Event #85: $50,000 High Roller
Jour 2 a débuté
Event #85: $50,000 High Roller
Jour 2 a débuté
A total of 101 entries were recorded on Day 1 of Event #85: $50,000 High Roller, with 35 unique individuals, plus any late registrants, returning for Day 2 action.
Late registration for this event is open until the cards are in the air at the start of Day 2.
Jason Koon (2,405,000; 1x WSOP Winner) was the only player who eclipsed the two million chip mark at the end of the day, and he will be hoping to put that ammunition to good use as he seeks his second WSOP gold bracelet.
Directly behind Koon is the red hot Ole Schemion (1,760,000; 1x WSOP Winner) who is fresh off his dominant performance in Event #79: 1,979 Hall of Fame Bounty last week that secured his first piece of WSOP jewelry.
RANK | PLAYER | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jason Koon | United States | 2,405,000 | 80 |
2 | Ole Schemion | Austria | 1,760,000 | 59 |
3 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 1,700,000 | 57 |
4 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 1,650,000 | 55 |
5 | Ranganath Kanchi | United States | 1,565,000 | 52 |
6 | Dan Smith | United States | 1,450,000 | 48 |
7 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 1,325,000 | 44 |
8 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 1,145,000 | 38 |
9 | Darren Elias | United States | 1,144,000 | 38 |
10 | John Brooks | United States | 1,085,000 | 36 |
Stephen Chidwick (1,700,000; 1x WSOP Winner), Shaun Deeb (1,650,000; 5x WSOP Winner), and Michael Addamo (1,145,000; 3x WSOP Winner) each finished amongst the top ten in chips and will look to navigate their way to a seat at this High-Roller Finale in search of another bracelet to add to their respective collection.
Still alive and always a factor includeJoe McKeehen (610,000; 3x WSOP Winner), current WSOP POY leader Josh Arieh (570,000; 4x WSOP Winner), Joao Vieira (485,000; 1x WSOP Winner), and Ryan Leng (235,000; 3x WSOP Winner).
Each will hope to spin up their stack and earn a spot with the final five to add another chapter of WSOP history to their story.
Play will resume starting with level 13 and continue until five players remain. Levels will be 40 minutes long with a break after every three levels.
Please stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates of this event, or live here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino where the cards will be back in the air at noon local time (PST).
Players have taken their seats and action is underway!
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
The last of the late registrants are starting the day with just 10 big blinds, looking to quickly spin their stacks up into contention.
Among the new runners are the final three of last night's $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha final table, Jeremy Ausmus, Phil Hellmuth, and Daniel Negreanu.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Nathan Zimnik |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Seth Davies |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Phil Hellmuth |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Daniel Negreanu |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Barry Hutter |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Jeremy Ausmus |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Sam Soverel |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Laszlo Bujtas |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
David Szep |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Dominik Nitsche |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Elio Fox |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Heads-up in a three-bet pot on a flop of , Shaun Deeb was in middle position and check-called a 175,000 bet from Ranganath Kanchi, who was in the cutoff.
Both players checked on the turn and river.
Kanchi tabled and Deeb showed for two pair and scooped the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Shaun Deeb |
2,075,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
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Ranganath Kanchi |
1,250,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
On just his second hand with his 10 big blind stack, Daniel Negreanu was able to get it in preflop versus Mario Mosbock.
Daniel Negreanu:
Mario Mosbock:
The board ran out and Negreanu picked up a quick double up.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
630,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
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Mario Mosbock |
420,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
Sam Soverel moved all-in for exactly his starting stack of 300,000 chips from under the gun and was reraised all-in by Mark Herm. The rest of the players ducked out of the way and Soverel and Herm headed to the flop heads-up.
The hands were tabled and it was the held by Soverel that were at-risk and behind the pocket held by Herm.
The dealer ran out the board of and things ended as they began, with Herm ahead, which in turn eliminated Soverel from the tournament.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Mark Herm |
995,000
695,000
|
695,000 |
Sam Soverel | Eliminé | |
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Phil Hellmuth and Jeremy Ausmus, who late-registered at the beginning of Day 2, are already out of contention.
Hellmuth got all-in preflop with ace-jack against the ace-king of Nicholas Danias and failed to improve and Ausmus busted shortly after at another table.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Nicholas Danias |
660,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
Phil Hellmuth | Eliminé | |
|
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Jeremy Ausmus | Eliminé | |
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Ren Lin shoved all-in on his small blind and got called by Daniel Negreanu for his last 360,000.
Daniel Negreanu:
Ren Lin:
Negreanu was ahead with his queen-high, and he got a clean runout of to boost his stack to almost 800,000.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ren Lin |
1,000,000
855,000
|
855,000 |
Daniel Negreanu |
765,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
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