$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Entries: 92

Tom Chae limped in from early position, the player next to act called, as did David Peters, Eric Wasserson, and Dan Colman in the next three seats. That brought the action to Byron Kaverman in the small blind. After about a minute, Paul Volpe asked, “Is it on me?” from the big blind.

“Wait a couple minutes, and it’ll be on you,” Wasserson took the opportunity to needle Kaverman about his deliberate play.

Kaverman eventually completed for the extra 1,000, and Volpe checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was , and all seven players checked. The turn was the , pairing the board, and Kaverman checked again. Volpe bet 10,000, and six folds came quickly to give him the small pot. Volpe tabled .

“I had you beat,” Wasserson said. “Not gonna lie.”

“I figured I had to show it,” Volpe said with a smile as the dealer pushed him the chips.

Paul Volpe – 210,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 91

In a battle of the blinds, Brandon Steven (small) and Jorge Gomez (big) were heads up on a flop. Steven checked, Gomez bet 9,400, and Steven called.

The turn was the , and both players checked. The river was the , putting four clubs on board. Steven checked, then called a bet of 20,000 from Gomez. Gomez mucked, and Steven won the pot without showdown.

Brandon Steven – 155,000
Jorge Gomez – 45,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 91

With about 24,000 in the pot and the flop reading , Chance Kornuth (under the gun) and Aaron Mermelstein (cutoff) checked to see the turn.

Kornuth checked, Mermelstein bet 10,000 and Konuth called.

The river is the and Kornuth checked to Mermelstein who bet 23,000. After a little while mulling it over, Kornuth called.

Mermelstein tabled for jacks and nines with a kicker kicker, Kornuth mucked, and Mermelstein took down the pot.

Aaron Mermelstein – 195,000
Chance Kornuth – 175,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 91

Chance Kornuth opened to 4,000 in early position, Aaron Mermelstein called in the small blind, and Ian O’Hara defended his big blind to create three-way action.

The flop was . It checked to Kornuth, who continued for 6,500, and only O’Hara called. The turn was the . O’Hara checked again, and Kornuth asked how much he was playing before betting 18,000. O’Hara called, leaving about 50,000 behind. The river was the , and both players checked.

O’Hara showed for queens up, and Kornuth tabled , winning the pot with a Broadway straight.

Chance Kornuth – 215,000
Ian O’Hara – 49,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 88

Following a flop of , Omar Zazay (small blind) and Chris Hunichen (button) each committed 16,500.

The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the and Zazay checked to Hunichen who bet 36,000. Zazay tanked for about three minutes before he called.

Hunichen showed , while Zazay tabled for a pair of kings to win the pot.

Omar Zazay – 176,000
Chris Hunichen – 45,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 86

The first six levels are complete, and the field is on a 15-minute break. The board shows 86 entries so far, with the prizepool surging past $2,000,000. Registration a re-entry remain open until 9:45pm.

Here’s the top of the current leaderboard:

Nick Petrangelo – 355,000
Mike Leah – 320,000
Ankush Mandavia – 257,300
Pablo Fernandez – 251,000
Paul Volpe – 215,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 85

Ian O’Hara opened to 2,800 in early position, and Chance Kornuth called in the cutoff. Dan Shak three-bet to 12,500 in the small blind, O’Hara folded, and Kornuth called the remainder.

The flop was and Shak made a covering bet of 75,000. Kornuth called all in for 61,300, putting himself at risk.

Kornuth:
Shak:

Kornuth had the nut flush draw, but he ended up not needing a heart. The on the turn gave him a big lead with one to come, and the blank river secured his double-up.

Chance Kornuth – 128,000
Dan Shak – 27,500

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 85

Paul Volpe (under the gun) and David Peters (hijack) each committed about 8,500 preflop to see a flop of .

Both check, the turn was the , and Volpe check-called 11,700 from Peters.

The river was the and Volpe checked to Peters who bet 35,000. Volpe called with for kings and queens, Peters mucked, and Volpe won the pot.

Paul Volpe – 220,000
David Peters – 157,000

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 85

Kyle Keranen had just over 20,000 chips left when he got himself all in preflop against Ray Qartomy.

Keranen:
Qartomy:

The board ran out , and Qartomy won the pot with deuces full of jacks.

Keranen was among the chip leaders on the first break, but things did not go so well for him in the second set of levels. It’s not clear how he lost the majority of his chips, but it looks like Qartomy got a good chunk of them prior to this hand.

Qartomy was the one struggling during the first few levels of the day, but that knockout pot moves him close to 200,000 chips as he continues to rebound from his early setbacks.

Ray Qartomy – 195,000
Kyle Keranen – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 85

Paul Volpe raised to 2,700 from the button and Tom Chae called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Chae checked to Volpe who continued for 1,600. Chae check-raised to 3,400, Volpe reraised to 12,600, and Chae mulled it over briefly before he folded.

Volpe showed as he collected the pot.

Paul Volpe – 180,000
Tom Chae – 120,000