Jason Koon raised to 480,000 on the button holding K♥8♥ and Brock Wilson called in the big blind holding K♠8♠.
The flop rolled out 2♠K♦4♦ and Wilson checked over to Koon who bet 360,000. Wilson responded by raising to 825,000 and Koon burned one time extension before calling.
Wilson bet 1,100,000 on the turn J♥ and Koon moved all in for 3,600,000 total which sent Wilson into the tank. He pushed all of his time extensions into the middle and contemplated his decision.
He tossed and turned in his chair, debating the decision for his tournament life. After burning half of his time extensions, he tossed his hand into the muck to cede the pot to the chip leader.
The action folded around to Andrew Lichtenberger in the small blind who ripped all in as the big stack. Sergey Lebedev quickly called off his stack of 2,415,000 from the big blind and the cards were tabled.
Sergey Lebedev: A♦8♦
Andrew Lichtenberger: A♥Q♦
The flop fell Q♥10♥2♠ and Lichtenberger cemented his lead with a pair of queens. The 3♥ on the turn left Lebedev drawing dead to the A♠ on the river. Lebedev made a quick exit on the livestream, leaving just four players remaining.
The action folded to Viktor Blom on the button who shipped all in for 2,105,000. Jason Koon asked for a count from the small blind and then flicked in chips to call. Andrew Lichtenberger folded his big blind and the two hands were tabled.
Viktor Blom: A♦6♦
Jason Koon: A♠10♠
Koon held a dominating position and the flop of 10♣7♠3♥ put him even further ahead. The Q♣ on the turn was no help to Blom who was left drawing dead to the 8♣ on the river.
Sergey Lebedev raised to 400,000 in the hijack and Ben Tollerene moved all in for 3,135,000 on the button which saw action fold back to Lebedev who called.
Ben Tollerene: 10♥10♦
Sergey Lebedev: 8♦8♠
The board ran out 4♥Q♥Q♦J♣7♣ and the queens and tens were good for Tollerene to take down the pot.
Reagan Silber was the short stack at the table and moved all in for 1,275,000 in the hijack. Sergey Lebedev asked for a count in the cutoff and then called. The rest of the table folded and the two hands were face up.
Reagan Silber: A♦K♦
Sergey Lebedev: K♠Q♠
The flop came A♣J♠9♠ to give Silber top pair but Lebedev picked up straight and flush draws. The turn brought the 2♠ and Lebedev completed his flush to leave Silber drawing dead to the 6♠ on the river.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 320,000 in late position and Aliaksei Boika three-bet to 850,000 on the button, which only Lichtenberger called.
The flop rolled out 10♥Q♠4♦ and Lichtenberger checked over to Boika who bet 700,000. Lichtenberger burned up a time extension before deciding to call.
On the turn A♠, Lichtenberger checked a second time over to Boika who burned a time extension before deciding to size down to 350,000. Lichtenberger raised to 1,250,000 and Boika burned another time extension before calling.
Lichtenberger moved all in for 2,800,000 on the river 7♥ and Boika called.
Aliaksei Boika: A♣A♥
Andrew Lichtenberger: K♣J♣
Boika's top set of aces was second best to Lichtenberger's Broadway and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Andrew Lichtenberger opened to 350,000 in middle position and Chongxian Yang shoved all in for his last 660,000 in the cutoff. Aliaksei Boika four-bet to 1,200,000 from the small blind and Lichtenberger just called to create a side pot.
The flop came 7♠7♣5♠ and the action checked through to the 4♦ on the turn. Boika checked again and Lichtenberger put together a bet of 675,000. Boika quickly folded and the two remaining hands were tabled.
Chongxian Yang: K♦Q♥
Andrew Lichtenberger: Q♠Q♦
Yang was down to just three outs and the J♦ on the river was not one of them.
The action folded around to Dominykas Mikolaitis in the small blind who ripped all in for 1,470,000. Viktor Blom asked for a count from the big blind and then threw in the chips to call.
Dominykas Mikolaitis: K♠4♣
Viktor Blom: Q♠10♥
The flop came J♣3♥2♠ and Mikolaitis was still in the lead with his king-high. The J♠ paired the board on the turn but the 10♦ peeled off on the river to Blom two pair. Mikolaitis was eliminated and the final nine players will no redraw to the final table.
After two days of play, the initial field of 171 entrants was reduced down to just 10 players. The game’s brightest stars and highest rollers came out to play Event #32: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em in an attempt to take down one of the biggest prizes of the summer. A whopping $1,968,927 awaits the winner, on top of the WSOP bracelet, on top of the title of High Roller for the 2025 World Series of Poker.
Leading the pack is WSOP bracelet winner and high stakes poker regular Jason Koon, who bagged a massive chip lead of 14,575,000, more than twice the next closest stack. Koon has dominated the poker circuit over the past 16 years, earning a whopping $64,113,454 to sit in fourth place on the all-time tournament money list. Four years ago, he crossed his name off the list of the best players without a bracelet and today now looks to deepen his WSOP legacy with a run at his second bracelet.
Chip Counts of the Final Ten Players
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jason Koon
United States
14,575,000
121
2
Andrew Lichtenberger
United States
6,735,000
56
3
Aliaksei Boika
Belarus
6,285,000
52
4
Brock Wilson
United States
6,240,000
52
5
Viktor Blom
Sweden
5,005,000
42
6
Ben Tollerene
United States
4,805,000
40
7
Sergey Lebedev
United Kingdom
3,295,000
27
8
Dominykas Mikolaitis
Lithuania
1,950,000
16
9
Reagan Silber
United States
1,275,000
11
10
Chongxian Yang
China
1,150,000
10
Rounding out the podium are WSOP bracelet winner Andrew Lichtenberger (6,735,000), and Aliaksei Boika (6,285,000). Lichtenberger sits nearly nine years removed from his bracelet win with several other final tables over his 18-year career, now sitting as the only other player besides Koon with a bracelet. Boika had a recent brush with a bracelet after finishing runner-up to Artur Martirosian in Event #7: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em just ten days ago. Brock Wilson (6,240,000) sits just behind the two of them and looks to claim a bracelet of his own after many close calls.
Online legend Viktor Blom looks for his first WSOP bracelet
High stakes online legends Viktor Blom (5,005,000) and Ben Tollerene (4,805,000) make up the next chunk of the list. Blom has had many close calls with a WSOP bracelet as recent as this year when he finished fourth in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Event. Tollerene’s career-best score came last year when he finished runner-up at the 2024 WSOP in the $250,000 Super High Roller. The two of them look to better their most recent final table finishes here today.
Sergey Lebedev (3,295,000) looks to make his fifth WSOP final table appearance as he hunts for a piece of jewelry. Dominykas Mikolaitis (1,950,000) is looking to final table his first live WSOP event as he hunts for a piece of his own. Reagan Silber (1,275,000) and Chongxian Yang (1,150,000) sit as the shortest stacks remaining in the tournament, with Silber securing his first WSOP cash in three years and Yang looking for his second final table of the 2025 WSOP.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$1,968,927
2
$1,312,610
3
$914,634
4
$650,074
5
$471,473
6
$349,068
7
$263,944
8
$203,919
9
$161,048
10
$130,082
Play will resume at 12 p.m. local time. Blinds will begin at Level 19 with the blinds at 80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 big blind ante. Levels will last an hour each, with a 15-minute break occurring at the conclusion of every two levels.
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