2022 World Series of Poker

Event #12: $50,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$1,328,068
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$4,835,375
Entries
101
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
39
Players Left
6

Schutten Distancing Himself from the Field

Level 20 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Brek Schutten and Jake Schindler were two of the chip leaders at the table with seven players still remaining. They found themselves heads-up in a pot with the board reading {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}{2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Schindler checked from the big blind and Schutten bet 1,200,000 into a pot of around 1,600,000 which Schindler called.

The {5-Spades} landed on the river and Schindler quickly checked again. Schutten announced all in, putting Schindler to the test for his remaining 2,200,000. Schindler counted his chips but decided to quickly lay his hand down.

Player Chips Progress
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Brek Schutten
11,050,000
2,800,000
2,800,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Jake Schindler
2,200,000
-2,100,000
-2,100,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Brek SchuttenJake Schindler

Punsri Doubles Through Schutten

Level 20 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Brek Schutten moved all in from the cutoff as the big stack and Punnat Punsri called on the button.

Punnat Punsri: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}
Brek Schutten: {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Punsri found a fortunate time to pick up aces, and although the {q-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop provided a sweat, the {10-Clubs} and {4-Diamonds} completed the board to secure Punsri's double.

Player Chips Progress
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Brek Schutten
9,900,000
-1,150,000
-1,150,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Punnat Punsri
6,550,000
2,750,000
2,750,000

Tags: Brek SchuttenPunnat Punsri

Schindler Doubles, Rocco on Crumbs

Level 20 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Jake Schindler raised to 1,200,000 in the cutoff and Michael Rocco shoved all in on the button. The blinds folded and Schindler instantly called off his stack of 2,075,000.

Jake Schindler: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Michael Rocco: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

Schindler was in a dominating position heading to the flop of {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. The {2-Clubs} on the turn changed nothing and the {a-Clubs} on the river meant a full double up for Schindler, leaving Rocco with just 125,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Jake Schindler
4,650,000
2,450,000
2,450,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Michael Rocco
125,000
-2,275,000
-2,275,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Michael RoccoJake Schindler

Michael Rocco Eliminated in 7th Place ($192,570)

Level 20 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Michael Rocco
Michael Rocco

Michael Rocco was down to less than one big blind but managed to double up twice, running it back to 950,000. He pushed his chips all in for the third hand in a row on the button and Punnat Punsri called in the big blind.

Michael Rocco: {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Punnat Punsri: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

The flop came {k-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Rocco was still in the lead with his pair of deuces. However, the {7-Diamonds} on the turn gave Punsri a straight and Rocco was left drawing dead to the {7-Clubs} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Punnat Punsri
7,100,000
550,000
550,000
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Michael Rocco
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Play Has Concluded for the Night

Level 20 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

With six players still remaining, the tournament staff have called a hard-stop on the day after 10 levels were completed. The players will return at 3 p.m. local time tomorrow and play until one player is eliminated before starting the feature table on PokerGO at 4 p.m. A full recap of the day's action along with chip counts will be posted shortly.

Player Chips Progress
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Brek Schutten
10,125,000
225,000
225,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Punnat Punsri
7,150,000
50,000
50,000
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Jake Schindler
4,650,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Shannon Shorr
3,650,000
-1,450,000
-1,450,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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David Peters
3,425,000
175,000
175,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Andrew Lichtenberger
1,325,000
-1,875,000
-1,875,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Six Players to Return for Finale of Event #12: $50,000 High Roller

Level 20 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Brek Schutten
Brek Schutten

The 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas continued today with more exciting high roller action in Day 2 of Event #12: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed. The event attracted 101 entries to create a prize pool of $4,835,375.

Brek Schutten bagged the chip lead with 10,125,000 chips partially propelled by a hot run in the last couple hours of the day. Thailand’s Punnat Punsri will be returning with the second-highest stack, and Jake Schindler will be coming into the finale third in chips with another shot at a maiden bracelet following his close runner-up finish in Event #8: $25,000 High Roller.

Shannon Shorr, David Peters, and Andrew Lichtenberger will start the final day on the bottom half of the leaderboard, although they will still have room to make a run at the title.

There were 39 players in their seats to start the day and the field was whittled down to only six players who will return on Day 3 looking for gold. The remaining contenders are each guaranteed at least $326,464, but all eyes are on the first-place prize of $1,328,068 and the coveted bracelet.

Final Table Seat Draw

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Shannon ShorrUnited States3,650,00015
2Andrew LichtenbergerUnited States1,325,0005
3Jake SchindlerUnited States4,650,00019
4Brek SchuttenUnited States10,125,00041
5Punnat PunsriThailand7,150,00029
6David PetersUnited States3,425,00014

Action of the Day

There were 23 players returning to the felt who bagged on Day 1, and 16 additional players entered before late registration closed at the beginning of Day 2.

Phil Ivey was one of the late entrants looking to make a run. He picked up aces and kings within the first few hands of the day to chip up early, but couldn’t continue his early fortune and busted before the money. Chance Kornuth continued his recent hot streak by being the first to move over 4 million chips, but he later lost a big chunk of it to Schutten in a classic cooler.

The top 16 players grabbed a piece of the prize pool. Hand-for-hand play began with two eliminations away from the money, and it took nearly two hours before the bubble finally burst. Vitaliy Rizhkov was first eliminated on the soft bubble, and then several double-ups occurred.

Marius Gierse Bubbled
Marius Gierse Bubbled

Eventually, it was Marius Gierse to burst the bubble when he got his short stack in and couldn’t improve. From there, a trio of eliminations occurred rather quickly, as Mikita Badziakouski, Shaun Deeb, and Kornuth all made their way to the payout desk to collect $80,000 each.

It would take another hour for the next elimination to transpire when Finland’s Eelis Parssinen lost the rest of his stack. Dan Shak was next to go, and 2021 WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir followed soon after. Dan Smith has been riding a heater lately, but in this tournament, his run came to an end after running into Punsri’s kings. The nine remaining players then converged on the final table.

Chips were exchanged around the final table before Sean Winter became the first elimination there in ninth place when he couldn’t hold on a nines versus ace-jack flip. Italian pro Dario Sammartino was the next to make his exit when he ran his short stack into a better ace.

The seven remaining players would play for almost two hours, where Schutten would pull ahead to become the clear chip leader. Schutten faced a speed bump when Punsri picked up aces at the perfect time to double through him, but he still held the lead.

Michael Rocco was the final player to be eliminated just before the end of the night. He was left with under one big blind after running ace-jack into Schindler’s ace-king and started to make a comeback, but was knocked out by Punsri. The plan was to play down to five players, but a full day of play meant a hard stop after ten levels, and the six remaining players bagged and tagged.

The final table is slated to commence at 3 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 8, and is scheduled to be streamed on delay on the PokerGO platform starting at 4 p.m. Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team returns to bring you updates until a champion is crowned.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerBrek SchuttenChance KornuthDan ShakDan SmithDario SammartinoDavid PetersEelis ParssinenJake SchindlerKoray AldemirMarius GierseMichael RoccoMikita BadziakouskiPunnat PunsriSean WinterShannon ShorrShaun Deeb

Event #12: $50,000 High Roller

Day 2 Completed