High Roller: Nick Petrangelo Check-Raises Twice

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 94

Steffen Sontheimer opened the button with a raise, and Nick Petrangelo defended his big blind.

The flop came TcTd2d. Petrangelo checked, Sontheimer continued for 55,000, and Petrangelo check-raised to 160,000. Sontheimer called, and the turn was the 2c. Petrangelo checked again, Sontheimer bet 165,000, and Petrangelo put in a second check-raise to 390,000. Sontheimer quickly folded.

Petrangelo tabled Jc9c as the dealer pushed him the pot. He’s the most active player at the table right now, and his stack has benefitted from his aggression so far. The Massachusetts pro is now the chip leader with eight players remaining.

Nick Petrangelo – 2,640,000 (88 bb)
Steffen Sontheimer – 655,000 (22 bb)

High Roller: Nick Petrangelo Doubles Through Sylvain Loosli

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 94

Sylvain Loosli completed from the small blind, and Nick Petrangelo moved all in for 605,000 in the big. Loosli called to put him at risk.

Loosli: 6d6c
Petrangelo: 9s9d

The board ran out KsQsQd5s2c, and Petrangelo doubled up with queens and nines.

Nick Petrangelo – 1,250,000 (42 bb)
Sylvain Loosli – 1,000,000 (33 bb)

High Roller: Lazaro Hernandez – 9th Place ($68,150)

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 94

Lazaro Hernandez
Lazaro Hernandez

In a limped pot, four players saw a 9d3d3h flop. The blinds checked to Lazaro Hernandez, who was in the cutoff, and he bet 77,000. David Malka raised to 176,000. Tim West and Nick Yunis folded their blinds, and Hernandez moved all in for about 460,000 total. Malka called to put him at risk.

Hernandez: Ks9h (two pair)
Malka: 6s3s (trip threes)

The turn was the 5s and the river the 2c, and Malka won the pot with trips. Hernandez was eliminated  in ninth place.

David Malka – 1,350,000 (56 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez – Eliminated

High Roller: Final Table Set

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 94

With the elimination of Jake Schindler in 10th place, there is now just one table left in play. Here’s how the nine finalists stack up:

Seat 1: David Malka – 775,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Tim West – 880,000 (37 bb)
Seat 3: Nick Yunis – 1,301,000 (54 bb)
Seat 4: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 939,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: Brian Benderoff – 1,250,000 (52 bb)
Seat 6: Steffen Sontheimer – 975,000 (41 bb)
Seat 7: Sylvain Loosli – 1,550,000 (65 bb)
Seat 8: Nick Petrangelo – 800,000 (33 bb)
Seat 9: Lazaro Hernandez – 923,000 (38 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st: $658,000
2nd: $481,750
3rd: $298,450
4th: $206,800
5th: $133,950
6th: $101,050
7th: $82,250
8th: $70,500
9th: $68,150

Level 19 just began, so they’ll play this one to completion before increasing to 90-minute levels.

High Roller: Jake Schindler – 10th Place ($65,800)

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 94

Jake Schindler
Jake Schindler

Action folded around to the blinds where Jake Schindler moved all in for about 200,000 in the small and Tim West called in the big.

Schindler: KcQh
West: Ah9d

The board ran out 7s5h3h4h9h, and West won the pot with an ace-high flush. Schindler was eliminated in 10th place.

Tim West – 900,000 (38 bb)
Jake Schindler – Eliminated

High Roller: John Dolan – 11th Place ($63,450)

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 94

John Dolan
John Dolan

John Dolan got his last few chips into the middle with Jc5h on a JsTs2s flop, but Lazaro Hernandez’s As6s had him drawing nearly dead.

The turn was the Ah and the river the 3s, and Dolan was eliminated in 11th place.

Lazaro Hernandez – 1,200,000 (60 bb)
John Dolan – Eliminated

High Roller: Dan Shak – 12th Place ($61,100)

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 94

Dan Shak
Dan Shak

Dan Shak moved all in for about 420,000 in the cutoff, and Steffen Sontheimer put him at risk from the button.

Shak: Jd9d
Sontheimer: AdQh

The board ran out Ah5s4c5c7s, and Sontheimer won the pot with aces up. Shak was eliminated in 12th place.

Steffen Sontheimer – 950,000 (48 bb)
Dan Shak – Eliminated

High Roller: John Dolan Triples Up

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 94

Lazaro Hernandez limped in under the gun, and John Dolan moved all in for 65,000 behind him. David Malka reraised to 134,000 in the small blind, and Hernandez moved all in with the covering stack. Malka folded, leaving Dolan heads up for his tournament life.

Hernandez: 2h2c
Dolan: Ad6h

The board ran out Ah7h4sKh7s, and Dolan tripled up with aces up. Hernandez won the side pot, essentially breaking even on the exchange.

John Dolan – 223,000 (11 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez – 1,100,000

High Roller: Fedor Holz – 13th Place ($58,750)

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 94

Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz

On the first hand of the day, action folded around to Fedor Holz on the button, and he moved all in for 186,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko called in the small blind, flipping for the knockout.

Holz: AdKc
Timoshenko: 5h5c

The board ran out Ts8s3sQh3c, and Timoshenko won the pot with two pair, taking the chip lead and reducing the remaining field by one. Holz was eliminated in 13th place.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 1,356,000 (85 bb)
Fedor Holz – Eliminated