$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 29

Cary Katz moved all in on the button for 210,000 and Zhuang Ruan called out of the small blind. Dan Smith folded his big blind, leaving Katz heads-up for his tournament life.

Katz showed and was in a dominating spot against Ruan’s .

The flop changed that as it came , moving Ruan into the lead with a pair of eights.

“Yeah. I wasn’t feeling that one,” lamented Katz.

The turn was the and the river was the . Katz was eliminated in third place for $225,040 and Ruan will start heads-up play with a slight chip advantage against Dan Smith.

Zhuang Ruan – 1,850,000 (62 bb)
Cary Katz – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 29

Zhuang Ruan raised on the button to 60,000 and Cary Katz defended his big blind.

The flop was and Katz checked. Ruan bet 45,000 and Katz called. Both players checked the turn and the came on the river.

Katz bet 30,000 and Ruan raised to 175,000. Katz mulled it over for a couple minutes before calling.

Katz showed , but Ruan tabled and won the pot with a bigger kicker. Ruan dragged the pot and overtook Dan Smith for the chip lead.

Zhuang Ruan – 1,650,000 (55 bb)
Cary Katz – 200,000 (7 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 29

Cary Katz moved all in from the cutoff for 390,000 and Giuseppe Iadesernia called out of the small blind.

Katz showed and was in the lead against Iadesernia’s .

The flop was and Iadesernia moved into the lead with top pair. The turn was the , keeping Iadesernia in the lead, but the came on the river and Katz won the pot.

The dealer counted down both stacks and verified that Iadesernia actually had the bigger stack, covering Katz by just 10,000. He was eliminated by Zhuang Ruan the next hand.

Iadesernia earned $154,715 for his fourth place finish.

Cary Katz – 840,000 (28 bb)
Giuseppe Iadesernia – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 29

Giuseppe Iadesernia limped in from under the gun and Dan Smith moved all in on the button. Zhuang Ruan called out of the big blind for 425,000 and Iadesernia folded.

Ruan tabled and was in the lead against Smith’s .

The board ran out and Ruan doubled through the chip leader.

Zhuang Ruan – 950,000 (38 bb)
Dan Smith – 1,895,000 (75 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 29

Sean Perry moved all in for 50,000 from under the gun and was called by Cary Katz in the small blind. Zhuang Ruan moved all in from the big blind for about 450,000 and Katz quickly folded, leaving Ruan heads-up with Perry.

Perry showed and was up against Ruan’s .

The board came and Perry drilled a gutshot straight on the river to triple up and stay alive.

Unfortunately for Perry, the next hand he was in the big blind and got all in with 7-7 against Dan Smith’s K-J. Smith flopped a jack and eliminated Perry in fifth place for $112,520.

Dan Smith – 1,450,000 (58 bb)
Sean Perry – Eliminated In 5th ($112,520)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 29

Cary Katz was in the hijack and got into a preflop battle with Sean Perry in the small blind.

Katz was all in for his last 270,000 with against Perry’s .

The board ran out and Katz won the flip to double up again and leave Perry with just a couple of blinds.

Cary Katz – 640,000 (26 bb)
Sean Perry – 50,000 (2 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 29

Dan Smith raised to 50,000 on the button and Cary Katz moved all in out of the small blind for 110,000 and Smith called.

Katz was in the lead with , but Smith had a couple of live cards, tabling .

The board ran out and Katz doubled up with a pair of aces.

Cary Katz – 270,000 (10 bb)
Dan Smith – 1,815,000 (72 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 29

Giuseppe Iadesernia limped in from the cutoff and Dan Smith raised to 75,000 on the button. Iadesernia called.

Both players checked a flop of and the came on the turn. Iadesernia led out for 35,000 and Smith called.

The river was the and Iadesernia checked. Smith bet 180,000 and Iadesernia folded. Smith mucked his hand and extended his chip lead.

Dan Smith – 1,600,000 (64 bb)
Giuseppe Iadesernia – 580,000 (23 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 29

Action folded to Dan Smith on the button, who made it 500,000, enough to cover both David Peters in the small blind and Cary Katz in the big blind.

Peters called for his last 365,000 and Katz folded. Smith showed and needed help against Peters’ .

The flop was kept Peters in the lead and in great shape for a double up on the bubble.

The turn was the , however, giving Smith nine more outs with a flush draw. The river was the , which filled Smith’s flush draw and eliminated Peters on the bubble in sixth.

With Peters’ elimination, the final five players are all guaranteed a cash of at least $112,520.

Dan Smith – 1,285,000 (51 bb)
David Peters – Eliminated

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 29

The second $50,000 Super High Roller of the series finished up Day 1 with six players remaining, only five of them making the money, and Dan Smith leads the group.

They have more than $1.4 million to spread between them with the lion’s share of $562,600 going to the winner.

Cards go back in the air at 2 pm and we will have all the action until a champ is crowned.

Seat 1.  Cary Katz  –  225,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Zhuang Ruan  –  940,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Sean Perry  –  300,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  850,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5.  Dan Smith  –  995,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6.  David Peters  –  315,000  (13 bb)

1st:  $562,600 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $351,625
3rd:  $225,040
4th:  $154,715
5th:  $112,520