The 2025 edition of Event #88: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em has already broken the prior record for number of entries with the 194 entrants that came out to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas to chase their dreams of being crowned the next WSOP High Roller. Only 79 survived the initial day of play, but with registration open until Level 12 today, who knows just where this number will land and who will join?
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Nationality | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Masashi Oya | Japan | 1,956,000 | 122 |
| 2 | Viktor Ustimov | Russia | 1,900,000 | 119 |
| 3 | Brek Schutten | United States | 1,762,000 | 110 |
| 4 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 1,514,000 | 95 |
| 5 | Sam Soverel | United States | 1,504,000 | 94 |
| 6 | Christopher Nguyen | Germany | 1,415,000 | 88 |
| 7 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 1,361,000 | 85 |
| 8 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 1,359,000 | 85 |
| 9 | Andrew Pacheco | United States | 1,349,000 | 84 |
| 10 | Leonard Maue | Germany | 1,340,000 | 84 |
Leading the way is Japanese player Masashi Oya, who begins the day with 1,956,000. Martin Kabrhel (1,514,000) and Shaun Deeb (374,000) are currently jockeying on the WSOP POY leaderboard. Others that bagged included Brek Schutten (1,762,000), Sam Soverel (1,504,000), High Roller champion Alex Kulev (1,361,000), Philip Sternheimer (982,000), Kristen Foxen (852,000), Alex Foxen (741,000), Joe Cada (688,000), and Daniel Negreanu (532,000). Each of them will be looking to deepen their own WSOP legacy.
At 12 p.m., the remaining 79 players will resume play at Level 11 with blinds at 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 big blind ante. Registration will remain open until the end of Level 12 and the subsequent break, around 2:15 p.m. Play will continue until there are five players remaining, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 18 around 6:30 p.m.
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