Event #77: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-14-2018 00:42 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Schillhabel	1,200,000 520,000	520,000
Benjamin Pollak	1,080,000 -100,000	-100,000
Larry Greenberg	980,000 440,000	440,000
Ryan Riess	975,000 365,000	365,000

Elio Fox	950,000 700,000	700,000

Scott Seiver	660,000 410,000	410,000

Manig Loeser	485,000 275,000	275,000

Kitson Kho	80,000 -146,000	-146,000
Mark Teltscher	Busted
Christoph Vogelsang	Busted
Michael Rosenfeld	Busted
Tom Marchese	Busted

Joe McKeehen	Busted

Graham Caldwell	Busted
Chris Hunichen	Busted

Erik Seidel	Busted

Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted

Dominik Nitsche	Busted

Fast Sent Home By Seiver

MrCleverFox

Level 12 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

it's unclear how and when the chips went in but Scott Seiver was holding against Dietrich Fast's . Fast was all in and at risk as Seiver had him covered.

The board was and with his pair of aces and queen kicker, Seiver had the best of it. He sent Fast to the rail and registration for the event is now closed, so he will not be back in the tournament.

After collecting the pot, Seiver moved over 1 million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	1,120,000 460,000	460,000

Dietrich Fast	Busted

Tags: Dietrich Fast Scott Seiver

07-14-2018 00:48 UTC-7

Loeser Doubles Through Mizrachi

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Michael Mizrachi was facing a pre-flop all-in from Manig Loeser for 415,000.

"Let's gamble," said Mizrachi, before calling.

Manig Loeser:
Michael Mizrachi:

Loeser was ahead and held on the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	830,000 345,000	345,000

Michael Mizrachi	810,000 -250,000	-250,000

Tags: Manig Loeser Michael Mizrachi

Level: 13

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

07-14-2018 00:51 UTC-7

Prize Pool & Payout Structure Released

[user270022]

Level 13 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With registration now closed, the official numbers are in. A total of 128 entries were received this evening creating a prize pool worth $6,144,000. The top 20 spots will get paid with anyone making the money guaranteed at least $74,623.

Making the final table will lock up $173,604 and awaiting the eventual champion is, of course, a shiny, new WSOP gold bracelet and a top prize worth $1,650,773.

Payout Structure:

Place	Prize
1	$1,650,773
2	$1,020,253
3	$720,103
4	$518,882
5	$381,874
6	$287,174
7	$220,777
8	$173,604
9-10	$139,699
11-12	$115,102
13-14	$97,160
15-16	$84,073
17-20	$74,623

07-14-2018 01:04 UTC-7

Peters Eliminated by Fox in Monster Flip

MrCleverFox

Level 13 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Elio Fox opened from the hijack with a raise to 43,000 and in the cutoff, Matthias Eibinger made it 126,000. Action folded to the big blind where David Peters moved all in for right around 600,000. Action was back on Fox who asked for a count then moved all in himself. Eibinger quickly released.

Elio Fox:
David Peters:

The board ran out and that gave Fox the winning pair of aces, chipping him up to over 1,700,000 while Peters hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elio Fox	1,780,000 830,000	830,000

David Peters	Busted

Tags: David Peters Elio Fox Matthias Eibinger

07-14-2018 01:13 UTC-7

Cristos Eliminated by Pardo

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jordan Cristos looked in a good position to double with against the of Juan Pardo. That was until the flop gave his opponent a flush.

Cristos still had backdoors but didn't hit them on the runout and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	1,500,000 640,000	640,000
Jordan Cristos	Busted

Tags: Jordan Cristos Juan Pardo

07-14-2018 01:14 UTC-7

A Round of Counts

[user270022]

Level 13 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Schindler	1,445,000 35,000	35,000

Matthias Eibinger	1,100,000 -140,000	-140,000

Isaac Haxton	1,100,000 10,000	10,000

Taylor Black	975,000 675,000	675,000
Michael Rosenfeld	940,000
Sean Winter	800,000 25,000	25,000

Stephen Chidwick	735,000 210,000	210,000

Tobias Ziegler	700,000 160,000	160,000
Byron Kaverman	670,000 360,000	360,000

Timothy Adams	560,000 -540,000	-540,000

Todd Ivens	540,000 420,000	420,000
Vitaliy Rizhkov	280,000 110,000	110,000
Connor Drinan	Busted

Ben Tollerene	Busted
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

Michael Addamo	Busted

Mike Leah	Busted

Sergio Aido	Busted

07-14-2018 01:20 UTC-7

Schindler Breaches 2 Million

MrCleverFox

Level 13 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In what appeared to be a three-bet pot preflop, Scott Seiver and Jake Schindler took a flop of . Seiver was first to act from the small blind and he led out with a bet of 140,000. Schindler called on the button.

The turn was the and both players checked.

On the river, Seiver checked again but Schindler didn't allow Seiver a cheap showdown. He put out a bet of 375,000. After about twenty seconds Seiver released and Schindler took down the decent sized pot to move right around 2 million chips while Seiver was left with just over 750,000.