Another high roller update

The High Roller tournament has been progressing slowly – as you’d expect from a high-buy-in tournament with an all-star field – but they’re down to 10 players and we have some chip counts. Note that as this is an 8-handed tournament, the final table will start at 9 (not at 10, which is the rule for 9-handed tournaments). In other words, the tournament is on the final table bubble at the moment. The final table bubble is NOT the pay bubble – only 6 players will be paid in this event, so THAT bubble is still a ways off.

First Name Last Name Seat Chip Count
Patrick Timothy Table 50 – Seat 1 105,000
Per Martin Jacobson Table 50 – Seat 2 235,000
Michael Watson Table 50 – Seat 3 120,000
Govert Jan Antonius Table 50 – Seat 4 185,000
Pratyush Buddiga Table 50 – Seat 8 264,000
Amer Sulaiman Table 53 – Seat 1 70,000
Connor Joseph Drinan Table 53 – Seat 3 205,000
Gregory Marcus Table 53 – Seat 4 115,000
Mark Radoja Table 53 – Seat 6 97,000
Matt Marafioti Table 53 – Seat 8 120,000

Counts at the Break

  • Level: 11
  • Small Blind: 600
  • Big Blind: 1.2K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 70K
  • Remaining: 24
  • Entries: 56


  • The High Roller event is on a break and we found the top few stacks while the players were away from the tables.

    1. Govert Jan Antonius – 192K
    2. Amer Sulaiman – 160K
    3. Christian Harder – 130K
    4. Gregory Marcus – 120K

    In addition there are several players hovering around the 100K mark.

    High Roller Photos

    Here are some photos from some of the players in Day 2 of the Fall Classic High Roller Event:

    High Roller Update

  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 67.2K
  • Remaining: 25
  • Entries: 56


  • The High Rollers are rolling right along – in the action so far 5 players have been eliminated and there will be a full redraw after the next player is eliminated.

    The players who are out so far today:

    • Alexander Wong
    • Jesse Yaginuma
    • Michael Jones
    • James Calderaro
    • John Gordon

    High Rollers start Day 2

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 56K
  • Remaining: 30
  • Entries: 56


  • The remaining 30 players in the High Roller event have taken their seats and the clock has started in level 9. This is an 8-handed tournament so the 30 players are distributed among 4 tables but there will be full redraws at 24 players, 16 players, and 9 players. The schedule today is to play at least 8 levels.

    High Roller Prize Pool

    Finish Prize
    1 $184,688 and the championship belt
    2 $124,936
    3 $81,480
    4 $65,184
    5 $48,888
    6 $38,024

    Event 11: Day 2 Seating Assignments and Counts

    There were 56 total entries in Event 11 – $10,000 + $400 No Limit Hold’em High Roller, and of those initial 56 players, 30 remain. Play will resume at 3pm today. Note: there is a small change to the schedule. Instead of the scheduled 10 levels, play on Day 2 will continue for 8 levels.

    There will be full seating redraws at 24 players, 16 players, and 9 players (final table).

    First Name Last Name Seat Chip Count
    Alexander Wong Table 50 – Seat 4 32,375
    Amer Sulaiman Table 50 – Seat 5 193,425
    Chanracy Khun Table 52 – Seat 1 48,825
    Christian Harder Table 52 – Seat 6 71,450
    Connor Joseph Drinan Table 50 – Seat 2 10,400
    Derek Bessette Table 49 – Seat 4 29,300
    Eugene Katchelov Table 49 – Seat 1 45,075
    Govert Jan Antonius Table 53 – Seat 4 136,725
    Grayson Ramage Table 52 – Seat 3 44,975
    Gregory Marcus Table 50 – Seat 6 91,900
    James Calderaro Table 52 – Seat 5 73,800
    Jesse Yaginuma Table 53 – Seat 5 64,700
    John Gordon Table 52 – Seat 7 22,300
    John Krpan Table 52 – Seat 2 25,000
    Jonathan Driscoll Table 49 – Seat 6 45,675
    Jonathan Roy Table 50 – Seat 7 46,525
    Mark Radoja Table 49 – Seat 5 53,000
    Martin Rauss Table 53 – Seat 2 74,825
    Matt Marafioti Table 53 – Seat 1 41,950
    Michael Watson Table 50 – Seat 3 39,050
    Micheal Jones Table 53 – Seat 7 33,150
    N/A Table 49 – Seat 7 27,600
    Patrick Timothy Table 49 – Seat 2 16,000
    Per Martin Jacobson Table 50 – Seat 8 26,500
    Pratyush Buddiga Table 49 – Seat 3 46,175
    Samuel Greenwood Table 53 – Seat 3 76,500
    Scott Jeremy Clements Table 52 – Seat 4 31,225
    Shannon Shorr Table 53 – Seat 6 39,900
    Shayam Srinivasan Table 49 – Seat 8 137,250
    Yann Dion Table 50 – Seat 1 55,375