Action picked up with both Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier and Josh Arieh all in preflop.
Grospellier: 
Arieh: 
The board ran out all low cards with 
to give Arieh the full house and send Grospellier home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
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Busted | |
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Action picked up with cards on their back in a preflop all-in pot between Christoph Vogelsang and Chad Eveslage.
Eveslage: 
Vogelsang: 
The board ran out 
and Vogelsang was eliminated.
Elsewhere in the room, Chris Hunichen was also seen headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
603,000
|
603,000 |
|
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|
590,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
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|
510,000
-508,000
|
-508,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Freddy Deeb sat in seat six and faced a bet from the player in the four seat. Deeb tried to eye up his opponent, but Max Kruse sat in between the two and Deeb couldn't see.
According to Deeb, he asked "would you mind moving"?
Noah Schwartz told him he was out of line for asking.
Deeb and Schwartz argued about whether it was appropriate to ask before Deeb finally asked for Jason Koon's opinion at a nearby table.
"I think it's fine to ask, you can't make him, but I think it's fine to ask," said Koon.
"Thank you, thank you," Deeb appreciated the support.
"That's not how you asked it," said Schwartz.
"I had no idea you were such a [expletive] moron," said Deeb.
"You're a genius. Real MENSA," said Schwartz.
"You should make a $10,000,000 IQ bet," said Dan Smith.
According to Deeb, "the funny thing about the whole argument is [Kruse] never said one word." He moved when Deeb asked him and never complained.
Schwartz and Smith both busted shortly after the back-and-forth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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|
520,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
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|
310,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Action picked up on the turn in a heads-up pot between Freddy Deeb and Andriy Lyubovetskiy.
The board read 
and Lyubovetskiy had made a bet of 30,000 into a pot of about 90,000. Deeb put in the check-raise from the blinds to about 110,000. Lyubovetskiy went for the call.
On the river, Deeb kept the aggression going by moving all in for 180,000. Lyubovetskiy thought for a bit but tossed in cards into the muck to send the pot Deeb's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
540,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
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|
300,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
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Action picked up just after Jack Hardcastle had moved all in from the small blind and was called by Julien Martini in the big blind.
Jack Hardcastle: 
Julien Martini: 
Board ran out 
and Martini secured the early double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
188,000
|
188,000 |
|
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|
32,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
Gary Friedlander raised to 26,000 from the button and Punnat Punsri shoved from the small blind for around 160,000. Phil Ivey called with his last 140,000 from the big blind and Friedlander got out of the way. Action was heads up with Ivey at risk.
Phil Ivey: 
Punnat Punsri: 
The board ran out 
and Ivey made a pair of queens to secure the double in the opening moments of Day 2. A few moments later, Punsri was seen leaving the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
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160,000
-19,000
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-19,000 |
|
Busted | |
Day 1 of Event #8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em is in the books and 87 players bagged up to come back today for Day 2. With some of the biggest names at the 2022 WSOP at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas fighting for the glory of a high roller bracelet, Day 2 should be full of enthralling battles.
Sergi Reixach leads the way with 1,418,000 chips. Reixach has already cashed this series after placing 39th in the $2,500 freezeout and will look for an even deeper run in this event. Life will not be easy for Reixach, as he will have to get through two former Main Event champions sitting at his table.
Both Koray Aldemir (150,000) and Ryan Riess (122,000) will try to spin up their short stacks while navigating spots against the chip leader.
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
| 1 | Sergi Reixach | Spain | 1,418,000 | 142 |
| 2 | David Miscikowski | United States | 1,062,000 | 106 |
| 3 | Justin Young | United States | 1,018,000 | 102 |
| 4 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 884,000 | 88 |
| 5 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark | 854,000 | 85 |
| 6 | Michael Moncek | United States | 831,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Brek Schutten | United States | 818,000 | 82 |
| 8 | Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier | France | 750,000 | 75 |
| 9 | Reagan Silber | United States | 728,000 | 73 |
| 10 | Cary Katz | United States | 727,000 | 73 |
An unbelievable story to keep an eye on is that of Brock Wilson. Wilson ran a big bluff early in level four that didn't work out and left him with a single 500 chip. He managed to spin that 500 into a bagged 321,000. Wilson will try to complete the literal chip and a chair comeback.
Players will get going today at 1 p.m. in Paris Purple and blinds will resume in Level 9 at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante. Day 2 will play ten 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every two and a dinner break is scheduled after Level 14.
Registration is open until cards get in the air today, so the total numbers of players will likely increase even more.
Stay tuned here to PokerNews to follow all the action and see who can survive the all-star field and find a bag for Day 3.
