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

06-06-2024 15:30 UTC-7

Updated Counts

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	540,000 70,000	70,000
Alex Foxen	500,000 7,000	7,000

Ben Heath	425,000 275,000	275,000

Bin Weng	350,000 172,000	172,000
Clemen Deng	330,000 60,000	60,000
Adrian Mateos	280,000 120,000	120,000

Espen Jorstad	280,000 95,000	95,000

David Coleman	270,000 120,000	120,000

Joao Simao	260,000 260,000	260,000

Chance Kornuth	250,000 20,000	20,000

Dario Sammartino	210,000 60,000	60,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	200,000 90,000	90,000

Francisco Benitez	180,000 30,000	30,000
Ren Lin	180,000 180,000	180,000

Sergio Aido	150,000 20,000	20,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	125,000 21,000	21,000

Dylan Destefano	125,000 25,000	25,000
Joe McKeehen	115,000 35,000	35,000

Isaac Kempton	115,000 25,000	25,000
Darren Elias	100,000 44,500	44,500

Aliaksandr Shylko	100,000 85,000	85,000
Jonathan Jaffe	85,000 60,000	60,000
Matthew Hunt	80,000 10,000	10,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-06-2024 15:16 UTC-7

Chen Falls to Broadway

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Calum Grant

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

Pieter Aerts opened to 4,500 from the hijack before Pete Chen made it 14,000 from the button. Nick Maimone four-bet to 35,000, folding out Aerts. Chen decided to stay in the mix and called.

Chen called for 15,000 on the A♣J♠8♣ flop before calling off his last 50,000 on the Q♠ turn.

Pete Chen: A♦Q♦ All in
Nick Maimone: K♦10♦

Chen turned two pair, but his opponent improved to Broadway. Chen could not fill up on the 3♣ river and became the latest departure.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Maimone	285,000 285,000	285,000

Pete Chen	Busted

Tags: Pete Chen Pieter Aerts

06-06-2024 15:15 UTC-7

Foxen Wins Some From Schutten

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Liam Gannon

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

Kristen Foxen raised in the cutoff to 4,000 which saw Brek Schutten three-bet to 16,000 which Foxen called.

Both players checked the 10♣5♣2♣ flop over to 5♠ turn where Foxen bet 9,000 and Schutten called.

On the river 6♥, Foxen bet 11,000 which saw Schutten call and muck when Foxen turned over 4♥4♠ for fives and fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brek Schutten	315,000 7,000	7,000

Kristen Foxen	205,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Brek Schutten Kristen Foxen

06-06-2024 15:13 UTC-7

Mamut Falls to Vieira

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Calum Grant

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

Orpen Kisacikoglu opened to 4,500 from the hijack before Nikolai Mamut jammed for 41,500 from the cutoff. Joao Vieira called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and so did Kisacikoglu.

Nikolai Mamut: 6♥6♣ All in
Joao Vieira: JxJx

Mamut failed to find any help on the Q♠A♥7♦4♥3♣ runout and headed to the wrong side of the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	245,000 1,405,000	1,405,000

Sergio Aido	170,000 10,000	10,000

Dan Smith	160,000 130,000	130,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	146,000 10,000	10,000

Nikolai Mamut	Busted

Tags: Joao Vieira Nikolai Mamut Orpen Kisacikoglu

06-06-2024 15:10 UTC-7

Jaka Wins a Small One From Bonomo

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Tim Baker

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

Faraz Jaka completed from the small blind and Justin Bonomo checked from the big blind.

The dealer fanned a monotone flop of 4♥Q♥6♥. Jaka check-called a min-bet of 2,000 from Bonomo to see the 7♠ come on the turn. Both players checked and they headed to the river.

On the A♠ river Jaka led out for 6,000 and Bonomo put in the call. Jaka turned over A♦3♣ for a pair of aces which was enough to win him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	355,000 74,000	74,000

Faraz Jaka	210,000

Tags: Justin Bonomo Faraz Jaka

06-06-2024 15:06 UTC-7

Stausholm Virtually Doubles

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Tim Baker

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

The board showed A♦A♠7♠A♥J♣ with around 75,000 in the middle. Martin Stausholm checked and Norihiro Otani bet 80,000. After some thought, Stausholm check-raised all in for 98,000 total. Otani didn't use much time before letting go of his hand and forfeiting the pot to Stausholm.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	1,650,000 1,490,000	1,490,000

Sergio Aido	180,000 10,000	10,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	156,000 16,000	16,000

Norihiro Otani	58,000 72,000	72,000
Nikolai Mamut	43,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Martin Stausholm Norihiro Otani

06-06-2024 15:03 UTC-7

"Good Luck In The $300"

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Liam Gannon

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

Alex Foxen opened to 4,000 on the button and in the small blind, Ren Lin three-bet to 11,000 which saw only Foxen call.

The flop came out 10♦K♠4♠ and Lin bet 8,000 which Foxen called.

Lin bet once more on the J♦ turn, sizing up to 29,000 and Foxen called a second time.

On the river 9♠, Lin moved all in for 98,000 and Foxen looked back at his hole cards.

"Good luck in the $300," Foxen said as grabbed a stack to call with.

Ren Lin: A♣2♦ All in
Alex Foxen: A♠6♠

"Ayaaaa," Lin said as he gave Foxen a big hug as Lin's ace-high was no good against the nut flush of Foxen. Foxen raked in a sizable pot while Lin was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	493,000 213,000	213,000

Ren Lin	Busted

Tags: Alex Foxen Ren Lin

06-06-2024 14:55 UTC-7

A Batch of Late Entries

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Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Lozano	150,000 150,000	150,000
Lander Lijo	150,000 150,000	150,000
Stephen Song	150,000 150,000	150,000

Joe McKeehen	150,000 150,000	150,000

Yang Wang	150,000 150,000	150,000
Ben Heath	150,000 150,000	150,000

Chi-Jen Chu	150,000 150,000	150,000
Dario Sammartino	150,000 150,000	150,000

Taylor Wilson	150,000 150,000	150,000
Eric Wasserson	150,000 150,000	150,000

Deependra Talla	150,000 150,000	150,000
Pete Chen	150,000

Michael Colbert	150,000 9,500	9,500
Frank Brannan	150,000 150,000	150,000

Markus Gonsalves	150,000 150,000	150,000
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	150,000 150,000	150,000
Francisco Benitez	150,000 150,000	150,000
Victoria Livschitz	150,000 150,000	150,000

06-06-2024 14:50 UTC-7

Tollerene Bluffs Off To Bell

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Liam Gannon

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

Andrew Wilson raised to 4,000 in first position and was called by all the players at his table.

On the flop of 7♥A♠5♦, action checked around to Ben Tollerene on the button who bet 5,000 which saw Robert Bell raise to 18,000 in the small blind, folding out all other players and Tollerene called.

Bell checked the turn 5♥ and called a bet of 18,500 on the turn from Tollerene.

The river peeled off a 4♠ and Bell checked once more to Tollerene who moved all in for 146,000. Bell used a time extension before calling for the majority of his chips.

Ben Tollerene: 9♦6♦ All in
Robert Bell: A♥9♠

Bell's top pair with a nine was good enough to win the pot and give Bell one of the biggest stacks in the tournament while Tollerene walked over to the reentry cage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Bell	404,000 404,000	404,000
Ben Tollerene	150,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Andrew Wilson Ben Tollerene Robert Bell