$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 40
Action folded to Shaun Deeb in the small blind and he moved all in for 167,000. Brandon Adams thought for a minute and called to put Deeb at risk.
Deeb: Adams:
Deeb was ahead for the double but Adams made trip deuces on the flop. Deeb got out of his seat but it came back around for him on the turn to give him a boat. Deeb sat back down but could not fade the river one outer when the shocked the table to exit in sixth place.
Brandon Adams – 2,100,000 (175 bb) Shaun Deeb – Eliminated in 6th place ($60,000)
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 40
Pablo Fernandez opened to 20,000 from the button and Barry Hutter called from the big blind to the flop. Hutter checked, Fernandez bet 20,000 and Hutter check/raised to 55,000.
Fernandez called and the turn came . Hutter led for 70,000 and Fernandez called to the river . Hutter moved all in for 125,000 and Fernandez thought for a minute before he called.
Hutter: Fernandez:
Hutter took the pot with his eight-high straight besting top pair kings for the double.
Barry Hutter – 650,000 (65 bb) Pablo Fernandez – 855,000 (86 bb)
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 40
Brandon Adams opened to 30,000 from the small blind and Pablo Fernandez defended in the big to the flop. Adams bet 55,000 and Fernandez called to see the turn.
Adams bet out 130,000, Fernandez called and they both checked the river.
Adams tabled but Fernandez was better with jacks up for the pot.
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 40
Larry Greenberg was the shortest stack coming back to the final table, tried one shove that made it through earlier, then watched Pablo Fernandez fade the bubble with a two-out river. After that hand, he was all in for his final 230,000 against Brandon Adams and in good shape.
Adams: Greenberg:
Greenberg’s fate changed on the flop and he went out on the money bubble after the turn and river.
Brandon Adams – 1,750,000 (175 bb) Larry Greenberg – Eliminated
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 40
Pablo Fernandez opened to 20,000 and Ajay Chabra three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind. Fernandez moved all in for 386,000 and Chabra quickly called.
Chabra: Fernandez:
Fernandez was in line for a double but Chabra flopped a set on the board. Fernandez had two game-saving outs after the turn and it showed up on the river for his double.
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 40
Any SHRP High Roller event is a big deal when its day rolls around. Yesterday we had 40 entries in the $25,500 buy-in tournament to put an even $1,000,000 up for grabs.
Their day lasted nearly 12 hours and still have some work to do today. There are seven players returning for Day 2 but only six of them will walk away with some money.
High-stakes specialist Brandon Adams comes back to the final table with a nice chip lead followed by Ajay Chabra. Those two hold the majority of chips but no one is in the danger zone. The average stack is 57 big blinds and the final table will play 60-minute levels until heads-up play.
All seven return to the Event Center at 2pm and we will have all the action until we have a High Roller Champion.
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Returning to Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 40
As expected with a tournament featuring a $25,500 buy-in, the field was tough. The 40 entries was just the number needed to make the $1,000,000 Guarantee prize pool.
The last 6 players earning a piece and the High Roller champion banking $370,000.
Poker pro, and businessman, Brandon Adams returns with a huge lead of 1,386,000 (137 bb). This next closest to him is Ajay Chabra with 868,000 (87 bb). Larry Greenberg is the short stack at the table returning with 23 big blinds.
The stacks are deep and the structure is slow. The final table is playing sixty-minute levels until play reaches heads up then it switches to thirty minutes. These top players will have every chance to showcase their talent tomorrow afternoon.
Players will return at 2:00 PM local time with increased blinds and antes of 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante.