$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!

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

Jason Mercier min-raised under the gun to 32,000, Brian Yoon moved all in from the button for 273,000, and Mercier asked for a count before he called with .

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

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Mercier to win the pot and eliminate Yoon on the TV bubble.

Jason Mercier  –  820,000  (51 bb)
Brian Yoon  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($57,500)

The final nine players are bagging their chips, and they’ll return tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 pm ET for the televised final table in Hard Rock Live.

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

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 8,000-16,000 and a 2,000 ante.

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 830,000 (52 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until one player is eliminated, and the final nine will return tomorrow afternoon for the televised final table.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

As we get ready to head in to Level 17, here are the chip counts for the remaining ten players. Play will end after the next elimination.

Table 78
Brian Yoon – 353,000
Ankush Mandaivia – 952,000
Jason Mercier – 1,012,000
Tom Marchese – 585,000
Barry Hutter – 1,201,000

Table 84
David Peters – 330,000
Sean Winter – 327,000
Ashwin Sarin – 1,092,000
Doc Sands – 1,003,000
Ian O’ Hara – 1,449,000

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Tom Marchese was all in for 140,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Brian Yoon’s .

The board came , and Yoon won the pot with his king kicker to eliminate Marchese in 11th place.

Brian Yoon  –  434,000  (36 bb)
Tom Marchese  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($57,500)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 830,000 (69 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until one player is eliminated, and the final nine will return tomorrow afternoon for the televised final table.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Ankush Mandavia min-raised UTG+1 to 24,000, Barry Hutter called from the small blind, and Kathy Lehne moved all in from the big blind for 370,000. Mandavia folded, and Hutter called with . Lehne turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Hutter to win the pot and eliminate Lehne on the Money Bubble in 12th place.

Barry Hutter  –  1,183,000  (99 bb)
Kathy Lehne  –  Eliminated

The remaining 11 players are all in the money, guaranteed at least $57,500. The average chip stack is about 755,000 (63 big blinds).

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

David Sands raised to 28,000, David Peters reraised to 84,000, and Sands moved all in for 516,000. Peters called with , and Sands turned over .

The board came — Peter paired his king on the flop, but Sands rivered a set of nines to win the pot and double up in chips.

David “Doc” Sands  –  1,060,000  (88 bb)
David Peters  –  380,000  (32 bb)

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

With the board showing on the turn, Phil Laak bet 114,000, and George Dolofan called.

The river card was the , Laak moved all in, and Dolofan thought for a while before he called. Laak showed for a set of fours, and Dolofan mucked as he was eliminated in 13th place.

Phil Laak  –  1,125,000  (94 bb)
George Dolofan  –  Eliminated

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 690,000 (58 big blinds). Only 11 players will finish in the money, so the field has begun hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Brian Yoon raised from the hijack to 25,000, Ankush Mandavia called from the cutoff, and Raj Vohra called form the big blind.

The flop came , and it checked to Mandavia, who bet 45,000. Vohra check-raised all in for 212,000, and Yoon folded.

Vohra turned over for two pair, jacks and fours, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the (pair of kings) of Mandavia.

The turn was the , the river was the , and Mandavia rivered two pair, aces and kings, to win the pot and eliminate Vohra from the tournament in 14th place.

Ankush Mandavia  –  800,000  (67 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  Eliminated

With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 640,000 (53 big blinds).