Event #87: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Event #87: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
It is time for the start of one of the premier events of the 2021 WSOP as it winds to it’s conclusion with Day 1 of Event #87: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em, starting at 3 p.m. local time.
It is the third high roller event in the last few days as the WSOP continues to offer some of the most exclusive No-Limit Hold’em events around. A $100,000 buy-in will give each player a 600,000 starting stack and players are allowed one re-entry should they chose to give it another shot. Registration is open until the start of Day 2 which is useful for any player still alive in Event #85: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em who also wishes to fire into this event. This will be an 8-handed event.
This tournament is sure to attract some of the largest names in all of No-Limit Hold’em as they will look to pit their wits against one another yet again. Keith Tilston is the defending champion of this event as he won this event in 2019, besting a field of 99 to take home $2,792,406. He defeated Daniel Neagreanu heads up for the bracelet and topped a final table, which also included the likes of, Nick Schulman, Brandon Adams and Christoph Vogelsang.
Place | Player | Prize Money |
1 | Keith Tilston | $2,792,406 |
2 | Daniel Negreanu | $1,725,838 |
3 | Nick Schulman | $1,187,802 |
4 | Igor Kurganov | $840,183 |
5 | Brandon Adams | $611,258 |
6 | Dominik Nitsche | $457,772 |
7 | Sergi Reixach | $353,202 |
8 | Christoph Vogelsang | $281,025 |
PokerNews will have all the action and updates from the start of this prestigious event
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Play has begin a few minutes delayed with five players registered at the start.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bill Klein | 600,000 | 600,000 |
Seth Davies | 600,000 | 600,000 |
Michael Addamo
|
600,000 | 600,000 |
Johan Guilbert | 600,000 | 600,000 |
Orpen Kisacikoglu
|
600,000 | 600,000 |
Aleksejs Ponakovs
|
600,000 | |
David Coleman | 600,000 |
Norman Chad, along with Lon McEachern, has commentated on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for ESPN, and now CBS Sports Network, since 2003.
After the conclusion of the 2021 WSOP Main Event in which Koray Aldemir won the title and $8 million top prize, Haralabos Voulgaris, and a few other high rollers on the always polarizing poker Twitter, suggested maybe it's time to make a change in the broadcast booth.
Agree with Norman Chad, the game cannot continue in this fashion and thrive. Definitely need some new blood in the… https://t.co/EG42auRn3a
— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob)
With 26,000 in the pot and on the board, Bill Klein bet 22,000 from the small blind and Orpen Kisacikoglu called from the cutoff.
The river was and Klein checked. Kisacikoglu bet 110,000 and Klein folded quickly.
With the arrival of David Coleman, there are now seven players in the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Orpen Kisacikoglu
|
640,000 | 40,000 |
David Coleman | 600,000 | |
Bill Klein | 566,000 | -34,000 |
From the small blind, David Coleman raised it up and Michael Addamo defended from the big blind. The flop came .
Coleman check-called a bet of 8,000 and then check-called a bet of 30,000 when the was dealt on the turn.
The river was the . Action went check-check and Coleman tabled the for the winner.
The next hand, Coleman won another from Addamo when he bet 38,000 on the river which was enough to get Addamo to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Coleman | 640,000 | 40,000 |
Michael Addamo
|
545,000 | -55,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000