Event #8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-04-2022 14:22 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts Out of the Break

Terrance Reid

Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Chadha	266,000 46,000	46,000
Chance Kornuth	230,000 25,000	25,000

Niall Farrell	219,000 36,000	36,000

Chris Brewer	215,000 5,000	5,000

Joe McKeehen	210,000 45,000	45,000
Adrian Mateos	180,000 1,000	1,000

Matt Berkey	155,000 5,000	5,000
Daniel Negreanu	100,000 11,000	11,000

06-04-2022 14:25 UTC-8

Kornuth Picks Up Another Pot

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Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Chance Kornuth raised to 4,500 from middle position and Justin Young called from the button while another player came along from the big blind.

The flop was and all three players checked. The turn was .

The big blind checked and Kornuth fired 15,500. Both players tossed their cards in the muck and Kornuth picked up another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	235,000 5,000	5,000

Justin Young	137,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Justin Young

06-04-2022 14:41 UTC-8

Dimov Makes the Big River Call

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Terrance Reid

Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of with about 28,000 in the middle.

Ognyan Dimov led for 18,000 from the small blind and saw callers in both Johan Guilbert and Joseph Cheong.

The hit the turn and Dimov kept up the pressure with a bet of 41,000. Again, both other players made the call and the pot was growing into a big one.

The river was the , completing the front door flush, and now Dimov checked. Guilbert also checked. Cheong thought about it, and decided to go all in for 105,000, barely covering Dimov.

Dimov did flick in a call and Guilbert folded.

Cheong showed the for a pair and missed flush draw. Dimov flipped for rivered top pair and the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan Dimov	350,000 350,000	350,000

Johan Guilbert	76,000 13,000	13,000

Joseph Cheong	3,500 3,500	3,500

Tags: Johan Guilbert Joseph Cheong Ognyan Dimov

06-04-2022 14:44 UTC-8

Teska Cracks Pocket Aces

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Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was heads up after a preflop battle between Maria Ho and Roger Teska brought all the chips into the middle. Teska was at risk for just under the starting stack and he was barely covered by Ho. Both were recent entrants into the event.

Roger Teska:
Maria Ho:

The board ran out and the flopped Broadway straight was good enough for Teska to crack Ho's aces and leave her with crumbs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Teska	286,000 286,000	286,000
Maria Ho	1,500 1,500	1,500

Tags: Maria Ho Roger Teska

06-04-2022 14:52 UTC-8

Vieira Doubles Through Dzivielevski

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Matt Hansen

Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Joao Vieira raised to 4,500 from the button and Yuri Dzivielevski three-bet to 16,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Vieira tossed in chips to call.

The flop was and Dzivielevski continued for 7,500. Vieira called and the turn was .

Dzivielevski checked the turn and Vieira tossed out a T-25,000 chip. Dzivielevski called and the river was .

Dzivielevski checked once again and Vieira shoved his last 66,000 into the middle. After a few moments of thought, Dzivielevski slid out the calling chips and Vieira turned over for the Broadway straight. Dzivielevski flashed the losing hand before he tossed it in the muck while Vieira stacked up the early double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	207,000 96,000	96,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	41,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Yuri Dzivielevski

06-04-2022 14:53 UTC-8

Ho Sent to the Rail by Kaverman

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Terrance Reid

Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Maria Ho went all in from early position for about three big blinds, looking to run up the short stack.

Daniel Negreanu raised from the cutoff to 14,000.

"You're just raising because you should have won the last one," said Ho.

Negreanu wouldn't be Ho's biggest concern, though, as Byron Kaverman went all in from the small blind and had them both covered. Negreanu got out of the way and cards were tabled.

Kaverman:
Ho: .

"No!" said Ho, seeing she was in bad shape.

"You would have been in great shape against me," chimed in Negreanu.

The board ran out and Kaverman's tens held up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Byron Kaverman	220,000 220,000	220,000

Daniel Negreanu	84,000 16,000	16,000

Maria Ho	Busted

Tags: Byron Kaverman Daniel Negreanu Maria Ho

06-04-2022 15:02 UTC-8

Daniel Negreanu Doesn't Need His Time Banks

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Terrance Reid

Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action picked up on the river between Alex Foxen and Daniel Negreanu. The board read and there was about 60,000 in the pot.

Foxen had slid a stack of chips into the middle, enough to cover Negreanu, who had about 51,000 remaining.

Daniel started to reach for a time bank, but instead reached for his chips.

"Oh, I call," said Negreanu.

Foxen just showed the and Negreanu rolled over for flopped top pair.

"I don't know why I was going to waste a time bank, I'm always [expletive] calling."

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	165,000 15,000	15,000

Daniel Negreanu	160,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Daniel Negreanu

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-04-2022 15:20 UTC-8

A Round of Chip Count Updates

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Matt Hansen

Level 4 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Petrangelo	315,000 165,000	165,000

Niall Farrell	302,000 83,000	83,000

Thomas Boivin	270,000 244,000	244,000
Joao Vieira	268,000 61,000	61,000

Roger Teska	258,000 28,000	28,000
Daniel Rezaei	248,000 248,000	248,000

Landon Tice	246,000 96,000	96,000
Joe McKeehen	242,000 32,000	32,000
Kenny Hallaert	242,000 92,000	92,000

Alex Foxen	235,000 70,000	70,000

Jake Daniels	224,000 10,000	10,000
Chris Brewer	218,000 3,000	3,000

Jonathan Jaffe	205,000 101,500	101,500
Sam Grafton	204,000 204,000	204,000

David Peters	201,500 51,500	51,500

Jason Koon	193,000 43,000	43,000

Victoria Livschitz	176,000 176,000	176,000
Joe Cada	173,000 23,000	23,000

Adrian Mateos	172,000 8,000	8,000

Daniel Negreanu	168,000 8,000	8,000

Justin Young	165,000 28,000	28,000
Mikita Badziakouski	164,000 164,000	164,000

Ben Lamb	154,000 6,000	6,000

Maria Ho	151,500 151,500	151,500
Cary Katz	150,000 150,000	150,000

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06-04-2022 15:23 UTC-8

Vieira Puts the Pressure On

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Terrance Reid

Level 4 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Aaron Van Blarcum raised from under the gun to 6,000 and saw three callers, including Joao Vieira in the big blind.

All four players saw a flop of . Action checked in flow to Van Blarcum, who continued for 17,000. That bet got all the way back around to Vieira , who elected to check-raise to 55,000. After some thought, Van Blarcum made the call, leaving just under 100,000 in his stack.