After turning 5,000 into 45,000, Orpen Kisacikoglu was all in again, this time from early position. Action folded to David Peters in the small blind, and he made it 135,000. Sean Winter also called from the big blind to set up a side pot.
Peters continued for 90,000 on the J♦6♥2♠ flop, and Winters quickly folded.
Orpen Kisacikoglu: J♠5♥
David Peters: K♦J♥
Both players had top pair but Peters had the better kicker. Peters improved to two pair on the K♥ turn to secure the checkmark ahead of the 9♣ river.
Danny Tang opened in the hijack and quickly called as Masashi Oya three-bet jammed in the big blind.
Masashi Oya: A♦Q♦
Danny Tang: A♥A♣
Oya had run into aces but got some hope from the flop of 8♥9♦J♦, which gave him a flush draw and gutshot. Still, the board finished out 4♣5♣ to mark his elimination.
"You were never losing that," Lewis Spencer told Tang. "I don't know why you were worried."
Orpen Kisacikoglu, who came into the day having bagged one single 5,000 chip, called off for his tournament life from the cutoff. Koon isolated with a raise to 100,000 from the small blind and the hand went to a showdown.
Orpen Kisacikoglu: K♦J♥
Jason Koon: A♠3♠
Kisacikoglu was behind but the J♣10♦4♦ flop reversed their fates. The Q♦ turn and 3♦ river improved Kisacikoglu to a flush, increasing his stack by 800%. Kisacikoglu still remained short, but for now, the dream is still alive.
The last and biggest six-figure buy-in tournament at the 2024 World Series of Poker, at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, continues today with Day 2 of Event #55: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em.
By yesterday's conclusion, 51 unique players coughed up the eye-watering price of $250,000 to sit down at the felt and compete against the best and brightest stars in the game. But for some, one bite of the apple wasn’t enough, with a total of seven players finding an additional quarter of a million dollars to reenter the tournament, rounding up the final tally on the clock to 58 entries in total.
Of those, 45 players bagged and tagged their chips for the Day 2 restart today, but with reentry still available for the first two levels of play, this figure is expected to grow.
It was Sean Winter who took pole position among this star-studded field, having accumulated 4,475,000 chips by the conclusion of Level 8. With a plethora of WSOP final tables already under his belt, Winter will be looking to convert this chip lead into the first gold bracelet win of his already plentiful poker career.
Sean Winter
However, the path to the top won’t be an easy one for Winter, with Adrian Mateos following closely behind, having bagged his own stack of 4,210,000, the only other player to eclipse the four million chip mark.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blind
1
Sean Winter
United States
4,475,000
149
2
Adrian Mateos
Spain
4,210,000
140
3
Aram Oganyan
United States
3,935,000
131
4
Jonathan Jaffe
United States
3,395,000
113
5
Alex Kulev
Bulgaria
3,020,000
101
6
Leon Sturm
Germany
2,960,000
99
7
Jason Koon
United States
2,830,000
94
8
Santhosh Suvarna
India
2,720,000
91
9
Chance Kornuth
United States
2,690,000
90
10
Justin Saliba
United States
2,670,000
89
With a fresh starting stack still worth fifty big blinds at the start of play today, it truly is anyone’s win to fight for.
Play will recommence at 12 p.m. local time with blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,0000 big blind ante, as players battle through ten 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every two. There will also be a dinner break of 60 minutes after Level 14.
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