Event #21: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-06-2024 12:52 UTC-8

Dukic and Wilson Make Big Bets

Calum Grant

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Nenad Dukic opened to 3,500 from under the gun, and Alex Kulev defended his big blind. Kulev check-raised to 17,000 over a bet of 6,500 on the 10♦8♦2♣ flop and was called.

The Bulgarian continued firing on the 4♠ turn. sizing up to 31,500. Again, Dukic quickly called. With 82,000 behind, Kulev slowed down with a check on the K♥ river. Dukic put him all-in and Kulev instantly folded.

On another table, there was around 80,000 in the pot on the 10♣7♣3♦9♠6♥ completed board. The small blind bet 50,000 before Brandon Wilson overbet jammed for 134,000. The small blind asked for a count but ended up returning his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Wilson	270,000 138,000	138,000

Nenad Dukic	190,000 40,000	40,000
Julien Sitbon	133,000 17,000	17,000

Alex Kulev	82,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Nenad Dukic Brandon Wilson Alex Kulev

06-06-2024 12:44 UTC-8

Overbet from Ausmus

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Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Masato Yokosawa opened to 3,500 from under the gun and Jeremy Ausmus called on the button as the small blind also came along.

Yokosawa continued for 2,500 on the flop of Q♣10♥7♠ and only Ausmus called. Yokosawa then checked on the 8♦ turn and Ausmus bet 15,000. Yokosawa called.

Yokosawa checked once more on the 8♣ river and Ausmus bet 74,500 with just a single 500-chip behind. Yokosawa used two time banks and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	197,000 87,000	87,000

Masato Yokosawa	110,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Jeremy Ausmus Masato Yokosawa

06-06-2024 11:47 UTC-8

Mateos Runs Into Top Set

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Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The biggest pot so far took place in the back of Paris Purple and saw Adrian Mateos heading to the reentry counter.

As recounted by the table, Roberto Perez opened before Mateos three-bet behind him. Perez responded by four-betting to 23,000 and Mateos called.

Perez bet 7,500 on the 6♥8♣A♥ flop and Mateos called. Perez then checked on the 5♣ turn and Mateos bet 20,000. Perez check-raised all in for 128,000 and Mateos called with less.

Adrian Mateos: A♠K♠ All in
Roberto Perez: A♦A♣

Mateos had run into top set and was drawing dead headed to the 2♦ river to mark one of the first eliminations of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Perez	300,000 300,000	300,000
Adrian Mateos	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Roberto Perez

06-06-2024 11:47 UTC-8

Bogdanov Battles Shi in Four-Bet Pot; Petrangelo and Jaffee Enter

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Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The hijack attempted to raise it, but it was ruled as limp. Mike Shi, in the cutoff, and the small blind also limped. Yulian Bogdanov then made it 20,000. Action folded back to Shi who clicked it to 40,000, folding out the small blind. Bogdanov reraised to 70,000 and Shi stuck around.

Bogdanov continued for 12,000 on the K♣J♠9♦ flop and was called. The 4♣ turn and 7♣ river checked through to showdown. Bogdanov tabled Q♣Q♠, and Shi mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Jaffe	150,000
Nick Petrangelo	150,000

Jonathan Jaffee	150,000
Mike Shi	65,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Mike Shi Yulian Bogdanov

06-06-2024 03:09 UTC-8

Poker's Elite Expected to Enter the $25K High Roller Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em

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Matthew Pitt

Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.

Today sees the start of Event #21: $25,000 High Roller Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. This event is scheduled to run for three days, with Day 1 shuffling up and dealing at 12 p.m. on June 6, with eight 60-minute levels planned. The 30-second shot clock will be in play from the start of this event.

Players begin with 150,000 chips and Level 1 blinds are 500/1,000 with 1,000 big blind ante. Late registration remains open until the end of the first level on Day 2 (about 2 p.m.).

This is only the second running of this event, as it was a new addition to the 2023 WSOP. Last year's event attracted 207 entrants, who created a $4,864,500 prize pool. Swiss star Alexandre Vuilleumier came out on top, defeating Chance Kornuth heads up to capture his first WSOP bracelet and a huge $1,215,864 top prize.

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