$3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 104
There were no all-in-and-call situations in the first eight hands of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.
In Hand #9, chipleader Stephen Song moved all in from the cutoff, and Jake Dollinger called all in from the button for 58,500 with .
Song turned over , and Dollinger needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
There was a seven in the window, but the flop came , and Song took a huge lead with trip threes.
The turn card was the , giving Song a full house, but Dollinger could still catch a seven on the river to stay alive.
The river card was the , and Song won the pot with his full house to eliminate Dollinger on the Money Bubble.
Peter Walsworth says, “How did every single card hit somebody?”
Stephen Song – 630,000 (105 bb) Jake Dollinger – Eliminated on the Money Bubble
The remaining 16 players redraw for random seats at the final two tables, and an updated seat map will be posted soon, when the players take their next break. The average chip stack is about 245,000 (41 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed to earn at least $5,481 each.
$3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 104
Nicholas Agnew was just eliminated in 18th place, and the remaining 17 players begin hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.
With 17 players remaining from a field of 104, the average chip stack is about 245,000 (49 big blinds), and the final 16 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,481 each.
$3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 18 of 104
Stephen Song (big blind) and Christopher Dandrea (button) put in about 50,000 each to see a flop of .
Song bets 30,000, Dandrea raises to 75,000, and Song thinks for a few moments before three-betting all in for about 250,000. Dandrea has about 110,000 left in his stack, and he goes into the tank for a long time.
Eventually, somebody calls for a clock, and a floorperson gives Dandrea 30 seconds to act on his hand. With about 10 seconds remaining, Dandrea calls with for a pair of queens.
But Song turns over for bottom two pair, fives and threes, and Dandrea needs to improve to stay alive.
The turn card was the , the river card is the , and Song turns a full house, threes full of fives, to eliminate Dandrea in 19th place.
Stephen Song – 520,000 (104 bb) Christopher Dandrea – Eliminated
David Prociak raised under the gun, Gary Lucci reraised from the big blind to 40,000, and Prociak moved all in for 145,500.
Lucci thought for a bit. before he called with , and Prociak turned over . Prociak needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and Prociak flopped a set of queens to win the pot and double up in chips.
David Prociak – 298,500 (60 bb) Gary Lucci – 253,000 (51 bb)
With 18 players remaining from a field of 104, the average chip stack is about 230,000 (46 big blinds), and the final 16 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,481 each.
$3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 20 of 104
Javier Zarco was just eliminated when he got it all in with , but failed to improve against Mark Zullo’s .
Mark Zullo – 235,000 (59 bb) Javier Zarco – Eliminated
The next hand, with no small blind, Steve Brite got it all in from the big blind for 46,000 with against Brock Wilson’s on the button.
The board came — Wilson flopped a club flush draw and turned a gutshot straight draw, but Brite won the pot with trip aces to double up.
Steve Brite – 95,000 (24 bb) Brock Wilson – 135,000 (34 bb)
A round later, Brock Wilson was back on the button, and Faraz Jaka raised UTG+1 to 9,000. Mark Zullo called from the hijack, and Wilson reraised from the button to 35,000. Steve Brite moved all in from the small blind, and Jaka and Zullo both folded.
Wilson quickly called with , and Brite turned over . Brite needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Wilson to win the pot and eliminate Brite from the tournament.
Brock Wilson – 256,000 (64 bb) Steve Brite – Eliminated
With 20 players remaining from a field of 104, the average chip stack is about 208,000 (52 big blinds), and the final 16 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,481 each.
$3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 24 of 104
The players return from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante. With 24 players remaining from a field of 104, the average chip stack is about 173,500 (43 big blinds).
A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
$3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 26 of 104
Jake Schwartz opened the action from under the gun and Filipp Khavin shipped in for 35,000. The big blind folded and Schwartz called.
Schwartz: Khavin:
Khavin was flipping, needed to hold to double up, but Schwartz took the lead on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Khavin was elminated.
$3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 14: 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Players Remaining: 31 of 104
With the final board showing on the river with nearly 30K already in the pot, last night’s Event 8 champion Romeo Mendoza checked the small blind, and David Prociak bet 20,000 from the big blind, leaving himself just 12,000 behind.
Mendoza thought for a bit before he called, and Prociak turned over for two pair, nines and eights. Mendoza mucked, dropping down to just 9,000 in chips.
A short while later at the same table, with the final board showing , the player in the big blind bet 30,000, Faraz Jaka moved all in under the gun for 63,500, and the big blind called with for two pair, aces and nines.
But Jaka turned over to win the pot with a king-high flush, doubling up in chips.
Faraz Jaka – 160,000 (64 bb)
The next hand, Romeo Mendoza moved all in from UTG+1 for 9,000, and Faraz Jaka called from the big blind with . Mendoza turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came — Mendoza flopped a gutshot straight draw, but Jaka flopped a pair of kings and turned trips to win the pot and eliminate Mendoza from the tournament.
With 31 players remaining from a field of 104, the average chip stack is about 134,000 (54 big blinds). The final 16 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,481 each.
2020 WSOP Circuit – February Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida – Event 9 $3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed Entries: 104 Prize Pool: $312,000 February 13-14, 2020
The numbers are in and the $3,250 High Roller drew 104 entries to push the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool up to $312,000. Another great showing for one of our WSOP Circuit events.
The last 16 players will make some money with a min-cash worth $5,481 and the winner will earn $89,150 along with the WSOP Circuit ring.
$3,250 High Roller (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 48 of 104
Ian O’Hara got it all in from the button with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Arkadiy Tsinis, who was UTG+1.
The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Tsinis to win the pot and eliminate O’Hara from the tournament.
Arkadiy Tsinis – 127,000 (64 bb) Ian O’Hara – Eliminated
Tsinis is currently second (behind David Tuthill) in the race for Casino Champion this series. The winner will receive entry into the 2020 WSOP Global Casino Championship.
The tournament clock shows 48 players remaining from a field of 104, which means the average chip stack is about 86,500 (43 big blinds). The final 16 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,481 each.