Event #85: $50,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

Event #85: $50,000 High Roller

Day 1 Completed

11-21-2021 00:25 UTC-8

Jason Koon Leads Stacked Field After Day 1 of $50,000 High Roller

Mike Patrick

Level 12 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

After 12 fast-paced 40-minute levels that saw 101 entries fill Event #85: $50,000 High Roller, GGPoker Ambassador Jason Koon finished the day atop the chip counts with 2,405,000 chips.

Ole Schemion (1,760,000), Stephen Chidwick (1,700,000), and Shaun Deeb (1,650,000) are not far behind.

Also among the 35 players finding a bag for Sunday's Day 2 were 2021 World Series of Poker Player of the Year front-runner Josh Arieh, who bagged up 570,000 chips and Michael Addamo, who built a big chip lead early before finishing the day with a more than healthy 1,145,000.

$50,000 High Roller Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

RANK	PLAYER	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jason Koon	United States	2,405,000	80
2	Ole Schemion	Austria	1,760,000	59
3	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	1,700,000	57
4	Shaun Deeb	United States	1,650,000	55
5	Ranganath Kanchi	United States	1,565,000	52
6	Dan Smith	United States	1,450,000	48
7	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	1,325,000	44
8	Michael Addamo	Australia	1,145,000	38
9	Darren Elias	United States	1,144,000	38
10	John Brooks	United States	1,085,000	36

Plenty of stars fell by the wayside throughout the day including Fedor Holz, Scott Seiver, Adrian Mateos, and David Peters.

Day 2 will take place Sunday at 12 p.m. noon local time in the Amazon room, with the field playing down to a final table of five, which will be streamed Monday on PokerGO.

Registration will remain open until cards are in the air again, where it’s expected there will be several more last-minute entries, likely including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and Jeremy Ausmus, who were still finishing up the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller final table as this event bagged up for the night.

The action will resume at Level 13 with blinds of 15,000 and 30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante.

Stay close to PokerNews for all the high roller action Saturday, live from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Daniel Negreanu David Peters Fedor Holz Jason Koon Jeremy Ausmus Josh Arieh Michael Addamo Ole Schemion Phil Hellmuth Scott Seiver Shaun Deeb Stephen Chidwick

11-21-2021 00:22 UTC-8

Day 2 Seat Draw

Jaxon

Level 12 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

ROOM	TABLE	SEAT	PLAYER	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Amazon	404	1	Romain Lewis	France	630,000	21
Amazon	404	2	Christoph Vogelsang	Germany	475,000	16
Amazon	404	4	Michael Addamo	Australia	1,145,000	38
Amazon	404	5	Jason Koon	United States	2,405,000	80
Amazon	404	6	Cary Katz	United States	795,000	27
Amazon	404	7	Nicholas Danias	United States	335,000	11

Amazon	405	1	Rok Gostisa	Slovenia	454,000	15
Amazon	405	2	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	370,000	12
Amazon	405	3	Antonios Rouggeris	United States	975,000	33
Amazon	405	5	Thomas Winters	United States	215,000	7
Amazon	405	6	Joe McKeehen	United States	610,000	20
Amazon	405	8	Ryan Leng	United States	235,000	8

Amazon	406	1	Ren Lin	United States	145,000	5
Amazon	406	3	George Wolff	United States	530,000	18
Amazon	406	4	Noah Schwartz	United States	555,000	19
Amazon	406	6	Mark Herm	United States	300,000	10
Amazon	406	7	Mario Mosbock	Austria	625,000	21
Amazon	406	8	Dan Smith	United States	1,450,000	48

Amazon	412	1	John Brooks	United States	1,085,000	36
Amazon	412	2	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	1,325,000	44
Amazon	412	3	Reagan Silber	United States	460,000	15
Amazon	412	4	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	1,700,000	57
Amazon	412	5	Ole Schemion	Austria	1,760,000	59
Amazon	412	7	Dylan Linde	United States	1,010,000	34

Amazon	413	2	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	885,000	30
Amazon	413	3	Carlos Chadha-Villamarin	United States	490,000	16
Amazon	413	5	Shaun Deeb	United States	1,650,000	55
Amazon	413	6	Josh Arieh	United States	570,000	19
Amazon	413	7	Ranganath Kanchi	United States	1,565,000	52
Amazon	413	8	Joao Vieira	Portugal	485,000	16

Amazon	414	1	Matthias Eibinger	Austria	740,000	25
Amazon	414	2	Ali Imsirovic	United States	560,000	19
Amazon	414	3	Darren Elias	United States	1,144,000	38
Amazon	414	6	Daniel Smiljkovic	Germany	245,000	8
Amazon	414	7	Sergio Aido Espina	United Kingdom	300,000	10

11-21-2021 00:00 UTC-8

End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Jaxon

Level 12 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	2,405,000 955,000	955,000

Ole Schemion	1,760,000 960,000	960,000

Stephen Chidwick	1,700,000 -100,000	-100,000

Shaun Deeb	1,650,000 1,130,000	1,130,000

Ranganath Kanchi	1,565,000 -35,000	-35,000
Dan Smith	1,450,000 625,000	625,000

Mikita Badziakouski	1,325,000 -375,000	-375,000

Michael Addamo	1,145,000 -905,000	-905,000

Darren Elias	1,144,000 954,000	954,000

John Brooks	1,085,000 -115,000	-115,000
Dylan Linde	1,010,000 100,000	100,000

Antonios Rouggeris	975,000 975,000	975,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	885,000 605,000	605,000

Cary Katz	795,000 345,000	345,000

Matthias Eibinger	740,000 440,000	440,000
Romain Lewis	630,000 230,000	230,000

Mario Mosbock	625,000 325,000	325,000
Joe McKeehen	610,000 -30,000	-30,000

Josh Arieh	570,000 170,000	170,000

Ali Imsirovic	560,000 200,000	200,000
Noah Schwartz	555,000 270,000	270,000

George Wolff	530,000 -105,000	-105,000
Carlos Chadha-Villamarin	490,000 490,000	490,000
Joao Vieira	485,000 -290,000	-290,000

Christoph Vogelsang	475,000 -725,000	-725,000

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11-20-2021 23:43 UTC-8

Three More Hands

Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The tournament director has just announced each table will be dealt three more hands before players bag and tag for the day.

11-20-2021 23:42 UTC-8

Lin Forces a Fold From Roungeris

Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ren Lin opened to 50,000 from the cutoff and was called by Antonios Roungeris in the small blind.

Roungeris check-called a 50,000 bet from Lin on the flop and both players checked on the turn.

Roungeris led out for 80,000 when the completed the board and Lin took some time before raising to 220,000. Roungeris quickly folded and Lin collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	1,500,000 700,000	700,000

Antonios Roungeris	600,000 -260,000	-260,000

11-20-2021 23:21 UTC-8

Wolff Doubles Through Mosbock

Mike Patrick

Level 12 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mario Mosbock raised to 50,000 and was jammed on by George Wolff for almost 300,000. Mosbock made the call and they were off to the races.

George Wolff:
Mario Mosbock:

The board came as Wolff's eights held to give him a full double-up and put Mosbock under a starting stack.

Meanwhile at another table, Johan Guilbert has been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Wolff	635,000 335,000	335,000
Mario Mosbock	300,000 -25,000	-25,000
Johan Guilbert	Busted

Tags: George Wolff Johan Guilbert Mario Mosbock

11-20-2021 23:19 UTC-8

Linde Wins One Against Rast

DougChase

Level 12 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds and on a board of Brian Rast fired out a bet of 45,000 chips and was called by Dylan Linde.

The dealer dealt the river card and Rast slowed down and checked. Next, after some thought, Linde placed out one 100k chip into the middle. After a few moments, Rast opted to call and mucked after Linde tabled the winner with his for a full house, jacks full of kings, and was awarded the pot.