Event #88: $50,000 High Roller
Day 2 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #88: $50,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$11,970,000
Entries
252
Level
29
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
136
Players Left
17
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| Table | Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 646 | 1 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 608,000 | 38 |
| 646 | 2 | Jordan Glazer | United States | 749,000 | 47 |
| 646 | 3 | Roy Thung | United States | 675,000 | 42 |
| 646 | 4 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | 1,284,000 | 80 |
| 646 | 5 | Daniel Smith | United States | 665,000 | 42 |
| 646 | 6 | Gregory Jensen | United States | 879,000 | 55 |
| 646 | 7 | Biao Ding | Hong Kong | 1,115,000 | 70 |
| 647 | 1 | Christopher David Brewer | United States | 781,000 | 49 |
| 647 | 2 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 1,000,000 | 63 |
| 647 | 3 | Motoki Jinno | Japan | 222,000 | 14 |
| 647 | 4 | Barak Wisbrod | Israel | 1,073,000 | 67 |
| 647 | 5 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 360,000 | 23 |
| 647 | 7 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 1,361,000 | 85 |
| 647 | 8 | Kyle Edward Julius | United States | 448,000 | 28 |
| 649 | 1 | William Foxen | United States | 741,000 | 46 |
| 649 | 2 | Brandon Patrick Wilson | United States | 303,000 | 19 |
| 649 | 3 | Phua Wei | Singapore | 860,000 | 54 |
| 649 | 4 | Viktor Ustimov | Russia | 1,900,000 | 119 |
| 649 | 5 | Keyavash Hemyari | United States | 883,000 | 55 |
| 649 | 7 | Vinodan Lingham | United States | 684,000 | 43 |
| 649 | 8 | David E Coleman | United States | 318,000 | 20 |
| 650 | 1 | Sam Wolcott Soverel | United States | 1,504,000 | 94 |
| 650 | 2 | Roland Rokita | Austria | 719,000 | 45 |
| 650 | 3 | Xiaoyao Ma | China | 917,000 | 57 |
| 650 | 4 | Vladimir Minko | United Kingdom | 758,000 | 47 |
| 650 | 5 | Brekstyn Schutten | United States | 1,762,000 | 110 |
| 650 | 6 | Renat Bohdanov | Ukraine | 260,000 | 16 |
| 650 | 8 | Omer Smidt | Spain | 754,000 | 47 |
| 652 | 1 | Michael Jozoff | United States | 676,000 | 42 |
| 652 | 2 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 1,359,000 | 85 |
| 652 | 4 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 472,000 | 30 |
| 652 | 5 | Andrew Pacheco | United States | 1,349,000 | 84 |
| 652 | 6 | Chang Lee | Korea | 694,000 | 43 |
| 652 | 7 | Jason Mercier | United States | 152,000 | 10 |
| 652 | 8 | Leonard Oliver Maue | Germany | 1,340,000 | 84 |
| 653 | 2 | Alan Cavalcante | Brazil | 438,000 | 27 |
| 653 | 3 | Shoichiro Hamada | Japan | 1,039,000 | 65 |
| 653 | 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 532,000 | 33 |
| 653 | 5 | Tobias Schwecht | Germany | 161,000 | 10 |
| 653 | 6 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 432,000 | 27 |
| 653 | 7 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 688,000 | 43 |
| 653 | 8 | Michael Macchia | United States | 377,000 | 24 |
| 656 | 1 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 275,000 | 17 |
| 656 | 2 | Phong Turbo Nguyen | United States | 1,260,000 | 79 |
| 656 | 3 | Ryan Feldman | United States | 1,027,000 | 64 |
| 656 | 4 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 374,000 | 23 |
| 656 | 5 | Ryan Blank | United States | 315,000 | 20 |
| 656 | 6 | Kevin Rabichow | United States | 247,000 | 15 |
| 656 | 7 | Sergio Aidoespina | Spain | 622,000 | 39 |
| 656 | 8 | Jason Wong | United Kingdom | 62,000 | 4 |
| 657 | 1 | Sean Sexton Winter | United States | 669,000 | 42 |
| 657 | 2 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 480,000 | 30 |
| 657 | 3 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 300,000 | 19 |
| 657 | 4 | Kristen Foxen | United States | 852,000 | 53 |
| 657 | 5 | Alexandre Reard | France | 787,000 | 49 |
| 657 | 6 | Aram Zobian | Canada | 358,000 | 22 |
| 657 | 8 | Justin Saliba | United States | 369,000 | 23 |
| 660 | 1 | [Removed:554] | Netherlands | 559,000 | 35 |
| 660 | 2 | Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | 187,000 | 12 |
| 660 | 3 | Jack Roser | United States | 1,210,000 | 76 |
| 660 | 4 | Galen Hall | United States | 415,000 | 26 |
| 660 | 5 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 726,000 | 45 |
| 660 | 7 | Edward Pak | United States | 887,000 | 55 |
| 660 | 8 | Shahryarali Eslami | United States | 520,000 | 33 |
| 661 | 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 356,000 | 22 |
| 661 | 2 | Kazuomi Furuse | Japan | 742,000 | 46 |
| 661 | 3 | Arieori Miller | Israel | 574,000 | 36 |
| 661 | 4 | Christopher Nguyen | Germany | 1,415,000 | 88 |
| 661 | 5 | Arthur Morris | United States | 788,000 | 49 |
| 661 | 6 | Masashi Oya | Japan | 1,956,000 | 122 |
| 661 | 7 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 1,514,000 | 95 |
| 665 | 1 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 324,000 | 20 |
| 665 | 2 | Aram Oganyan | United States | 459,000 | 29 |
| 665 | 3 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 388,000 | 24 |
| 665 | 4 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 660,000 | 41 |
| 665 | 5 | Joseph Cada | United States | 688,000 | 43 |
| 665 | 6 | Philip Richard Sternheimer | Germany | 982,000 | 61 |
| 665 | 8 | Dale Roesel | United States | 962,000 | 60 |
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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Level: 11
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Level 11
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The players have taken their seats and cards are in the air.
Level 11
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Shaun Deeb raised to 32,000 from under the gun and Jason Wong moved all in from the cutoff for 164,000. In the big blind Ryan Feldman moved all in for more and Deeb folded.
Jason Wong: K♥J♥ 
Ryan Feldman: A♠J♦
The board ran out K♣5♠4♦10♣9♠ and the king on the flop was good enough for Wong to improve against Feldman to double the first hand of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
847,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
384,000
322,000
|
322,000 |
|
342,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
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Level 11
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Action was picked up with Yuri Dzivielevski all in on the button for 420,000. Arthur Morris had reshoved from middle position, and Martin Kabrhel was facing a decision in the cutoff, already with chips in front of him. He asked for a count of Morris' stack, which came to 788,000. After some thought, he folded what he claimed was pocket jacks.
Yuri Dzivielevski: K♦Q♥
Arthur Morris: 10♠10♣
The flop couldn't have come better for Dzivielevski, as he hit top pair and a flush draw on 6♦Q♦5♦. He improved to two pair to double up on the 3♠K♠ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
||
|
900,000
544,000
|
544,000 |
|
|
||
|
368,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
Level 11
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel opened from middle position and was called by Christopher Nguyen in the small blind.
On the J♠5♦3♦ flop, Nguyen check-called a bet of 42,000 from Kabrhel.
The A♣ turn checked through to the J♣ river which saw Nguyen lead for a healthy size of 200,000, and Kabrhel quickly folded as he falls further down the counts to start the day.
"I play every hand and I lose every hand, yeah?" Kabrhel lamented after being on the wrong end again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000
835,000
|
835,000 |
|
||
|
|
575,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
|
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Level 11
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
|
300,000 | |
|
||
|
300,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
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Level 11
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Jack Roser opened the cutoff to 57,000 before Talal Shakerchi three-bet to 168,000 from the small blind, and Roser quickly called.
On the 8♦7♦6♠ flop, Shakerchi continued for 83,000 and Roser put in the call.
Shakerchi barreled again for 165,000 on the 3♣ turn and Roser called once again at a rapid pace.
On the K♣ river, Shakerchi sized up to 240,000, leaving himself just 130,000 behind. Roser then announced all-in as the slightly covering stack, and Shakerchi laid it down quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,475,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
130,000
596,000
|
596,000 |
