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Monday, September 5, 2016 2:31 PM Local Time
Joseph Alban raises to 4,500 from middle position and Paul Balzano calls from the hijack. Justin Oliver then pushes all in for 35,600 from the small blind. Alban thinks for a minute, then pushes all in over the top. Balzano folds.
Alban:
Balzano:
Alban is in good shape with his aces. And when the board comes , he improves to the nut flush to send Oliver to the exit.
Joseph Alban - 140,000
Justin Oliver - Eliminated
Monday, September 5, 2016 2:26 PM Local Time
With cards in the air for Day 2, late registration and re-entry have been closed. The 26 entries generated a prizepool of $130,000 and the top three spots will be paid.
Here are a look at the payouts:
1st: $65,000
2nd: $39,000
3rd: $26,000
Monday, September 5, 2016 2:25 PM Local Time
Jake Schindler raises to 4,800 from the small blind and Erik Sagstrom defends his big blind. The flop is and Schindler checks. Sagstrom bets 6,000 and Schindler calls.
The turn is the and Schindler checks again. Sagstrom bets 8,000 and Schindler takes a minute before tossing his cards into the muck. Sagstrom mucks his hand, takes the pot, and is off to a good start after buying in directly to Day 2.
Erik Sagstrom - 51,000
Jake Schindler - 29,000
Monday, September 5, 2016 2:23 PM Local Time
In the first hand, Ben Palmer (one of the players who registered before the start of play today) gets all his chips in the middle preflop against Ryan Olisar.
Palmer:
Olisar:
The board runs out . Palmer wins with his kings and gets a quick double up.
Ben Palmer - 80,000
Ryan Olisar - 54,000
Monday, September 5, 2016 2:20 PM Local Time
Late Registration was open until the beginning of Day 2, and seven players took advantage of that to join the field before play began today.
The new players are:
Jake Schindler
Justin Oliver
Joseph Cheong
Ben Palmer
Tony Ruberto
Erik Sagstrom
Jayakrishnan Nair
Monday, September 5, 2016 2:18 PM Local Time
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and a 300 ante.
Monday, September 5, 2016 2:17 PM Local Time
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Monday, September 5, 2016 1:31 PM Local Time
Keith Morrow
The second and final day of the $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller event gets underway at 2 p.m. The field drew 19 entries on Day 1, with nine players surviving the day. Keith Morrow holds a big chip lead over the field after finishing the day with 172,100 from his original 40,000 starting stack.
Late registration and re-entry is open until cards get in the air on Monday afternoon, at which point the field size and prizepool will be finalized. Other notable pros to survive the first day include Sean Berrios, Ryan Olisar, Barry Hutter, Jack Duong, and defending champion Joe Kuether.
WSOP.com will have complete coverage of the final day of action a they play down to a winner.