Welcome to Day 1 of Event #12: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
The 2022 World Series of Poker continues at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas with another high roller tournament. Today, Event #12: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed will get underway at 1 p.m. local time and is sure to attract some of the biggest and best in the game.
Last year in this event, Australian phenom Michael Addamo bested an elite field of 81 players when he defeated Justin Bonomo in heads-up play for his third bracelet and $1,132,968. He would go on to claim his fourth bracelet later that series in another high roller event.
2022 WSOP High Roller ($25,000+) No-Limit Hold’em Event Schedule
| Date | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, May 31 | Event #2: High Roller Bounty | $100,000 |
| Thu, June 2 | Event #6: Heads Up Championship | $25,000 |
| Sat, June 4 | Event #8: High Roller 8-Handed | $25,000 |
| Mon, June 6 | Event #12: High Roller 8-Handed | $50,000 |
| Sun, June 19 | Event #42: High Roller | $100,000 |
| Thu, June 23 | Event #50: Super High Roller | $250,000 |
| Thu, July 14 | Event #83: High Roller | $50,000 |
Players will begin with 300,000 chips, blinds will start at 1,000/2,000/2,000 and levels will increase every 60 minutes. One re-entry is allowed and late registration will be available until the start of Day 2.
Day 1 is scheduled to play ten levels with a 15-minute break every two levels. The field is slated to be whittled down to five contenders on Day 2, and only one player will remain at the end of Day 3.
Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you updates of all the action in this prestigious event until a champion is crowned.
, Bill Klein and Darren Elias were heads-up in a pot with nearly 200,000 in the middle already. Klein checked to Elias who used one of his time banks before checking it back. 
for two pair but Elias flopped a straight with 
to rake in the pot.
and the action checked to Hunichen in the cutoff who bet 27,000. Klein called from the big blind and the other two players folded.
which had Klein drawing slim with 
. The river was the 
and Hunichen held on to eliminate Klein in the opening level.
to keep Capriles ahead. A count confirmed Grafton was covered and he made his exit from the table, while Capriles soared up the early leaderboard.
and Vogelsang led out with a bet of 26,000. Lin instantly dropped in a stack of 5,000 chips, totaling 80,000, saying "no gamble, no future". Vogelsang announced all in for 148,500 and Lin snap-called.
on the river. 
and Frank check-called a continuation bet from Shorr.
paired the board on the river to improve Fox to a full house and Koon was eliminated on his first bullet.
fell on the turn, Foxen checked, Sammartino checked, and Hunichen bet 54,000. Brewer called, Foxen folded, and Sammartino called.
for a flush he didn't want to complete.
and Hunichen checked again. Parssinen tossed in another bet of 32,000, while Negreanu impatiently waited. Hunichen still called and the 
hit the river.
while Negreanu threw his 
into the middle of the table and ran across the room to register for the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event.
. Seidel checked to Parssinen who bet 20,000 and Seidel called.
while Parssinen held 
and Seidel check-called a bet of 45,000 from Parssinen.
