LAPC $25K LAPC High Roller Event Live Blog

2:07AM
Day one of the $25K High Roller event at the LAPC has come to an end with 23 players remaining.

Play resumes tomorrow at 2PM.

Final end of day one chip counts will be posted at www.LAPCnews.com as soon as they are in.

1:25AM
On a board of [Ts][6s][5d], Jennifer Tilly was all in for her last 34,300. After a few moments, Erick Lindgren made the call and turned over [7d][7s]. However, he was behind Tilly's [9c][9d]. The turn was the [4c] and the river came the [4d].

Tilly rakes the pot and doubles up to around 76K in chips.

1:22AM
Still 24 players remaining with 40 minutes left in this last level of the day.

12:58AM
On a board of [Qh][Jd][8s][9h][2h], Andrew Lichtenberg bet 38,500. Erik Seidel thought for several moments before making the call. However, his cards went into the muck after Lichtenberg flipped up [Jh][7h] for a flush.

12:54AM
Mike "SirWatts" Watson has been eliminated from the tournament.

12:35AM
The blinds are now 500-1000 with a 100 ante. There are 25 players remaining.

Rick Salomon - 180,000
Andrew Lichtenberger - 170,000
Jason Mercier - 160,000
Erick Lindgren - 132,000
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier - 121,000
Erik Seidel - 113,000
Jennifer Tilly - 110,000
Lisa Hamilton - 87,000
Isaac Haxton - 69,000
Scott Seiver - 52,000
Christian Harder - 50,500
Lee Markholt - 44,000
William Molson - 41,500
Nick Schulman - 28,500
Eli Elezra - 20,300
Michael Watson - 17,000


10:44PM
Chris Ferguson has been eliminated from the tournament.


Final Numbers
We had a total of 41 players and top six will pay.

First place will receive $425,334.


8:26PM
Jason Mercier has joined the High Roller field.


8:13PM
There are 36 players registered so far for the high roller event and we have already lost five players.


7:58PM
Isaac Haxton just knocked out a player and has built his stack up to around 80K.


7:32PM
Shawn Hart and An Nazharud have joined the tournament.

7:27PM
Christian Harder has joined the tournament.

7:08PM
Here is a complete list of entrants so far. Registration is still open until approximately 9pm.

Michael Baxter
David Benyamine
Steve Billirakis
Justin Bonomo
John Conkright
Eliahu Elezra
Chris Ferguson
Matthew Glantz
Ashton Griffin
Anthony Guetti
Isaac Haxton
Zachary Hyman
Johnson Juanda
Harry Kazazian
Matthew Keikoan
Andrew Lichtenberger
Erick Lindgren
Matthew Marafioti
William Molson
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier
William Reynolds
Damien Ritter
Nicholas Schulman
Erik Seidel
Scott Seiver
Daniel Shak
Mizzi Sorel
Jennifer Tilly
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Vadim Trincher
Patrick Walsh
Michael Watson

6:32PM
Currently 31 players in the High Roller event with 2 and a half hours of registration still left.

Players started with 50K in chips and the blinds are currently 200-400.

High Roller Event Underway
The $25K LAPC High Roller event is now underway. Four tables are already running with registration open until 9PM.

Players already in the field include Erik Seidel, Jennifer Tilly, Erick Lindgren, David Benyamine, John Juanda, Isaac Haxton, Nick Schulman, Andrew Lichtenberg & Yevgeniy Timoshenko.