$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 6: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 22
Chris Brewer
The field is up to 22 entries, and six players have taken advantage of the single re-entry option so far — Chris Brewer, Ali Imsirovic, Sean Perry, Jake Schindler, Sam Soverel, and Sean Winter. All of them are still in the field on their second bullet.
Chris Brewer got it all in from the big blind for 32,500 with , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Sean Winter’s on the button.
The board came , and Brewer won the pot with a pair of jacks to double up in chips.
Chris Brewer – 69,500 (23 bb) Sean Winter – 21,000 (7 bb)
With 13 players remaining from a field of 22, the average chip stack is about 211,500 (71 big blinds). Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the end of the dinner break, around 10:40 pm. With 22 entries so far, the prizepool is up to $1,067,000.
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 5: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Players Remaining: 13 of 19
Sam Soverel
The field is now up to 19 players, approaching yesterday’s number of 24. The latest entries include Elio Fox, Lazaro Hernandez, Tom Marchese, Sam Soverel (re-entry), and Chris Brewer (re-entry).
At one point, as the tournament staff was opening up another table to accomodate the additional players, recent re-entry Sam Soverel told Elio Fox, “This is my fourth bullet, and I’ve only played 12 f***ing hands.”
Dan Smith doubled thru Elio Fox to knock Fox all the way down to a single 500 chip, or 25% of a big blind.
Elio Fox – 500 (0.25 bb)
Fox got his 500 all in with against Tom Marchese’s , and the board came to give Fox the octuple up to 4,000.
Elio Fox – 4,000 (2 bb)
Elio Fox
That’s when the blinds increased to 1,500-2,500, and Sergi Reixach raised under the gun to 4,500. Fox called all in from UTG+1 for 4,000, and Marchese called from the big blind to create a side pot worth 1,000.
The flop came , Marchese checked, Reixach bet 3,000, and Marchese called.
The turn card was the , Marchese checked, Reixach bet 12,000, and Marchese folded. Reixach took the side pot worth 7,000.
For the main pot, Fox showed for two pair, queens and sixes, but Reixach turned over . Fox needed to improve to stay alive.
The river card was the , and Reixach won the pot with his kings to eliminate Fox.
Sergi Reixach – 260,000 (104 bb) Elio Fox – Eliminated
Dan Smith
A few minutes later, after a flop of , Jake Schindler bet from the small blind, Dan Smith moved all in from the cutoff for about 60,000, and Schindler quickly called with for an overpair.
Smith turned over for a pair of queens, and needed to improve to stay alive.
The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket kings held up for Schindler to win the pot and eliminate Smith.
Jake Schindler – 230,000 (92 bb) Dan Smith – Eliminated
With 13 players remaining from a field of 19, the average chip stack is about 182,500 (73 big blinds). Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the end of the dinner break, around 10:40 pm. With 19 entries so far, the prizepool is up to $921,500.
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 4: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 14
Cary Katz
The players return from their first break to begin Level 4, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000.
David Peters has joined the field for the first time (he missed yesterday’s Super High Roller), and Jake Schindler and Sean Winter have both re-entered, raising the field to 14 entries.
Here is the updated lineup, with official chip counts from the break:
TABLE 1 Seat 1. Giuseppe Iadisernia – 141,500 (71 bb) Seat 2. Dan Smith – 206,500 (103 bb) Seat 3. Ali Imsirovic – 33,000 (17 bb) Seat 4. David Peters – 125,000 (63 bb) Seat 5. Jake Schindler – 125,000 (63 bb) Seat 6. Sean Perry – 182,000 (91 bb)
With 11 players remaining from a field of 14, the average chip stack is about 159,000 (80 big blinds). Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the end of the dinner break, around 10:40 pm. With 14 entries so far, the prizepool is up to $679,000.
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 3: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Players Remaining: 10 of 13
Nick Petrangelo
We missed the preflop action but the end result was Sean Winter all in for 89,500 from the cutoff and Nick Petrangelo had him at risk from the big blind.
Petrangelo: Winter:
A big-money race and Petrangelo slammed the door when he flopped a set on the board. It finished with turn and river and Winter was asking where to re-register.
Nick Petrangelo – 180,000 (120 bb) Sean Winter – Eliminated
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 3: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 11
Chris Brewer
Chris Brewer, who won yesterday’s $50K Super High Roller, was eliminated when he shoved the turn with a pair of eights and an open-ended straight draw into Dan Smith’s queen-high straight. Brewer missed his outs to a chop on the river, and he was eliminated from his first bullet.
Dan Smith – 210,000 (140 bb) Chris Brewer – Eliminated
They had just begun the process of combining to a single seven-handed table when a few more players arrived to expand the field to 11 entries — Nick Petrangelo, Sean Winter, and David Peters.
Here is the updated lineup:
TABLE 1 Seat 1. Dan Smith – 210,000 (140 bb) Seat 2. Ali Imsirovic – 60,000 (40 bb) Seat 3. David Peters – 125,000 (83 bb) Seat 4. Jake Schindler – 71,000 (47 bb) Seat 5. Sean Perry – 97,000 (65 bb)
With nine players remaining from a field of 11, the average chip stack is about 153,000 (102 big blinds). Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the end of the dinner break, around 10:40 pm. With 11 entries so far, the prizepool is up to $533,500.
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 2: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Entries: 9
Sam Soverel
Sean Perry opened to 3,000 from under the gun, Cary Katz three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind and Sam Soverel moved all in for 35,000 from the big. Perry thought for a moment, put his chips in the middle, and Katz could not call fast enough.
Katz: Perry: Soverel:
Katz was in a great spot to knock Soverel out and double through Perry. The dealer ran out the board and that is what happened.
Cary Katz – 407,500 (272 bb) Sean Perry – 90,000 (60 bb) Sam Soverel – Eliminated
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Entries: 8
Sean Perry
With the arrival of Sam Soverel, the field is up to eight players, and they’ve been split up into two tables of four players each.
TABLE 1 Seat 1. Sergi Reixach Seat 2. Dan Smith Seat 3. Chris Brewer Seat 4. Jake Schindler
TABLE 2 Seat 1. Cary Katz Seat 2. Sam Soverel Seat 3. Sean Perry Seat 4. Ali Imsirovic
In the first hand after Soverel arrived, there was a family pot as Sean Perry raised under the gun to 3,500, Ali Imsirovic called from the button, Cary Katz called from the small blind, and Soverel called from the big blind.
The flop came , and it checked to Perry, who bet 8,500. Imsirovic and Katz both fold, and Soverel calls.
The turn card was the , and both players checked.
The river card was the , Soverel bet 15,000, and Perry thought for a while before he called. Soverel said, “Eight,” implying that he had a pair of eights, but Perry turned over , and Soverel mucked. Perry won the pot.
Sean Perry – 185,000 (123 bb) Sam Soverel – 96,500 (64 bb)
Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the end of the dinner break, around 10:40 pm. With eight entries so far, the prizepool is up to $388,000.
Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the end of the dinner break, around 10:40 pm. With seven entries so far, the prizepool is up to $339,500.
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
The second of two $50,000 Super High Rollers gets underway at 2 pm with a small but extremely talented field of players. The first ran yesterday and finished up ahead of schedule with Chris Brewer taking the title.
Today’s structure is the same as yesterday; they start with 125,000 stacks and all levels last 40 minutes until they reach the final table. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 around 10 pm (might be a little later with delays) and a single re-entry option is available if they need it.
Day 1 will come to an end after Level 15 and those remaining will return tomorrow at 2 pm to play it to a champion.
Players begin with 125,000 in chips
Levels last 40 minutes each; final table Levels last 60 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 10 (10:00pm)