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Event #55: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
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Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Sean Winter’s quest to remove his name from the unenviable list of best players without a bracelet got off to a good start today on Day 1 of Event #55: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha.
Winter edged out Daniel Negreanu for the chip lead, with less than two big blinds separating them, to end up on top of the 30 players who will return tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time. Winter’s day included flopping a full house in a three-way all in, earning himself a double-up off Tom Vogelsang while sending Stephen Chidwick to the rail.
Winter bagged up 1,775,000, with Negreanu just 25,000 behind him. Negreanu spiked the nut-flush to bust $25,000 High Roller runner-up Levon Khachatryan on his way to 1,750,000 to end the night.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Winter | United States | 1,775,000 | 118 |
| 2 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 1,750,000 | 117 |
| 3 | David Benyamine | France | 1,660,000 | 111 |
| 4 | Carlo van Ravenswoud | Netherlands | 1,350,000 | 90 |
| 5 | Jason Koon | United States | 1,330,000 | 89 |
| 6 | Dylan Weisman | United States | 1,320,000 | 88 |
| 7 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 1,275,000 | 85 |
| 8 | Sean Rafael | United States | 1,135,000 | 76 |
| 9 | Venkat Chivukula | United States | 1,115,000 | 74 |
| 10 | Barrett Threadgill | United States | 1,105,000 | 74 |
David Benyamine (1,660,000), Carlo van Ravenswoud (1,350,000), and Jason Koon (1,330,000) round out the top five. Koon busted early in the day, but his second bullet included a flurry of eliminations, including spiking the nut-flush to take out Alex Foxen, making a set of kings against Jeremy Trojand, and then finally hitting the nut-flush yet again to bust Youness Barakat.
Further down the leaderboard are Dylan Weisman (1,320,000), Yuri Dzivielevski (1,275,000), Robert Cowen (955,000), Santhosh Suvarna (855,000), Joao Simao (760,000), Ka Kwan Lau (745,000), and Jeremy Ausmus (745,000). Eelis Parssinen jumped right into this event after winning his second WSOP bracelet in the $25K High Roller and bagged up 605,000, while Jared Bleznick (420,000), Bryce Yockey (300,000), and Chance Kornuth (215,000) also survived the day.
Current Player of the Year points leader Foxen busted all three of his allowed bullets today, while Chidwick busted twice. Jesse Lonis and UFC veteran Colby Covington were also among those sent to the rail over the course of Day 1.
A total of 81 players joined the field on Day 1, but that number should increase as late registration remains open until the start of play tomorrow. The action on Day 2 picks up on Level 13 with blinds of 10,000/15,000 and a 15,000 big blind ante. Levels will be extended to 60 minutes from this point on.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow to follow all the action and provide live updates from one of the elite fields on the WSOP calendar.
Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
After twelve levels of play, Day 1 is now over with 30 remaining players.
Stay tuned as PokerNews provides you chip counts and a recap of today's action!
Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The players were just about to bag up for the night when Youness Barakat got in his last 350,000 from the big blind. Jeremy Ausmus put him at risk in the small blind.
Youness Barakat: A♣K♣10♥8♠ 
Jeremy Ausmus: A♥A♦7♥4♦
Ausmus ended up hitting the last ace in the deck on the 9♥2♠3♥3♦A♠ as he improved to a full house to send Barakat to the rail.
Barakat asked the floor if he could reenter immediately so he could get the extra time banks at the start of tomorrow, but he was told he wasn't able to so late in the night.
Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of K♣9♦5♠, Youness Barakat in early position potted 108,000. Daniel Negreanu in the big blind check-called.
Negreanu raised for more than Barakat's stack on the 5♥ turn. Barrakat called off his last 200,000.
Youness Barakat: A♣K♥Q♠J♥
Daniel Negreanu: A♦K♦10♠3♠
"Chip chop," Negreanu said as the K♠ landed on the river to split the pot.
Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
After a series of limps in front of him, Gergo Nagy raised to 52,000 in the big blind and only Aaron Katz called in the hijack. Nagy then moved all in on the 6♣A♦10♣ flop.
Katz confirmed that late registration remains open tomorrow before calling for 126,000. "Terrible. Double gutter," he said as they went to turn over their cards.
Aaron Katz: Q♥J♥9♦7♠
Gergo Nagy: A♠K♠K♦2♥
Nagy was ahead with top pair against Katz's straight draw, and Katz couldn't connect with the J♠ turn or 3♣ river. He then told his tablemates he'll be back to fire another bullet tomorrow.
"You can buy in now," David Benyamine told him.
"Why? It's over," Katz replied.
Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu raised to 30,000 from under the gun, which only Klemens Roiter called in the big blind.
Roiter checked on the 6♥K♦10♥ flop, and Negreanu continued for another 30,000. Roiter spent some time thinking about it, but opted to fold.
The very next shuffle, Jonathan Depa limped in from the hijack, and Roiter called in the small blind. Negreanu squeezed it up to 48,000, which only Depa called.
The action checked through on all three streets, with the final board showing Q♦9♦5♣9♠3♠.
Negreanu announced a queen, tabling K♠Q♥J♠10♦, and Depa mucked his hand.
Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Four more hands will be played tonight before wrapping up.
Level 12
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jared Bleznick bet 35,000 from the button on a flop of 8♠2♣3♣ and Qinghai Pan called in the big blind. Dylan Weisman then potted to 184,000 in the hijack, and only Bleznick called.
Both players checked down the K♣ turn and K♦ river. Weisman then showed K♥Q♣Q♥J♣ for a flush to win the pot.
"Reasonable cards. Good runout, too. I wasn't planning on folding," Weisman said.
