Event #83: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #83: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,122,625
Entries
107
Level
26
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
97
Players Left
32
While the Main Event played down to their unofficial final table until early this morning, the high rollers in the poker community are getting themselves ready for Event #83: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em which will see the cards go in the air at 1 p.m. local time in the Purple section of the Paris Ballroom.
With players like David Peters, Chad Eveslage, Norbert Szesci, Jake Schindler, Tong Li, Robert Cowen, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Alex Foxen, Harry Lodge, and Julien Perouse already having claimed one of the live or online High Roller bracelets this summer, who will be winning this next one?
Mikita Badziakouski won this event back in 2021 for $1,462,043 when he came out on top of 112 other players to earn his first WSOP bracelet. He defeated Ren Lin heads-up for all the marbles on a final table which also included Daniel Negreanu, Jason Koon, Stephen Chidwick, Ali Imsirovic, Carlos Chadha, Joao Vieira, and Ryan Leng.
Players will get 300,0000 chips in their stack when they enter and play twelve levels today if they jump in from the start. The level duration is 40 minutes each with a 15-minute break after every three levels with no dinner break today.
One reentry is possible for each player with late registration and reentry possible until the start of Day 2 at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 15. On Day 2, the field will play down to five remaining players who will then battle it out on Day 3, Saturday, July 16.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team from the first raise until the final chip has been bagged on Day 1.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1 of Event #83: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. Play today will consist of twelve 40-minute levels at which point the survivors will bag for the night.
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
The flop read 
with 14,000 in the middle. Dongwuk Moon in the small blind and Seth Davies in the middle position had both checked but Gregory Jensen bet 10,000 for Masashi Oya to make the call on the button. Moon and Davies both got out of the way.
The turn was the 
and Jensen continued with a bet of 25,000 which Oya called.
The 
on the river was good enough for Jensen to continue with a barrel of 75,000 for Oya to give up on.
While the hand was going on, Christoph Vogelsang joined them on the table with Jonathan Jaffe coming in too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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352,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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297,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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262,000 | |
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Christoph Vogelsang opened to 3,000 from under the gun and was called by Stephen Chidwick on the button as well as Punnat Punsri out of the big blind.
The flop came 
and both Punsri and Vogelsang checked to Chidwick, who led out for 4,000. Punsri got out of the way while Vogelsang called to send the two players to the turn.
Vogelsang checked for a second time on the turn. Chidwick fired off another bet, this time sizing up to a hefty 20,000. Despite the sizing, Vogelsang was not prepared to give up on the pot just yet and again called.
Both players checked after the 
river and Vogelsang showed down 
for the rivered set, good enough to scoop a sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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330,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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270,000
-30,000
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-30,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
The flop read 
with 23,000 in the middle. Seth Davies checked in the hijack and Dylan Destefano bet 13,000 which Davies called. They both checked through the on the turn to the 
on the river. They both checked again. Davies showed the 
for the straight but Destefano held the 
for the higher one and the pot.
On the next hand, Davies raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Harry Kazazian three-bet to 8,000 from the big blind which was called. The flop came 
, Kazazian check-called the 6,000 bet of Davies. They both checked through the on the turn to the 
on the river. Kazazian bet 8,000 and that was enough for Davies to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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347,000
347,000
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347,000 |
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310,000
310,000
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310,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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261,000
-36,000
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-36,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Bill Klein opened to 4,000 from under the gun and was called by Masashi Oya out of the small blind as well as Dongwuk Moon in the big blind.
Action checked to Klein on a flop of 
and he continued for 6,000. Oya responded by raising to 16,000 which forced Moon out of the hand. Klein, however, was not convinced by the raise and flatted to see a turn.
Oya continued his aggression with a bet of 12,000 on the turn only to see Klein raise to 35,000. After some thought, Oya called.
Both players checked it down on the 
river and Klein tabled 
for a winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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355,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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260,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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