Day 2 of Event #42: $100,000 High Roller Set to Begin at 12 p.m.
It will be a quick turnaround for the 23 players that bagged up chips at the end of Day 1 in Event #42: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. Just 12 hours later, they will be returning to the felt at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2 as the action kicks off at 12:00 p.m. local time with plenty on the line.
The opening day of the event attracted a total of 52 entries that saw more than half of the field eliminated through the first 12 levels. Late registration will remain open until the cards go in the air today for any of those looking to make a last-ditch effort.
Masashi Oya bagged the largest stack of the day and will return with 2,765,000 chips in his bid to make a deep run. Some other notables that maneuvered their way through to Day 2 include 2021 WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir (2,390,000), GGPoker ambassador Jason Koon (2,230,000), recent bracelet winner Dan Smith (1,590,000), and ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey (1,410,000).
The field was littered with high-stakes poker pros and that trend is expected to continue over the course of the next two days en route to crowning a champion. The schedule for today indicates that they will play down to the final five players which should come rather quickly. The levels remain at 40 minutes in length throughout the tournament and the pace of play is expected to be lightning-fast with the ability to get all the chips in the middle from all of these players.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you live updates throughout the day so be sure to keep it tuned in here.
. Masashi Oya was in the big blind and bet 335,000 into a pot of about 380,000. Henrik Hecklen was under the gun and had the decision in his hands.
for two-pair as Hecklen mucked to send Oya some more chips as he continues his form from yesterday.
flop. The 
on the river was not one of them.
to pair up the lady. The turn was the 
and the river the 
in the window to look like Aldemir might have yet another life as the flop came 
and Ponakovs still held a commanding lead. The 
on the turn left Worre drawing to three outs and the 
on the river was not one of them.
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on the turn and the 
on the river were complete bricks and Heath eliminated both players.
. Heath led for 275,000, Badziakouski raised to 575,000. Heath three-bet jammed all in to force Badziakouski to commit the rest which he did.
top pair. While Heath was pulling for diamonds, holding the 
on the river.