Money is Looming
There are only 13 players left in the tournament with 12 places paid. The players who make it will be guaranteed $25,000 while there will be one unlucky players that walk away empty-handed.
The players go on a break in 10 minutes and more regular updates will be provided after.
Rainer Kempe Busts
Rodrigo Seji opened the cutoff for 240,000, a min-raise. Small blind Rainer Kempe shoved for about 2.7 million and the big blind folded. Seji tossed in a chip to call but the dealer and Kempe thought he tossed his initial raise in, indicating a fold. But it was, in fact, a call and the cards went on their backs.
Rainer Kempe: [As3s]
Rodirgo Seji: [AdAh]
The flop of [9c9d4s] gave Kempe some backdoors with running nines also an option for a chop. The [5s] on the turn was about the best card the German high roller could ask for, but it was ultimately inconsequential as the [3d] on the river was effectively a blank.
Down to 18 players now, 6 from the money.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Rainer Kempe | Busted |
-3,100,000  |
Three-Table Redraw
With 24 players remaining, there are only three tables left. All players have been issued four new time extension cards. Numerous well-known players are still in the mix. Here are some of them:
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Price | 7,000,000 |
6,000,000  |
| Kevin MacPhee | 5,100,000 |
2,300,000 |
| Cassio Kiles | 3,800,000 |
-1,865,000 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | 3,500,000 |
1,920,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 3,100,000 |
2,200,000 |
| Jack Sinclair | 2,900,000 |
1,520,000 |
| Ryan Riess | 2,600,000 |
1,600,000 |
| Francisco Benitez | 600,000 |
105,000 |
| James Romero | Busted |
-3,000,000 |
| Brent Roberts | Busted |
-2,100,000 |
| Kenny Hallaert | Busted |
-2,005,000 |
| Robert Heidorn | Busted |
-1,100,000 |
Prize Pool Announced
With 84 entries into the event, the prize pool is $814,800. Twelve spots get paid with a min-cash worth $25,000 and a top prize of $200,000.
| Position | Prize | Position | Prize |
| 1 | $200,000 | 7 | $45,000 |
| 2 | $129,800 | 8 | $40,000 |
| 3 | $95,000 | 9 | $35,000 |
| 4 | $75,000 | 10 | $30,000 |
| 5 | $60,000 | 11 | $30,000 |
| 6 | $50,000 | 12 | $25,000 |
Price Playing a Big Stack
Oliver Price is sitting with 6,000,000 in front of him and he has one of the bigger stacks in the tournament. The average stack is 2.7 million with 31 players remaining out of the 84 entries.
Others that are still in the tournament include Marvin Rettenmaier, Ryan Riess, James Romero, Mike Del Vecchio, Leo Fernandez, Rainer Kempe, Jack Sinclair, Francisco Benitez, Kenny Hallaert, and Kevin MacPhee.
Registration Closed
With the first break of the day now over, registration has closed. A total of 84 entries were made in this event, easily surpassing the $500,000 guarantee. Currently, 37 players remain with the goal to play down to a winner today.
New Level, New Players
There are currently 70 entries in the partypoker MILLIONS South America $10,300 High Roller Finale. Of those 70, currently, 37 remain. Registration is open for another hour.
More for Roberts
Brent Roberts opened the cutoff and saw the player on the button shove for just over 500,000. Roberts called holding [As8s] and was up against [Qc9d].
The flop of [Jc2cTc] brought a flush draw for Roberts’ opponent but the [3d] on the turn and [Ks] on the river were blanks.
Roberts is up to 2.1 million.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Roberts | 2,100,000 |
500,000
|
Eight New Entries
The day ended yesterday with 61 entries on the clock, but it started today with 69. Eight players have already bought in right at the start of the day. Registration is open for two more levels.
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