$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 116

Olivier Busquet’s pocket tens cracked David Cohen’s pocket queens in a big all-in pot, leaving the latter with 150,000 chips.

On the next hand, Jason Mercier opened to 34,000 in middle position, and Cohen three-bet shoved for 148,000 in the small blind. Mercier called to put him at risk.

Mercier:
Cohen:

Both players paired their jack, but the run-out gave Mercier and his kicker the knockout. Cohen was eliminated in 22nd place.

Olivier Busquet – 820,000 (51 bb)
Jason Mercier – 405,000 (25 bb)
David Cohen – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 116

Alex Keating opened to 40,000 under the gun, and Jonathan Little three-bet to 100,000 on the button. Keating folded, and Little won the pot right there.

The next hand, Justin Bonomo opened to 35,000 under the gun, and Little three-bet to 85,000 in the cutoff. Bonomo fought back, though, four-bet shoving for 436,000 total. Little called, putting Bonomo.

Bonomo:
Little:

Bonomo won the big flip as the board came . He doubled up with two pair, surging toward the top of the leaderboard. Little, who began the day with the chip lead, is now the owner of one of the shortest stacks in the room.

While that pot was playing out, David Lopez and Charlie Carrel were eliminated, reducing the field to 22 players.

Justin Bonomo – 912,000 (57 bb)
Jonathan Little – 290,000 (18 bb)
Charlie Carrel – Eliminated
David Lopez – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 116

David Lopez had seven big blinds left after doubling up Sean Winter in a pot during the last level, but Lopez has quickly gotten to work rebuilding his stack.

He doubled once through Martin Finger, and he’s just done it against through Anthony Spinella. In this pot, Spinella opened the cutoff to 36,000, and Lopez three-bet shoved for 140,000 in the big blind. Spinella called to put him at risk.

Spinella:
Lopez:

“That’s a good hand,” Spinella said flatly.

Then board came , and Lopez doubled up with his pair of aces.

David Lopez – 304,000 (19 bb)
Anthony Spinella – 955,000 (60 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 116

SHRP Team member Loni Harwood and Charlie Carrel were involved in a heads-up pot on the end of a board. There was about 150,000 in the middle, and Harwood bet 85,000 on the river.

Carrel needed some time to think. “This might be the stupidest…,” he trailed off, holding a stack of chips in his hand. The bet represented close to half his remaining chips, so the decision was a significant one. “You look like you don’t have anything,” Carrel continued. “It’s super hard to not have anything.” He apologized to the table: “I’m going to take 30 more seconds and then I’ll make a decision.”

Carrel did just that, and about 30 seconds later, he called to see a showdown.

Harwood showed , winning the pot with a flush.

Loni Harwood – 1,000,000 (63 bb)
Charlie Carrel – 115,000 (7 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 116

Dietrich Fast had around 250,000 chips left when he got himself all in preflop, flipping for his tournament life against Olivier Busquet.

Fast:
Busquet:

Fast flopped a straight draw but could not catch up, and the run-out sent him to the exit in 25th place. Busquet won the pot with a pair of fours, nearly doubling up in the process.

Olivier Busquet – 525,000 (33 bb)
Dietrich Fast – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 116

Under the gun, Ray Qartomy moved all in for around 180,000, and Anthony Spinella called in the cutoff to put him at risk.

Qartomy:
Spinella:

Spinella won the flip as the board came to give him the pot with a pair of aces. Qartomy was eliminated in 26th place, while Spinella moves into seven figures and into the chip lead.

Anthony Spinella – 1,025,000 (85 bb)
Ray Qartomy – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 116

The blinds were unkind to Martin Finger in the last orbit. He lost a blind-versus-blind contest against David Lopez to double him up, then lost the rest of his chips one hand later in another blind-versus-blind battle — this time against Stephen Chidwick.

A few hands later at the same table, George Dolofan moved all in for 77,000 on the button, and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind to put Dolofan at risk.

Dolofan:
Kenney:

The board ran out , and Kenney’s kicker played to earn him the pot. Dolofan was eliminated, reducing the field to 26 players.

Bryn Kenney – 620,000 (52 bb)
George Dolofan – Eliminated
Martin Finger – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 116

Sean Winter moved all in for 200,000 on the button, and David Lopez called in the big blind, committing most of his own stack to put Winter at risk.

Winter:
Lopez:

The flop gave Winter the come-from-behind lead with two cards to come, and the turn and river were blanks for Lopez. Winter doubled up with two pair.

Sean Winter – 420,000 (35 bb)
David Lopez – 82,000 (7 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 116

Loni Harwood opened to 25,000 second to act, and Gal Yifrach three-bet shoved for 151,000 in the small blind. Harwood asked for the count, then called to put Yifrach at risk.

Harwood:
Yifrach:

The board ran out , and Harwood won the pot with eights full of sevens to eliminate Yifrach as the first casualty of Day 2. She’s now the chip leader with 28 players remaining.

Loni Harwood – 805,000 (67 bb)
Gal Yifrach – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 116

The 29 remaining players are back in their chairs — well, most of them. David Cohen and Jeff Gross have yet to show up, but the Day 2 starting time has arrived. Cards are in the air.