 1:  Anton Wigg  –  440,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2:  Adam Hendrix  –  740,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3:  –empty–
Seat 4:  Ali Turkan  –  780,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5:  Joe McKeehen  –  1,405,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6:  Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,500,000  (50 bb)
Seat 7:  Brian Altman  –  1,535,000  (51 bb)
Seat 8:  Timur Vardanian  –  1,155,000  (39 bb)
Seat 9:  Ben Grise  –  1,735,000  (58 bb)

1st:  $682,238 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $459,420
3rd:  $298,623
4th:  $204,442
5th:  $135,529
6th:  $101,072
7th:  $82,696
8th:  $71,210

9th:  Justin Zaki  –  $68,913
10th:  Shashi Ramakrishna  –  $66,616
11th:  Frank Lagodich  –  $64,319
12th:  Ethan Yau  –  $62,022

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 93

Joe McKeehen raised to 60,000 from the cutoff, Justin Zaki three-bet all in from the button for about 580,000, Brian Altman four-bet all in from the small blind, and McKeehen folded.

Zaki: 
Altman: 

The board came , no help to Zaki, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Brian Altman  –  1,535,000  (51 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($68,913)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 93

Anton Wigg opened to 60,000 from under the gun, Shashi Ramakrishna reraised all in for 460,000 from the button, Aleksejs Ponakovs reraised with a covering stack from the big blind, and Wigg folded.

Ramakrishna: 
Ponakovs: 

The board came , no help to Ramakrishna, ending his tournament in 10th place.

Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,500,000  (50 bb)
Sashi Ramakrishna  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($66,616)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 93

Frank Lagodich raised all in for about 180,000 from the hijack and got action from Aleksejs Ponakovs on the button with , leading Lagodich’s .

The board ran out , giving Ponakovs a set of nines and ending Lagodich’s tournament in 11th place.

Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  1,070,000  (43 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($64,319)

Recent Eliminations
12th:  Ethan Yau  –  $62,022

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 93

Ali Turkan raised all in with a covering stack in the small blind and Martin Stausholm called all in for about 350,000 in the big blind.

Stausholm: 
Turkan: 

The board ran out , no help to Stausholm after flopping a flush draw and turning a straight draw, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Ali Turkan  –  880,000  (35 bb)
Martin Stausholm  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With 12 players remaining, the average stack is 775,000 (31 bb). The remaining players have locked up $62,022.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 93

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 62,000 from the hijack, Shashi Ramakrishna called in the small blind, and Frank Lagodich reraised all in with a covering stack in the big blind, Ponakovs called all in for 369,000, and Ramakrishna folded.

Ponakovs: 
Lagodich: 

The board ran out , safe for Ponakovs to doubleup.

Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  825,000  (33 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  550,000  (22 bb)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 93

Josh Reichard raised all in for 77,000 from the small blind and Brian Altman called in the big blind.

Reichard: 
Atlman: 

The board ran out , not enough help to Reichard, ending his tournament two off of the money.

Brian Altman  –  900,000  (36 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 93

Josh Reichard raised to 50,000 from early position, Adam Hendrix three-bet to 200,000 in middle position, Reichard four-bet all in with a covering stack, and Hendrix called all in for 340,000.

Reichard: 
Hendrix: 

The board ran out , giving Hendrix a set of jacks to double through Reichard.

Adam Hendrix  –  745,000  (30 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  150,000  (6 bb)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 93

Play has been on hand-for-hand two off of the money for more than a level now, and Joe McKeehen has been the main beneficiary having more than doubled his stack since the two-table redraw.

With 14 players remaining, the average stack is about 665,000 (27 bb).

Table 31
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Joe McKeehen  –  1,400,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Zaki  –  850,000  (34 bb)
Seat 4:  Ethan Yau  –  460,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5:  Josh Reichard –    530,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6:  Brian Altman  –  835,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  Adam Hendrix  –  340,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8:  Benjamin Grise  –  900,000  (36 bb)

Table 32
Seat 1:  Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  200,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2:  Anton Wigg  –  240,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3:  Timur Vardanian  –  560,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  Shashi Ramakrishna  –  590,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Frank Lagodich  –  1,150,000  (46 bb)
Seat 7:  Ali Turkan  –  650,000  (26 bb)
Seat 8:  Martin Stausholm  –  480,000  (19 bb)

1st:  $682,238 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $459,420
3rd:  $298,623
4th:  $204,442
5th:  $135,529
6th:  $101,072
7th:  $82,696
8th:  $71,210
9th:  $68,913
10th:  $66,616
11th:  $64,319
12th:  $62,022