Event #12: €100,000 Diamond High Roller No-Limit Hold’em with a guaranteed prize pool of €5,000,000 will kick off at 2 p.m. local time.
The defending champion, Martin Kabrhel topped a field of 95 players last year to claim his second WSOP bracelet as well as the massive top prize of €2,624,340.
The other players who made it to last year’s final table were David Peters, Julian Thomas, Mikita Badziakouski, Dominik Nitsche, Jan-Eric Schwippert, Adrian Mateos, and Michael Addamo.
Players will receive 2,000,000 in chips for their buy-in with the option of unlimited re-entries during the registration period. The late registration and reentry period will remain open until the start of Level 13 on Day 2, at approximately 3:15 p.m.
Levels will be 60 minutes long throughout this three-day event and Day 1 will play through 10 levels with a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner after Level 6, around 8:30 p.m.
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
5,000
10,000
5,000
2
5,000
10,000
10,000
3
6,000
12,000
12,000
4
8,000
16,000
16,000
5
10,000
20,000
20,000
6
12,000
24,000
24,000
7
15,000
30,000
30,000
8
20,000
40,000
40,000
9
25,000
50,000
50,000
10
30,000
60,000
60,000
Make sure to follow all the High Roller action right here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the updates from the floor.
Timothy Adams raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and was called by both Christoph Vogelsang and Matthias Eibinger in the blinds.
The flop came , Vogelsang and Eibinger both checked. Adams continued with a bet of 20,000 which only Eibinger called.
The turn was the , Eibinger checked again and now Adams fired a bet of 75,000 over the line which was called.
The river completed the board with the and Eibinger checked for the last time. Adams barreled a bet of 220,000 into the pot. Eibinger tanked and then made the call. Adams mucked his hand immediately so Eibinger didn't need to show to scoop the pot.
Kahle Burns' stack looked like he had won a substantial pot of Jean-Noel Thorel already to propel him to a stack of above 3 million and now raised to 30,000 from under the gun. Thorel called in the cutoff. Christoph Vogelsang three-bet to 170,000 in the small blind. Orpen Kisacikoglu folded his big blind and Burns four-bet to 400,000. Thorel folded and Vogelsang made the call.
The flop came , Vogelsang check-called the 215,000 continuation-bet of Burns.
The turn was the , Vogelsang checked again. Burns now bet 375,000 and Vogelsang called after using a time-bank.
The river completed the board with the , Vogelsang checked for the last tie and this time Burns bet 2,090,000, keeping some chips behind, which was more than what Vogelsang had in front of him. Vogelsang dived into the tank, the dealer reached over to grab a time-bank when the first 30 seconds were over but Vogelsang asked if he could do it after the hand. Kisacikoglu was kind enough to help out by taking Vogelsang's time-bank and throwing four of them out every time the 30 seconds were up. After the fourth, Vogelsang called for the approximately 1,200,000 he had left.
Burns tabled for the nut-flush. Vogelsang quietly turned around for the flopped pair of aces and made his way out of the tournament area.
Alex Foxen opened to 36,000 from middle position and Kahle Burns called from the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of and Burns checked. Foxen bet 28,000 and Burns check-raised to 105,000. Foxen stuck around with a call.
The turn was the and Burns threw in a bet of 227,000 that Foxen called.
The completed the board and Burns fired 700,000. Foxen thought for a long while, using two of his time bank cards, then called. Burns tabled for a bluff and Foxen tabled to win the pot with a pair of eights.
There was a raise from Manig Loeser on the button and Ryan Riess three-bet to 265,000 from the small blind. Loeser four-bet to 780,000 and Riess responded by moving all in for about 3,400,000. Loeser snap-called for less and the cards were tabled.
Manig Loeser:
Ryan Riess:
Loeser hit a pretty favorable flop of . The turn and river completed the board and Loeser doubled up with his pair of kings.
Phil Ivey had raised from the button and Manig Loeser three-bet in the small blind which Ivey called.
The flop came , Loeser bet 290,000 and Ivey called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Both players checked again. Loeser tabled for the flush. It took a few seconds and then Ivey apologized as he realized he had a full house with the to scoop the pot.
There was a pot of around 340,000 in the middle and the flop was reading when Dominik Nitsche checked from the small blind. Thomer Pidun bet 150,000 from the big blind and Nitsche check-called.
The turn brought the and Nitsche check-called another bet of 300,000 from Pidun. The river filled up the board and Nitsche checked for a third time. Pidun went deep into the tank, using one of his time bank cards, then moved all in for about 1,600,000. Nitsche called for less. Pidun turned over to win the pot with queens and deuces and Nitsche showed for jacks and deuces before heading to the exit.
Johannes Becker has just taken a seat in the tournament.
On a flop reading , Johannes Becker checked from the big blind along with Matthias Eibinger under the gun. Sam Grafton bet 85,000 from the hijack and Becker check-raised to 260,000. Eibinger three-bet to 1,300,000 and Grafton snap-folded but Becker thought for a long while then moved all in for about 1,900,000. Eibinger snap-called for less and the players' cards were revealed.
Matthias Eibinger:
Johannes Becker:
Becker had an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw but Eibinger had an ace-high flush draw. The turn and completed the board and Becker took down the pot with trip sixes, eliminating Eibinger from the tournament.
"Matthias, how are you doing?" asked Filatov while Eibinger was making his way to the exit.
Christoph Vogelsang opened to 90,000 from the cutoff and Mikita Badziakouski three-bet shoved for his last 335,000 from the button. Vogelsang made the call and the players turned over their hands.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Christoph Vogelsang:
Badziakouski was ahead but the runout was and Vogelsang raked in the pot with his pair of nines, eliminating Badziakouski from the tournament.
The first day of Event #12: €100,000 Diamond High Roller No-Limit Hold’Em came to a close after eight levels of 60 minutes each. Over those first eight levels, 39 entries were collected with 25 players making it through to Day 2 here in the King’s Resort. With registration still open for the first four levels, more entries are expected to fight for their share of the €5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and another shiny gold WSOP bracelet.
Manig Loeser captured the chip lead by bagging 6,140,000 at the end of the day. Most of those chips were collected when he doubled up through Ryan Riess with ace-king while the latter held pocket jacks. The king on the river took his stack to just above 6 million and that’s where he hovered around for most the rest of the day.
Trailing Loeser by only 40,000 in chips is Anatoly Filatov. Just like Loeser, Filatov got most of his chips when he doubled through Alex Foxen with two pair. Closing out the podium is Thomer Pidun with 5,535,000 in chips. Foxen himself finished fourth in the chip counts with 5,190,000.
There are still many bracelet winners in the race right now with James Chen, Daniel Negreanu, Adrian Mateos, Johannes Becker, Timothy Adams, Danny Tang, Phil Ivey, Joao Vieira, Kahle Burns, and Ryan Riess looking to add more WSOP jewelry to their collection.
Almost everyone who busted throughout the day, be it once or more, reentered except for Mikita Badziakouski. Matthias Eibinger and Orpen Kisacikoglu were also eliminated in the last level of the day but had already reentered somewhere throughout the day. As late registration or reentering is still possible during the first four levels of Day 2, they might jump back in on Thursday, October 24.
Day 2 will resume at 1 p.m. local time here in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, and play will continue until the final table has been reached. When the players return, Level 9 will start with a small blind of 25,000, a big blind of 50,000, and a big blind ante of 50,000. Levels duration will remain at 60 minutes each throughout the tournament with a 15-minute break after every two levels.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there until the first card off the deck until the final bag has been sealed for Day 3 so make sure to keep following the live updates right here!