Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 1 Completed
Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 1 Completed
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).
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.
Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
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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 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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601,500
231,500
|
231,500 |
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586,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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578,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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575,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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553,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
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540,500
59,500
|
59,500 |
|
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536,500
536,500
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536,500 |
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484,500
484,500
|
484,500 |
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444,500
444,500
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444,500 |
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437,500
212,500
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212,500 |
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417,000
417,000
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417,000 |
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415,500
84,500
|
84,500 |
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411,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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403,500
208,500
|
208,500 |
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395,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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394,000
44,000
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44,000 |
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383,000
233,000
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233,000 |
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377,500
107,500
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107,500 |
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375,500
375,500
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375,500 |
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373,000
373,000
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373,000 |
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370,500
215,500
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215,500 |
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360,500
30,500
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30,500 |
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342,500
237,500
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237,500 |
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341,500
321,500
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321,500 |
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338,000
338,000
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338,000 |
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.
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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295,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
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198,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
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330,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
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140,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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600,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
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590,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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580,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
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500,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
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450,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
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370,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
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350,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
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340,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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330,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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330,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
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310,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
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165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
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60,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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40,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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Busted | |
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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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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280,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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175,000 | |
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132,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
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575,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
380,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
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265,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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240,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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210,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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95,000 | |
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80,000 | |
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20,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |