Event #8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed
Day 1 Started
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$5,929,875
Entries
251
Level
24
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
229
Players Left
87
Event 8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Commences Today at 1 P.M. PT
The 2022 WSOP at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas continues today with the kickoff of the always competitive Event 8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em in the Paris Ballroom.
The exciting high roller events consistently attract a plethora of top-name professionals in the poker world. That promises to be the case today when the second high roller event on this year's schedule gets going this afternoon at 1 p.m. local time.
Last year, Tyler Cornell claimed his maiden gold bracelet, besting a field of 139 entrants and claiming the $833,289 up top.
2022 WSOP High Roller ($25,000+) No-Limit Hold’em Event Schedule
| Date | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, May 31 | Event #2: High Roller Bounty | $100,000 |
| Thu, June 2 | Event #6: Heads Up Championship | $25,000 |
| Sat, June 4 | Event #8: High Roller 8-Handed | $25,000 |
| Mon, June 6 | Event #12: High Roller 8-Handed | $50,000 |
| Sun, June 19 | Event #42: High Roller | $100,000 |
| Thu, June 23 | Event #50: Super High Roller | $250,000 |
| Thu, July 14 | Event #83: High Roller | $50,000 |
The $25,000 buy-in will get players a starting stack of 150,000. Levels will be 60-minutes with 15-minute breaks taking place every two levels. Day 1 will feature eight levels of play, and registration will be open all the way until the beginning of Day 2 tomorrow, which is also scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.
There will undoubtedly be no shortage of action as the biggest names in the poker world collide in search of gold bracelet glory.
PokerNews will be here covering the entire event, so tune in for updates on all of the high roller action.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
The tournament director has set things in motion and play has begun. Players start with 150 big blinds and six time banks with a 30-second shot clock in play.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Early Runners
Level 1
: 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
There are currently 73 players seated for the first level of Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
Klein Check-Raises to Chip up Early
Level 1
: 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action picked up on the flop with the board showing 
. Bill Klein checked to Thomas Boivin, the in-position player, who put out a bet of 6,000 into a pot of 16,000.
Klein check-raised to 16,000. Boivin called.
When the 
fell and made the board even more connected and Klein didn't stop firing. He bet of 31,000 and after thinking for 30 seconds, Boivin let his cards go and Klein scooped the early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
172,000 | 22,000 |
|
123,000 | 123,000 |
Daniels Gets Paid
Level 1
: 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action arrived on the river with a pot of about 24,000 and Ben Lamb making a 9,000 river bet. The board read 
.
Jake Daniels bumped the price from in position, going for the raise, making the new bet 27,000.
Lamb thought for a bit before making the call.
"Queens," said Daniels, and showed 
for the over-pair. Lamb mucked and Daniels raked the nice-sized Level 1 pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
197,000 | 47,000 |
|
|
109,000 | -41,000 |
Kanit Stumbles Early
Level 1
: 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit raised to 3,000 from middle position and Lenoard Maue three-bet to 10,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Kanit tossed in chips to call.
The flop was 
and Kanit checked. Maue bet 11,000 and Kanit called to see the 
turn.
Kanit led on the turn for 18,000 and Maue called. The river was the .
Kanit shoved the river and Maue called with little hesitation for his last 104,000 while turning over 
for a pair of nines. Kanit showed 
before tossing the bluff in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000 | 325,000 |
|
|
7,000 | -143,000 |
Negreanu Ousts Kanit
Level 1
: 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit got his last 7,000 into the middle and Daniel Negreanu was the one to put him at risk.
Mustapha Kanit: 
Daniel Negreanu: 
The board ran out 
and Negreanu's kings held to send Kanit to the rail in the first level of Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ausmus Busts One; Several Notables Jump In
Level 1
: 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action was heads up when Jeremy Ausmus called a short stack shove for around 14,500 to put his opponent at risk.
Opponent: 
Jeremy Ausmus:
The board ran out 
and the eights held for Ausmus to secure the early elimination.
Elsewhere in the room, several players have entered the tournament throughout Level 1 and the total tally is now at 98 entrants.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 165,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
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150,000 | 150,000 |
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150,000 | 150,000 |
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150,000 | 150,000 |
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150,000 | 150,000 |