Michael Rossitto was on the button with two smaller stacks in the blinds. Rossitto raised to 600,000 and Vlastimil Pustina shoved all in for 1,050,000 in the big blind. Rossitto flicked in a chip to call and the cards were tabled.
Vlastimil Pustina:
Michael Rossitto:
The flop came and Pusitna took a big lead with a set of nines. The on the turn left Rossitto drawing dead to the on the river.
The action folded to Alex Condon on the button who raised it up to 110,000. Jake Schwartz shoved all in for just over 1,000,000 in the small blind and Condon quickly called to put him at risk.
Jake Schwartz:
Alex Condon:
Schwartz was in need of some help but the board provided none of that. Schwartz was eliminated in 23rd place and Condon climbed to an above-average stack.
Ron McMillen moved all in from the hijack for 565,000 and it folded to Zachary Donovan in the big blind who slowly looked at one card at a time before making the call to put McMillen at risk.
Ron McMillen:
Zachary Donovan:
Donovan had McMillen out-kicked and when the board ran out , the ace-jack held up to send McMillen out in 24th place.
Andrew Esposito raised it up in middle position and Calvin Anderson three-bet to 330,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Esposito who called to see a flop of .
Esposito checked to Anderson who continued with a bet of 375,000 and Esposito called. The turn brought the and Esposito checked again. Anderson splashed in a bet of 690,000 and Esposito check-raised all in. Anderson instantly mucked and Esposito showed his for just a straight draw.
Zachary Donovan raised to 110,000 in the cutoff and Ronald Sullivan three-bet to 275,000 out of the small blind. Donovan called and the dealer fanned the flop of .
Sullivan led out with a bet of 200,000 and Donovan called to see the on the turn. Sullivan checked this time and Donovan pushed out a bet of 385,000. Sullivan ditched his cards to the muck and Donovan collected the pot.
The action folded to Calvin Anderson who opened to 100,000 on the button and Yuval Bronshtein moved all in for 640,000 in the small blind. The big blind quickly folded and Anderson made the call to put Bronshtein at risk.
Yuval Bronshtein:
Calvin Anderson:
Both players held an ace but Bronshtein was ahead with a better kicker. The board ran out , and the ace-six high kicker played to score the full double up for Bronshtein.
Meanwhile on the other table Alex Condon found a double up off of Mark Zajdner.
Orestis Kanakopoulos raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Qing Liu moved all in for 280,000 in the small blind. Mark Zajdner flat-called from the big blind and Kanakopoulos also called.
The flop came and the action checked through in the dry side pot to the on the turn and the on the river. Two more checks and Liu turned over . Zajdner couldn't beat it with and Kanakopoulos missed as well with .
Zachary Donovan opened to 110,000 from the hijack and it folded to Ron McMillen in the big blind who moved all in for 440,000 total. Donovan made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Ron McMillen:
Zachary Donovan:
McMillen was ahead preflop but would need to dodge the live cards for Donavan. The board ran out and the ace-queen for McMillen made trips to secure the full double up.
The next PokerGO High Roller event on the schedule, High Roller Event #2: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em, had a prize pool of $930,000 and drew a field of 93 players including Darren Elias (11th - $25,110) and David Stamm, who was eliminated on the bubble by fifth-place finisher Jeremy Ausmus, according to PokerGO updates.
Katz found another deep run after finishing seventh in High Roller Event #1: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em, finishing in third for $178,746 and jumping to the top of the PokerGO Tour (PGT) leaderboards. Michael Wang then defeated Aram Zobian after entering heads-up play with a big chip lead. Wang earned $308,016, his third-biggest career cash.
In addition to taking home $178,746, Zobian made his way to second on the PGT leaderboard after napping a victory and fourth-place finish at the PokerGO Cup in January.
High Roller Event #2: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results