Fred Conforti Bags Top Stack as 30 Advance Through to Day 2
The first day of the $2,200 High Roller at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas has come to an end after twelve levels of play. During the day, 77 entries were attracted to the biggest buy-in tournament of the series and only 30 players have made it through to Day 2.
Leading the way is Fred Conforti who had a late run at the end of the night to bag the top stack with (158,500). Following closely behind Conforti is Andrew Kaplan (137,000), Barbara Visher (131,500), WSOP bracelet winner Bob Slezak (119,000), and Pavel Milanov (115,500) round out the top five stacks.
Some players who bought in but fell short include Arkadiy Tsinis, Ben Keeline, Mark Liedtke,Blake Battaglia, and Kyung Min Lee. But they don’t have to despair, the late registration and re-entry period will remain open until the start of Day 2.
The 30 remaining players will return to the felt at 2 p.m. local time on Thursday, December 19 to continue to battle it out until a winner is crowned. Play will continue with at the beginning of Level 13 which features a small blind of 1,000, big blind of 2,000, and big blind ante of 2,000. The level duration will be 40 minutes each.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to cover covering all the action until a winner is crowned in the High Roller at the end of the day. Don’t miss out on the updates so make sure to return right here.