2022 World Series of Poker

Live Highlights

Tong Li Wins $1,467,739 and First Bracelet in Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller

Fabian Brandes Eliminated in 2nd Place ($907,132)

Josh Arieh Eliminated in 3rd Place ($644,365)

Sam Stein Eliminated in 4th Place ($465,717)

Scott Ball Eliminated in 5th Place ($342,590)

A Winner Will be Crowned as Arieh, Ball Among Five Returning for Finale of Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller

Josh Arieh Looking for Fifth Bracelet as Five Players Remain in Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller

Jonathan Depa Eliminated in 6th Place ($256,582)

Emmanuel Sebag Eliminated in 7th Place ($195,713)

Gregory Shuda Eliminated in 8th Place ($152,091)

David Williams Eliminated in 9th Place ($120,457)

Jared Bleznick Eliminated in 10th Place ($97,266)

Jonas Kronwitter Eliminated in 11th Place ($97,266)

Stephen Hubbard Eliminated in 12th Place ($80,105)

Chance Kornuth Eliminated in 13th Place ($80,105)

Aaron Mermelstein Eliminated in 14th Place ($67,313)

Ben Lamb Eliminated in 15th Place ($67,313)

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in 16th Place ($57,738)

Christopher Trang Eliminated in 17th Place ($57,738)

James Chen Eliminated in 18th Place ($57,738)

Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 1 Completed

Ben Lamb Among Big Stacks at End of Day 1 in Event #19: $25,000 PLO High Roller

Posted 06-10-2022 01:15 UTC-7 connorrichards • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

Day 1 of the Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller at the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has wrapped up after ten hours of play with New York's Jared Bleznick bagging the chip lead with a stack of 601,500 over the 124 players left standing at the end of the day.

Close on the tail of Bleznick, who is after his first bracelet, is one-time bracelet winner Ben Lamb, who bagged a stack 540,500 on his second bullet.

Other big stacks who will join Lamb and Bleznick on Day 2 include Chris DeMaci (586,000), Sean Winter (578,000), two-time bracelet winner Scott Ball (403,500), three-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth (333,000) and Poker Hall of Famer and ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey (360,500).

End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jared Bleznick	United States	601,500	201
2	Chris DeMaci	United States	586,000	195
3	Sean Winter	United States	578,000	193
4	Frank Crivello	United States	575,000	192
5	James Chen	United States	553,000	184
6	Ben Lamb	United States	540,500	180
7	Dmitrii Perfilev	United States	536,500	179
8	Duarte Baptista	Portugal	484,500	162
9	Kristopher Tong	United States	444,500	148
10	Conrad De Armas	United States	437,500	146

The High Roller PLO tournament attracted 196 entrants and many of poker's biggest stars and best players, including Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Connor Drinan, Anthony Zinno and Dario Sammartino.

Some of the players who didn't make it through the ten levels of play include Julien Martini, Jesse Lonis, Tommy Le, Gavin Cochrane and Fraser MacIntyre.

Action will pick back up with Day 2 on Friday, June 10 at 2 p.m. local time in the Paris purple section. Like Day 1, Day 2 will play for 10 one-hour levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16 at around 8:30 p.m.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow bringing you Day 2 updates of the $25,000 PLO High Roller action.

Tags: Adam Hendrix Anthony Zinno Ben Lamb Chance Kornuth Chris DeMaci Daniel Negreanu Dario Sammartino Fraser MacIntyre Gavin Cochrane Jared Bleznick Tommy Le Yuri Dzivielevski

Seat Draw For Day 2

Posted 06-10-2022 01:05 UTC-7 YorkshirePud • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Paris	127	1	Mike Krasienko	United States	129,000	43
Paris	127	2	Michael Kuney	United States	331,000	110
Paris	127	3	Daniel Chuprun	United States	267,500	89
Paris	127	4	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	268,000	89
Paris	127	5	Dmitrii Perfilev	United States	536,500	179
Paris	127	7	Josh Pollock	United States	137,000	46
Paris	127	8	Johnathan Holsonback	United States	160,000	53

Paris	128	1	Manuel Stojanovic	United States	373,000	124
Paris	128	2	Eddy Nedialkov	Bulgaria	216,500	72
Paris	128	3	Clayton Kalisek	United States	110,500	37
Paris	128	5	Joao Simao	Brazil	259,000	86
Paris	128	6	Tomer Daniel	United States	309,000	103
Paris	128	7	Nacho Barbero	Argentina	156,000	52
Paris	128	8	Brent Roberts	United States	209,500	70

Paris	129	2	Roussos Koliakoudakis	Greece	383,000	128
Paris	129	3	Brandon Schaefer	United States	93,000	31
Paris	129	5	Aaron Katz	United States	117,500	39
Paris	129	6	DID NOT REPORT 1		1	0
Paris	129	7	Mark Bixler	United States	64,000	21

Paris	129	8	Dash Dudley	United States	153,000	51
Paris	130	1	Cliff Josephy	United States	266,000	89
Paris	130	2	Fabian Schoneck	Germany	199,500	67
Paris	130	3	Michael Kamran	United States	170,000	57
Paris	130	4	Steven Sarmiento	United States	246,000	82
Paris	130	5	Christopher Trang	United States	234,000	78
Paris	130	6	Stephen Hubbard	United States	184,500	62
Paris	130	8	Jesse Rockowitz	United States	157,500	53

Paris	131	2	Daniel Harmetz	United States	275,000	92
Paris	131	3	Taha Maruf	United States	94,000	31
Paris	131	4	Duarte Baptista	Portugal	484,500	162
Paris	131	5	John Racener	United States	311,500	104
Paris	131	6	Dan Colpoys	United States	36,000	12
Paris	131	7	James Cavanaugh	United States	146,000	49
Paris	131	8	John Kabbaj	United Kingdom	61,000	20

Paris	132	1	Kristopher Tong	United States	444,500	148
Paris	132	2	Ferenc Deak	Hungary	377,500	126
Paris	132	4	Chris Brewer	United States	201,000	67
Paris	132	5	David Williams	United States	315,000	105
Paris	132	6	Christopher Meyers	United States	338,000	113
Paris	132	8	Noah Schwartz	United States	98,500	33

Paris	133	2	Frank Crivello	United States	575,000	192
Paris	133	3	Michael Dolle	United States	159,500	53
Paris	133	4	Veselin Karakitukov	Bulgaria	222,500	74
Paris	133	5	Vasil Medarov	Bulgaria	112,500	38
Paris	133	6	Matthew Wantman	United States	147,000	49
Paris	133	7	Stefan Williams	United States	338,000	113
Paris	133	8	Dario Sammartino	Italy	276,000	92

Paris	134	1	Aaron Mermelstein	United States	417,000	139
Paris	134	2	Allan Le	United States	205,000	68
Paris	134	4	John Beauprez	United States	342,500	114
Paris	134	5	James Chen (US)	United States	553,000	184
Paris	134	6	John Riordan	United States	265,500	89
Paris	134	7	Ap Garza	United States	301,500	101
Paris	134	8	Keith Lehr	United States	214,500	72

Paris	135	1	Tong Li	China	313,500	105
Paris	135	2	Mohammad Arani	United States	285,000	95
Paris	135	3	Leonid Yanovski	Israel	90,500	30
Paris	135	4	Philip Marsico	United States	225,000	75
Paris	135	5	Chris DeMaci	United States	586,000	195
Paris	135	6	Conrad De Armas	United States	437,500	146

Paris	135	8	Ronald Keijzer	Netherlands	370,500	124
Paris	136	2	Chance Kornuth	United States	333,000	111
Paris	136	3	Connor Drinan	Canada	394,000	131
Paris	136	4	Philip Wiszowaty	United States	287,500	96
Paris	136	5	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	247,000	82
Paris	136	6	Danny Hannawa	United States	198,500	66
Paris	136	7	Ian Matakis	United States	106,000	35
Paris	136	8	Jordan Spurlin	United States	124,000	41

Paris	137	1	Eelis Pärssinen	Finland	415,500	139
Paris	137	2	Christian Harder	United States	165,500	55
Paris	137	3	Erle Mankin	United States	305,000	102
Paris	137	4	Ola Amundsgard	Norway	201,500	67
Paris	137	5	Maxx Coleman	United States	144,000	48
Paris	137	7	Phil Ivey	United States	360,500	120
Paris	137	8	Sam Soverel	United States	191,500	64

Paris	138	2	Laszlo Bujtas	Hungary	84,500	28
Paris	138	3	Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	259,500	87
Paris	138	4	Gjergj Sinishtaj	United States	136,000	45
Paris	138	5	Brandon Crawford	United States	132,000	44
Paris	138	6	DID NOT REPORT 2		1	0
Paris	138	7	Adam Hendrix	United States	111,000	37
Paris	138	8	Emmanuel Sebag	United States	341,500	114

Paris	139	1	Evgeni Turevski	Russia	182,000	61
Paris	139	2	Phil Galfond	United States	162,000	54
Paris	139	3	Corey Hochman	United States	120,000	40
Paris	139	5	Josh Arieh	United States	199,000	66
Paris	139	6	Krzysztof Magott	Poland	263,000	88
Paris	139	7	Evan Krentzman	United States	28,500	10
Paris	139	8	Joseph Cheong	United States	169,000	56

Paris	140	2	Blake Napierala	United States	177,500	59
Paris	140	3	Danny Noam	United States	280,500	94
Paris	140	4	Michael Duek	United States	197,000	66
Paris	140	5	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	309,000	103
Paris	140	6	Aleksey Filatov	United States	206,500	69
Paris	140	7	Brayden Gazlay	United States	375,500	125
Paris	140	8	Jared Bleznick	United States	601,500	201

Paris	141	1	Michael Rocco	United States	260,000	87
Paris	141	3	Ian Bradley	United Kingdom	58,500	20
Paris	141	4	Iaroslav Boiko	Ukraine	83,500	28
Paris	141	5	Sam Stein	United States	411,000	137
Paris	141	6	Scott Ball	United States	403,500	135
Paris	141	7	Philip Long	United Kingdom	101,500	34
Paris	141	8	Bryce Yockey	United States	219,000	73

Paris	142	1	Artem Maksimov	Russia	278,500	93
Paris	142	3	David Prociak	United States	206,500	69
Paris	142	4	Nicholas Julia	United States	141,000	47
Paris	142	5	Benoit Galland	Canada	53,500	18
Paris	142	6	Matthew Shepsky	United States	233,000	78
Paris	142	7	Ben Diebold	United States	46,000	15
Paris	142	8	Mark Berente	Hungary	175,000	58

Paris	143	1	Ben Lamb	United States	540,500	180
Paris	143	2	Anthony Zinno	United States	319,000	106
Paris	143	3	Brian Rast	United States	395,500	132
Paris	143	4	Sean Winter	United States	578,000	193
Paris	143	5	Chris Lee	United States	136,000	45
Paris	143	6	Joseph Liberta	United States	173,000	58
Paris	143	8	Erik Seidel	United States	127,000	42

Paris	144	1	Johann Ibanez	Colombia	271,000	90
Paris	144	2	Ayaz Mahmood	United States	227,500	76
Paris	144	3	David Benyamine	France	84,000	28
Paris	144	4	Fabian Brandes	Germany	146,000	49
Paris	144	5	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	69,500	23
Paris	144	6	DID NOT REPORT 3		84,000	28
Paris	144	7	Richard Gryko	United Kingdom	112,000	37

End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Posted 06-10-2022 01:02 UTC-7 zedmaster84 • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

Jared Bleznick	601,500	231,500
Chris DeMaci	586,000	-4,000
Sean Winter	578,000	-2,000
Frank Crivello	575,000	125,000
James Chen (US)	553,000	103,000
Ben Lamb	540,500	-59,500
Dmitrii Perfilev	536,500	536,500
Duarte Baptista	484,500	484,500
Kristopher Tong	444,500	444,500
Conrad De Armas	437,500	212,500
Aaron Mermelstein	417,000	417,000
Eelis Pärssinen	415,500	-84,500
Sam Stein	411,000	-39,000
Scott Ball	403,500	208,500
Brian Rast	395,500	-7,500
Connor Drinan	394,000	44,000
Roussos Koliakoudakis	383,000	233,000
Ferenc Deak	377,500	107,500
Brayden Gazlay	375,500	375,500
Manuel Stojanovic	373,000	373,000
Ronald Keijzer	370,500	215,500
Phil Ivey	360,500	30,500
John Beauprez	342,500	237,500
Emmanuel Sebag	341,500	321,500
Christopher Meyers	338,000	338,000

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Day 1 Completed

Posted 06-10-2022 00:47 UTC-7 zedmaster84 • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

A strong turnout of 196 entries thus far has once more cemented the prestige of this event and all those with chips at their disposal have bagged up for the night. They will be back at 2pm local time for the restart of Day 2 with another two levels of late registration available.

Assorted chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.

Brewer Takes From Sammartino

Posted 06-10-2022 00:44 UTC-7 zedmaster84 • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

In a battle of the blinds, the turn showed and Chris Brewer made it 20,000 to go out of the small blind. Dario Sammartino called out of the big blind and they headed to the on the river.

Brewer now bet 55,000 with 1,000 behind and Sammartino tossed his cards into the muck.

Dario Sammartino				295,000	90,000
Chris Brewer				198,000	198,000

Tags: Chris Brewer Dario Sammartino

Racener Chips Up With Aggression

Posted 06-10-2022 00:38 UTC-7 zedmaster84 • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

Following a cutoff raise to 6,000 by James Chen in the cutoff, Matthew Wantman on the button and John Racener in the big blind called. They headed to the flop on which it checked to Chen, who bet 10,000. Wantman called and Racener then went for a check-raise to 47,000.

This shut down both opponents and Racener chipped up late on Day 1.

James Chen (US)	450,000	450,000
John Racener	330,000	185,000
Matthew Wantman	140,000	50,000

Tags: John Racener Matthew Wantman

Late Night Counts

Posted 06-10-2022 00:30 UTC-7 zedmaster84 • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

Ben Lamb	600,000	190,000
Chris DeMaci	590,000	15,000
Sean Winter	580,000	205,000
Eelis Pärssinen	500,000	105,000
Sam Stein	450,000	210,000
Veselin Karakitukov	370,000	270,000
Connor Drinan	350,000	-80,000
David Williams	340,000	65,000
Phil Ivey	330,000	150,000
Yuri Dzivielevski partypoker Ambassador	330,000	215,000
Artem Maksimov	310,000	110,000
Josh Arieh	165,000	165,000
John Kabbaj	60,000	-50,000
Ben Diebold	40,000	-90,000
Tommy Le	Busted

Zinno Gets Sinishtaj To Fold

Posted 06-10-2022 00:23 UTC-7 zedmaster84 • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

Three ways to the turn, the action was checked by Stephen Chidwick in the big blind. Anthony Zinno bet 16,000 from under the gun and Gjergj Sinishtaj called on the button while Chidwick folded. The fell on the river and Zinno now bet 30,000.

Sinishtaj gave it some consideration and ultimately folded, exposing the in the process.

Anthony Zinno	280,000	50,000
Gjergj Sinishtaj	175,000
Stephen Chidwick	132,000	-13,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Gjergj Sinishtaj Stephen Chidwick

Updated Counts

Posted 06-10-2022 00:19 UTC-7 zedmaster84 • Level 10: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 ante

Chris DeMaci	575,000	25,000
Ap Garza	380,000	180,000
Joao Simao	265,000	25,000
Sam Stein	240,000	-30,000
Keith Lehr	210,000	50,000
David Benyamine	95,000
Daniel Negreanu GGPoker Ambassador	80,000
Emmanuel Sebag	20,000	-255,000
Jamie Leonescu	Busted
Gavin Cochrane	Busted

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Winner	Tong Li
Winning Hand	a ♣q ♦9 ♦8 ♣
Prize	$1,467,739

Buy-in	$25,000
Prize Pool	$6,237,000
Players	264

Level	32
Blinds	200,000 / 400,000
Ante	400,000