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Event #36: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
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Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
After the High Roller tournament series began last week with $10,000 and $25,000 events leading up to the $50,000 event which ended this Wednesday, the strongest players of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) converged on Day 1 of Event #36: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
What began as a small field across just two tables grew to 67 entries after ten levels of play, building a prize pool of $6,432,000. Late registration remains open until the end of Level 12 on Day 2, but 31 players already bagged their chips on Day 1.
Among them, Ren Lin arrived after the dinner break and still managed to finish the day as chip leader. He first won a flip to eliminate Matthias Eibinger and nearly double up, before later making trips to crack Jesse Lonis’ kings and surge to the top of the counts.
End of Day 1 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren Lin | China | 3,175,000 | 159 |
| 2 | Galen Hall | United States | 2,525,000 | 126 |
| 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 2,255,000 | 113 |
| 4 | Vinny Lingham | United States | 2,200,000 | 110 |
| 5 | Sean Winter | United States | 1,920,000 | 96 |
| 6 | Jason Koon | United States | 1,715,000 | 86 |
| 7 | Brandon Wilson | United States | 1,660,000 | 83 |
| 8 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 1,650,000 | 83 |
| 9 | Artur Martirosian | Russian Federation | 1,590,000 | 80 |
| 10 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 1,560,000 | 78 |
Galen Hall sits second in chips with 2,525,000. He notably sent Thomas Muehloecker to the rail during the final levels, but also spent a few hours seated next to Kristen Foxen (590,000), who denied him the $25K bracelet heads-up a few days ago.
She later moved to her husband Alex Foxen’s table, who had to reenter to finish with 1,440,000. His first bullet ended brutally, with a flopped set beaten by a runner-runner full house. Just like him, Eelis Parssinen, Alex Kulev, Christopher Nguyen, and Aleksejs Ponakovs all lost their chips at some point, and none of them qualified for Day 2.
Another chip leader is Mikita Badziakouski with 2,255,000. A hot streak helped him cross the two-million-chip mark before the last break, well helped by a flip won against Stephen Chidwick, who reentered and qualified with 1,210,000. Vinny Lingham also passed the same mark with 2,200,000, while Sean Winter (1,920,000), Jason Koon (1,715,000), Brandon Wilson (1,660,000), and Daniel Rezaei (1,650,000) all bagged significant stacks.
Artur Martirosian (1,590,000), Nick Petrangelo (1,560,000), and Teun Mulder (1,535,000) also made it through to Day 2, as well as Martin Kabrhel (1,470,000), who found kings to eliminate Michael Macchia with queens in the last hand of the day. A few minutes earlier, Bryn Kenney (1,295,000) ended Chris Hunichen’s tournament, while Daniel Negreanu jumped in late but hit a set to take Christoph Vogelsang’s stack and finished with 1,190,000.
Biao Ding (1,100,000), Adrian Mateos (1,015,000), and Cary Katz (930,000) will also be back at the restart, alongside Santhosh Suvarna, who won his third WSOP bracelet in today’s $50,000 High Roller but is currently last in chips in the $100,000 event with 260,000.
Day 2 is set to kick off this Thursday, June 11 at 1 p.m. local time featuring blinds at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. As previously mentioned, late registration remains open on Day 2 until the end of Level 12, around 3:15 p.m.
Be sure to follow along with PokerNews, where full coverage continues with all the major moments until a champion is crowned!
Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Please note: Late registration is still open in this event until the end of Level 12 on Day 2
Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Day 1 of the $100,000 High Roller has wrapped up with 31 players out of the 67 entries bagging for Day 2.
Stay tuned for the chip counts and a recap of the day.
Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel opened to 45,000 from the hijack and Michael Macchia wasted no time before moving all in for his remaining ~620,000 from the cutoff.
Kabrhel called and covered him by a few hundred thousand.
Michael Macchia: Q♥Q♠
Martin Kabrhel: K♠K♦
Kabrhel was ahead, but he was still calling for a "King-King" as the dealer was placing the J♥6♠9♣ flop, 5♦ turn and 2♠ river.
The remaining players bagged up after the hand, and will return for Day 2.
Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Sean Winter raised to 40,000 in the hijack, and Eelis Parssinen shoved his last 200,000 in from the cutoff. Parssinen took out his phone to film the possible all-in, and Winter did the same in response once he had called.
Eelis Parssinen: 10♠10♦
Sean Winter: A♣10♣
Parssinen's tens remained ahead on the J♥6♣K♦ flop and 5♦ turn, but Winter spiked a straight on the Q♠ river to eliminate Parssinen during the last couple of hands.
"Huh, this filming stuff really works," Winter concluded.
Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Two more hands will be played tonight before wrapping up.
Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Artur Martirosian had open-raised in middle position when Daniel Negreanu tossed in a three-bet to 120,000 in the cutoff. Martirosian clicked it back to 300,000, and Negreanu called.
Martirosian bet a tiny 65,000 on the 2♥J♦A♣ flop. Negreanu thought for a while before he folded. Martirosian was kind enough to show AxAx for top set, after which Negreanu claimed he had folded pocket queens.
Level 10
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Sam Soverel was already all in for just under 700,000 from under the gun and action was back on Alex Foxen to call from middle position. Foxen moved in a stack to call and tabled his pocket kings. Soverel stood after flipping over his ace-queen offsuit, seeing he was behind.
Sam Soverel: A♣Q♠
Alex Foxen: K♠K♦
The 9♠5♠7♦ flop didn't change much, the uneventful 8♥ turn and 10♣ river saw to Soverel's elimination just 15 minutes before the end of Day 1.
