Event #5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-06-04 10:43 UTC-7

Seat 6 - Aymon Hata, Germany (7,280,000)

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The unknown quantity at the $100,000 High Roller final table has to be Aymon Hata. With just over $300k in lifetime earnings, Hata has already doubled that and could dethrone some of the poker world's best High Roller regulars should be take this tournament down.

Hata comes into the final table fifth in chips and out of position against the likes of Kenney and Petrangelo, but anything can happen and he will hope to put some pressure on short stack Stephen Chidwick and fourth in chips Elio Fox.

Bracelets	0
WSOP cashes	10
WSOP earnings	$49,387
Total live earnings	$314,837

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Aymon Hata	7,280,000

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2018-06-04 11:21 UTC-7

Seat 5 - Stephen Chidwick, United Kingdom (5,740,000)

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Is this the one? Could Stephen Chidwick finally grab himself a bracelet? If so, the GPI #1 will have to come from sixth in chips , but with just under 30 big blinds. With multiple High Roller wins to his name, along with the US Poker Open title from February, Chidwick has amassed a ton of experience with the other players at the final table and shouldn't be ruled out of contention just yet.

Should Chidwick need any extra motivation to rid himself of the moniker of being one of the world's best without a bracelet, a win would put him just over $1m behind Sam Trickett in the English all-time money list.

Bracelets	0
WSOP cashes	50
WSOP earnings	$1,740,846
Total live earnings	$16,520,954

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Stephen Chidwick	5,740,000

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2018-06-04 11:21 UTC-7

Seat 4 - Elio Fox, United States (8,620,000)

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What a week it's been for the former WSOPE winner Elio Fox! He took home €1,400,000 ($1,870,208) back in 2011 for that victory, and barely a week ago he added a second WSOP gold bracelet with victory in the second event of the summer, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty for $393,693.

Speaking after his victory, Fox said that he enjoyed the "mixture of pros and recreational players," but the final table line up is anything but, with Fox needing to overcome some top poker names in order to make it two from two this summer. The Day 1 chip leader is third in chips and poised to capitalise on any mistake from either Petrangelo or Kenney.

Bracelets	2
WSOP cashes	12
WSOP earnings	$2,500,739
Total live earnings	$3,761,327

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Elio Fox	8,620,000

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2018-06-04 11:21 UTC-7

Seat 3 - Nick Petrangelo, United States (12,200,000)

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End of day chip leader for the last two days, Nick Petrangelo won his bracelet back in 2015 in Event #4: $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout for $201,812. Already guaranteed at least twice that figure, Petrangelo is in the driving seat heading into the final day and just five eliminations away from a second WSOP gold bracelet.

Yesterday Petrangelo said to PokerNews that there were "no real ICM pressure spots," but expect that to change today as the big money looms up top.

Bracelets	1
WSOP cashes	20
WSOP earnings	$1,578,895
Total live earnings	$11,709,518

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nick Petrangelo	12,200,000

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2018-06-04 11:21 UTC-7

Seat 2 - Bryn Kenney, United States (10,200,000)

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Should Bryn Kenney take down the $100,000 High Roller, he'll move into sixth place on the All Time Money List, surpassing Phil Ivey and Fedor Holz. Whatever list it is, you know you're doing well when it's the likes of those guys you're overtaking!

With over $24m in lifetime cashes, Kenney could become the eighth player to reach $25m in life time earnings, and the omens look good. He has a wealth of experience in $/€100,000 buy-in tournaments, winning two of them for a combined score of over $3.5m. A win here would be his biggest score to date.

Bracelets	1
WSOP cashes	39
WSOP earnings	$2,078,123
Total live earnings	$24,263,833

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Bryn Kenney	10,200,000

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2018-06-04 11:21 UTC-7

Seat 1 - Andreas Eiler, Germany (8,490,000)

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Andreas Eiler is one of only two Germans left at the $100,000 High Roller final table (alongside Aymon Hata), the odds of which might have been pretty long at the start of the tournament considering his nation's poker pedigree. However, that's not to disparage Eiler's poker resume, not least considering his last recorded cash was a €700,000 ($857,980) score after takign down the €25,000 Super High Roller at partypoker Barcelona.

Eiler has come within a whisker of taking home a WSOP gold bracelet, finishing runner-up to Dominik Nitsche in last year's WSOPE €111,111 High Roller for One Drop for €2,155,418 ($2,511,762). This may be only Eiler's third WSOP cash (his first came in the 2013 WSOP) but after missing out by the narrowest of margins in Rozvadov, he'll be out for revenge should he get to heads-up in this one.

Bracelets	0
WSOP cashes	3
WSOP earnings	$2,521,520
Total live earnings	$4,240,165

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Andreas Eiler	8,490,000

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2018-06-04 11:22 UTC-7

Who Will Take Home the $100,000 High Roller Bracelet?

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A gold WSOP bracelet just like this one is up for grabs

If you take a look at the chip counts heading into the final day of Event #5: $100,000 High Roller, you can't help but notice that the top three players hold bracelets, while the other three are yet to win one of poker's most coveted wristpieces. However, it was American novelist Tom Robbins who once said, "Don't confuse symmetry with balance."

Balanced, this table is not. It is full of some of the top poker players in the world and as chip leader Nick Petrangelo said yesterday, they are each familiar with one another from long hours playing in some of the poker world's toughest fields. Any one of them could walk away with the top prize of $2,910,227 at the end of today's play, so stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who it will be!

Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m., and the action will be streamed on an hour delay on PokerGO.

Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Andreas Eiler	Germany	8,490,000	42
2	Bryn Kenney	United States	10,200,000	51
3	Nick Petrangelo	United States	12,200,000	61
4	Elio Fox	United States	8,620,000	43
5	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	5,740,000	29
6	Aymon Hata	United Kingdom	7,280,000	36

2018-06-04 15:17 UTC-7

Stephen Chidwick Eliminated in 6th Place ($484,551)

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Nível 22 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

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Hand #65: Stephen Chidwick raised to 2,000,000 on the button, leaving himself just 400,000 behind. Aymon Hata three-bet all in for 7,550,000 from the small blind and Chidwick called off his last 400,000 chips.

Stephen Chidwick:
Aymon Hata:

Chidwick was the all in player and there was no help for him on the flop. The turn was the giving Chidwick a pair. The river was the , meaning Hata got there on the river to eliminate Chidwick in sixth place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Aymon Hata	10,300,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Stephen Chidwick	Eliminado

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2018-06-04 15:29 UTC-7

Bryn Kenney Eliminated in 5th Place ($646,927)

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Nível 22 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Hand #71: Elio Fox raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and Bryn Kenney moved all in from the big blind for 2,160,000. Fox called.

Elio Fox:
Bryn Kenney:

Kenney would have to win the flip to stay alive in the $100,000 High Roller, and the flop came . The turn was the , but the river was the , meaning Kenney was eliminated in fifth place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Elio Fox	13,600,000 2,500,000	2,500,000

Bryn Kenney	Eliminado

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2018-06-04 15:55 UTC-7

Andreas Eiler Eliminated in 4th Place ($886,793)

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Nível 22 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Hand #78: Nick Petrangelo raised to 500,000 and Andreas Eiler defended his big blind. Eilier checked to Petrangelo who bet 400,000 on a flop. Eiler check-raised to 1,300,00. Petrangelo called and the pair went heads-up to a turn, which was the .

Eiler bet 2,200,000 and Petrangelo called. The river was the . Eiler checked and Petrangelo moved all in and Eiler called.

Nick Petrangelo: — full house; sixes full of jacks
Andreas Eiler: — trip jacks

The German had run into the full house of Petrangelo and was eliminated in fifth place for $886,793. The remaining three players have all locked up at least seven figures, with the next payout worth $1,247,230.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nick Petrangelo	31,900,000 12,500,000	12,500,000

Andreas Eiler	Eliminado

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