Jake Schwartz opened to 60,000 in early position and was called by both of the blinds. The flop fell and the action checked around to the on the turn.
Yuval Bronshtein led out with a bet of 75,000 in the small blind and Joseph Sabe raised to 200,000 in the big blind. Schwartz folded but Bronshtein stuck around for the on the river.
Bronshtein quickly checked and Sabe knuckled it back. Bronshtein turned over but Sabe found a pair on the river with .
Frank Stepuchin was down to just ten big blinds and shoved all in for exactly 300,000 in middle position. The action folded around to Mitchell Halverson in the big blind who snapped him off.
Frank Stepuchin:
Mitchell Halverson:
The flop of left Halverson in the lead but the on the turn gave Stepuchin some more outs. However, the on the river bricked out and Stepuchin was sent to the payout desk.
The action folded to Mark Zajdner in the hijack who opened for 60,000 and only Michael Dyer called in the cutoff.
"Same two all the time," said Zajdner to Dyer before the dealer fanned out the flop of . Both players checked their options to the turn where again the action went check-check.
The completed the board and Zajdner checked a third time. Dyer tossed out a bet of 40,000 and Zajdner elected on a check-raise to 250,000. Dyer quickly folded and Zajdner stood up and tabled for only a pair of fives.
"I finally got him one hand! "I finally bluffed him," exclaimed Zajdner as he collected the pot.
Pedro Ingles opened to 65,000 in the cutoff and was called by Kristen Deardorff in the small blind. Gintautas Putinas threw his last 110,000 in the middle from the big blind which was immediately followed by a four-bet to 265,000 from Ingles. Deardorff laid her hand down and the two remaining hands were tabled.
Gintautas Putinas:
Pedro Ingles:
The board ran out and Putinas was unable to connect with the board, bowing out in 35th place.
Zachary Donovan raised to 65,000 in middle position and Andrew Esposito defended from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Esposito checked again and Donovan tossed in a bet of 85,000. Esposito called and the completed the board. Esposito checked for the third time and Donovan counted out a bet of 225,000. Esposito instantly called and Donovan turned over for two pair while Esposito was left with .
Calvin Anderson opened to 60,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Kharlin Sued in the cutoff who moved all in for 310,000 total. Anderson reluctantly made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Kharlin Sued:
Calvin Anderson:
Sued was ahead with ace-jack but when the flop came , Anderson picked up a ton more outs with a flush draw and live cards. The turn fell the and river brought the to dodge the plenty of outs for Anderson and score the full double up for Sued.
Harvey Alegado opened to 60,000 in early position and Orestis Kanakopoulos three-bet to 190,000 on his left. The action folded back to Alegado who jammed all in for around 1,100,000. Kanakopoulos snapped him off and the cards were on their backs.
Harvey Alegado:
Orestis Kanakopoulos:
The flop of left Kanakopoulos in the lead with his pair of kings. Alegado was unable to connect on the turn or the river as he was bounced from the tournament.
Yuval Bronshtein opened to 65,000 from middle position and Jake Schwartz made the call in the cutoff. Seth Fischer moved all in from the big blind for 250,000 and Bronshtein re-jammed, covering the stack of Schwartz who quickly folded.
Seth Fischer:
Yuval Bronshtein:
It was a fair fight preflop, but when the board ran out , the sixes for Bronshtein held up to eliminate Fischer in 34th place.
Meanwhile on the next hand, Justin Liberto got his remaining chips in the middle and couldn't find improvement. Liberto was sent to the payout desk in 33rd place.
The three High Roller Wynn events kicked off with High Roller Event #1: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em on March 7, an event that drew 92 runners for a prize pool of $920,000. Those runners included plenty of heavy hitters, including Vikenty Shegal (9th - $27,600), PokerGO founder Cary Katz (7th - $37,444), Daniel Negreanu (5th - $57,500) and Andrew Lichtenberger (4th - $77,096).
Joseph Cheong bowed out in third place for $111,872 before a heads-up battle between Aram Oganyan and Taylor Wilson that saw Wilson taking down the event for $304,70 and Oganyan earning $176,824 for his runner-up finish.
The victory brings Wilson up to $1.3 million in Hendon Mob earnings and gives him his largest career cash.
High Roller Event #1: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
A completed board of was spread across the felt with around 300,000 chips in the pot. Yuval Bronshtein led out with a bet of 75,000 from the small blind and Amir Emami went into the tank for over two minutes before sliding out a raise to 400,000.
Bronshtein countered with a re-raise to 1,200,000 and Emami thought for a bit again before dumping his cards to the muck.
"I gotta show this one," Bronshtein announced as he turned over for a straight flush.