$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 105

With the elimination of Joe Kuether, the field was reduced to 16 players, and they’ve just redrawn for new seats around the final two tables. Here’s how they’re laid out:

Table 1
Seat 1: Nick Schulman – 335,000
Seat 2: Nick Petrangelo – 605,000
Seat 3: Tom Marchese – 310,000
Seat 4: Joseph Cheong – 1,100,000
Seat 5: Francisco Picasso – 195,000
Seat 6: Jan Schwippert – 440,000
Seat 7: Rainer Kempe – 655,000
Seat 8: Ray Qartomy – 980,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Marvin Rettenmaier – 1,180,000
Seat 2: Andjelko Andrejevic – 395,000
Seat 3: Chance Kornuth – 460,000
Seat 4: Dan Colman – 1,290,000
Seat 5: Daniel Strelitz – 400,000
Seat 6: Byron Kaverman – 640,000
Seat 7: Martin Kozlov – 200,000
Seat 8: Barry Hutter – 1,130,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 105

Joe Kuether had his stack whittled all the way down to about 120,000 when he moved all in from early position. Daniel Colman called in the big blind to put him at risk.

Kuether:
Colman:

The board ran out , and Colman came from behind to win the pot with kings up. Kuether was eliminated.

Dan Colman – 1,290,000 (65 bb)
Joe Kuether – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 105

Daniel Strelitz opened to 45,000 under the gun, and Pratyush Buddiga three-bet shoved for 69,000. Rainer Kempe called from the small blind, and Strelitz called the remainder to create action on the side.

The board ran out , with the two live players checking through the turn. On the river, Kempe bet, and Strelitz folded to leave him heads up for the knockout.

Kempe:
Buddiga:

Kempe rivered a pair of kings to earn the knockout pot, and Buddiga was eliminated.

Rainer Kempe – 755,000 (38 bb)
Pratyush Buddiga – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 105

Daniel Strelitz raised all in from the cutoff for 195,000 and Pratyush Buddiga isolated from the small blind.

Strelitz:
Buddiga:

The board ran out , safe for Strelitz to double up.

Daniel Strelitz – 428,000 (21 bb)
Pratyush Buddiga – 75,000 (4 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 105

Nick Petrangelo raised all in from the hijack for 203,000 and Jan Schwippert called from the big blind with , leading Petrangelo’s .

The board came down , giving Petrangelo a pair of aces on the river to double through Schwippert.

Nick Petrangelo – 454,000 (23 bb)
Jan Schwippert – 440,000 (22 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 105

Just before the blinds went up, Ray Qartomy raised to 45,000 from the small blind and Joe Kuether defended his big blind.

The flop fell and Qartomy continued for 50,000. Kuether called to see the turn where Qartomy bet 95,000. Kuether called again, the river completed the board, and both players checked.

“I can’t believe it,” says Qartomy. “How do you not bet there?”

Qartomy shows for kings full of queens and Kuether mucks.

A few hands later, Qartomy opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Kuether called.

The flop fell and Qartomy continued for 50,000. Kuether called to see the turn where Qartomy bet 100,000. Kuether called again, the river completed the board, and both players checked.

“Again! How do you always know?” asks Qartomy, who showed for a flush.

Kuether mucked and Qartomy collected the pot.

“You’re a genius,” says Qartomy to Kuether.

Ray Qartomy – 950,000 (47 bb)
Joe Kuether – 520,000 (26 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 105

Daniel Strelitz raised all in from the button for 272,000 and Franciso Picasso called from the small blind.

Strelitz:
Picasso:

The board came down , giving Strelitz a pair of aces to double through Picasso.

Daniel Strelitz – 572,000 (36 bb)
Franciso Picasso – 280,000 (17 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 105

Pablo Fernandez opened to 32,000 in early position, and Ray Qartomy called in the small blind. Joe Kuether squeezed in a three-bet to 116,000 from the big blind, and Fernandez moved all in for about 240,000 total. Qartomy folded, but Kuether called to put Fernandez at risk.

Fernandez –
Kuether –

The board ran out , and Kuether won the flip to earn the knockout pot with a pair of jacks. Fernandez was eliminated.

Joe Kuether – 940,000 (59 bb)
Pablo Fernandez – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 105

David Peters moved all in for 181,000 on the button, and Marvin Rettenmaier re-shoved for about 540,000 in the small blind. Rainer Kempe folded his big blind, and Peters was heads up and flipping for his tournament life.

Peters:
Rettenmaier:

The board ran out , and Rettenmaier won the flip to earn the knockout pot with sevens up. Peters was eliminated.

Marvin Rettenmaier – 750,000 (47 bb)
David Peters – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 105

In a battle of the blinds, Ben Heath was all in for about 190,000 from the big blind with against Barry Hutter in the small blind with .

The board ran out , giving Hutter a pair of kings to eliminate Heath.

Barry Hutter – 1,205,000 (75 bb)
Ben Heath – Eliminated