$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 1,665,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 390,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 1,520,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 750,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 1,440,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 490,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 1,480,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 550,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 12,000/24,000/3,000 Ante

Ian O’Hara opened to 55,000 from UTG+1 and Ashwin Sarin three-bet to 130,000. O’Hara put in a fourth bet to 455,000 to get an all-in from Sarin for 717,000.

O’Hara quickly called at risk but holding against Sarin’s . It was a tough spot for Sarin but he paired the for a small sweat. O’Hara dodged the bad beat after the turn and river to double up.

O’Hara: 1,502,000
Sarin: 645,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 1,520,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 800,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 1,350,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 900,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 870,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 970,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 905,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 860,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Big-time Jason Mercier is starting to put a move on the High Roller event and now owns the chip lead.

The hand that sent him up top started with him min-raising from UTG+1 and Sands called in middle position to the flop. Mericer led out for 42,000 and Sands called again before the turn.

Mercier fired another 117,000 and it received another call from Sands to the river which they both checked. Mercier tabled top two to take the big pot.

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 1,490,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 850,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 920,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 500,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 1,060,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 1,150,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 1,120,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 1,400,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 1,104,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 1,910,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 907,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 646,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 1,080,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 1,166,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 1,048,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 1,368,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

David Peters didn’t have much to begin the day and he never made a move forward today. He tried to get back in the game when he shoved from the high jack for 255,000 and Mercier moved all-in over the top from the small blind to isolate.

Sands let his hand go and Mercier tabled against Peters’ . Peters was dominated and missed as the board ran out to leave the High Roller in 9th place for $57,500.

David Peters: Eliminated in 9th
Jason Mercier: 1,160,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

David Sands and David Peters are the two short stacks at the High Roller tables with Sands moving up.

He has Peters in trouble now after a hand that had Sands opened to 44,000 from middle position and Peters called in the big blind to the flop. Peters check called a 34,000 bet from Sands and they both checked the turn.

Peters led for 88,000 after the river and Sands called with Ace-high . The hand was good against Peters’ Queen-high for a big hand.

David Peters: 265,000
David Sands: 960,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 880,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 450,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 810,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 1,080,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 1,340,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 1,015,000
Seat 7: David Peters – 440,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 1,100,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 1,110,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

David Sands opened to 44,00 under the gun and Sean Winter moved all-in for 563,000 from the button. Sands called with against Winter’s .

The board ran out to give Winter the double.

David Sands: 495,000
Sean Winter: 1,183,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Here are the seating assignments and chip counts for our final nine players headed into tomorrow’s Day 2:

Seat 1: Jason Mercier – 820,000
Seat 2: David “Doc” Sands – 1,155,000
Seat 3: Ankush Mandavia – 1,072,000
Seat 4: Phil Laak – 1,255,000
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 1,305,000
Seat 6: Ashwin Sarin – 952,000
Seat 7: David Peters – 424,000
Seat 8: Sean Winter – 365,000
Seat 9: Barry Hutter – 951,000

Final table play starts at 2 PM at Hard Rock Live.

Best of luck to everyone who made it to the final table!