Event #92: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #92: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$8,499,500
Entries
178
Level
29
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
150
Players Left
56
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Day 1 of Event #92: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em has concluded here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas after 12 levels of play. Of the 150 runners who started the day, only 53 players will return for Day 2. With late registration still available through the first level of play (Level 13) on Day 2, it is yet to be determined if the event will break last year's record of 176 entrants.
The overwhelming chip leader heading into Day 2 is Joseph Cheong (3,350,000), who is on the hunt for his second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Cheong had built a healthy stack throughout the day, but amassed a huge chunk of his chips in a shocking hand against David Coleman, where Cheong slow-rolled him on the river. In what turned out to be the biggest pot of the tournament, Coleman was not happy at first, but laughed it off afterwards.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Cheong | United States | 3,350,000 | 168 |
| 2 | Erik Seidel | United States | 1,930,000 | 97 |
| 3 | David Peters | United States | 1,760,000 | 88 |
| 4 | Brek Schutten | United States | 1,660,000 | 83 |
| 5 | Michael Moncek | United States | 1,575,000 | 79 |
| 6 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 1,445,000 | 72 |
| 7 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 1,385,000 | 69 |
| 8 | Paulius Plausinaitis | Lithuania | 1,365,000 | 68 |
| 9 | Michael Rocco | United States | 1,325,000 | 66 |
| 10 | Seth Davies | United States | 1,275,000 | 64 |
Hall of Famer Erik Seidel will enter Day 2 second in chips with 1,930,000. Seidel won his tenth bracelet less than a year ago at the 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise in Event #7: Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. He will be looking to follow up that performance with another win in a star-studded field.
Not far behind is David Peters in third with 1,760,000. He eliminated Anthony Zinno at the end of the night when he was all in preflop with pocket queens against Zinno's pocket aces. Peters spiked a queen on the flop to send Zinno to the rail.
Rounding out the top five are Brek Schutten (1,660,000) and Michael Moncek (1,575,000). Schutten won his first bracelet this summer in Event #21: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed), and looks to add another. Moncek climbed to the top of the chip counts in a big hand against Fahredin Mustafov when his full house was paid off on the river.
Notable Eliminations
Alex Foxen's ace-ten fell to the pocket queens of John Pannucci.
Robert Mizrachi couldn't win a flip against Philip Wiszowaty. Jonathan Jaffe was short-stacked and all in with king-jack against Coleman's pocket jacks, but couldn't find a king. Justin Saliba was knocked out when his pocket nines were bested by Cheong's pocket queens.
Chris Hunichen, who captured his first bracelet this summer in Event #47: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em, ran into Dominik Nitsche's quads.
Scott Seiver, who currently sits atop the 2024 WSOP POY Leaderboard, exited on Day 1 when he got it all in with top pair versus Wing Po Liu's flush draw.
UFC Octagon Announcer Bruce Buffer, who finsished 8th in Event #39: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em, was eliminated towards the end of the day.
The event allows one reentry, so it is possible some players who exited on Day 1 may return for Day 2 to fire another bullet.
Action will begin on Day 2 at 1 p.m. local time on Saturday, July 13, at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, where the event will play down to the final five players. The prize pool and payouts will be announced after late registration has ended.
The tournament will resume at Level 13, with blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 40 minutes in length, with 15-minute breaks every three levels. A one-hour dinner break will take place after Level 21 at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.
Be sure to follow PokerNews throughout this event, as well as future coverage throughout the summer.
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 663 | 1 | Andrew Lichtenberger | United States | 260,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 2 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 605,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 3 | Jason Wong | United Kingdom | 130,000 | 7 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 5 | Michael Rocco | United States | 1,325,000 | 66 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 6 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 945,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 8 | Biao Ding | United States | 300,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 1 | Joseph Beasy | United States | 230,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 2 | Samuel Mullur | Austria | 440,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 3 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 1,200,000 | 60 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 4 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 170,000 | 9 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 7 | Jason Koon | United States | 345,000 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 1 | Jose Ignacio Barbero | Argentina | 395,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 2 | Vinodan Lingham | United States | 420,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 4 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 430,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 5 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 905,000 | 45 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 6 | Seth Davies | United States | 1,275,000 | 64 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 8 | David Peters | United States | 1,760,000 | 88 |
| Horseshoe | 667 | 2 | John Pannucci | United States | 215,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 667 | 3 | Emilien Pitavy | France | 975,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 667 | 5 | Leon Sturm | Germany | 675,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 667 | 6 | Barak Wisbrod | Italy | 545,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 667 | 7 | Koray Aldemir | Austria | 195,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 667 | 8 | Johannes Straver | Netherlands | 1,115,000 | 56 |
| Horseshoe | 668 | 1 | Erik Seidel | United States | 1,930,000 | 97 |
| Horseshoe | 668 | 3 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 925,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 668 | 4 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | 1,365,000 | 68 |
| Horseshoe | 668 | 5 | Michael Jozoff | United States | 1,105,000 | 55 |
| Horseshoe | 668 | 7 | Ren Lin | United States | 540,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 668 | 8 | Ben Lamb | United States | 1,080,000 | 54 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 1 | Sam Soverel | United States | 850,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 2 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 500,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 4 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 670,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 5 | Wing Po Liu | United Kingdom | 665,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 6 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 905,000 | 45 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 8 | Ishajahu Scheinberg | Canada | 775,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 1 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 655,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 2 | John Kincaid | United States | 635,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 3 | Brynjar Gigja | Iceland | 1,240,000 | 62 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 6 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 465,000 | 23 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 7 | Baruch Scheinberg | Canada | 370,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 8 | Joseph Cheong | United States | 3,350,000 | 168 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 1 | Michael Macchia | United States | 895,000 | 45 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 2 | Michael Moncek | United States | 1,575,000 | 79 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 4 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 1,445,000 | 72 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 5 | Chris Moore | United States | 1 | 0 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 7 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 1,255,000 | 63 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 8 | Timur Margolin | Italy | 730,000 | 37 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 1 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 1,385,000 | 69 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 3 | Pavel Plesuv | Czech Republic | 995,000 | 50 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 510,000 | 26 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 5 | Brekstyn Schutten | United States | 1,660,000 | 83 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 6 | Nikita Kuznetcov | Russia | 1,050,000 | 53 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 7 | Brandon Wittmeyer | United States | 180,000 | 9 |
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,350,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
|
1,930,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
||
|
1,760,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
||
|
1,660,000 | |
|
|
||
|
1,575,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,445,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
|
1,385,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
||
|
1,365,000
1,365,000
|
1,365,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,325,000
735,000
|
735,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,275,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
1,255,000
1,030,000
|
1,030,000 |
|
||
|
1,240,000
940,000
|
940,000 |
|
1,200,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
1,115,000
1,115,000
|
1,115,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,105,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
1,080,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,050,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
|
995,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
||
|
975,000
975,000
|
975,000 |
|
945,000
945,000
|
945,000 |
|
925,000
753,000
|
753,000 |
|
905,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
||
|
905,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
||
|
895,000
895,000
|
895,000 |
|
850,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
||
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Play has concluded and the remaining players have bagged and tagged their stacks.
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Anthony Zinno came to PokerNews to tell us how he exited the tournament in the final level.
Zinno said that Fahredin Mustafov raised to 40,000 from early position and David Peters three-bet from the seat next to him to 120,000. Zinno then four-bet out of the big blind to 215,000. Mustafov folded, but Peter's shoved all in for Zinno's remaining 600,000. Zinno snap-called and the cards were revealed.
Anthony Zinno: AxAx 
David Peters: QxQx
Zinno looked in great shape to become one of the chip leaders of the tournament going into Day 2. However, the dealer put a Qx on the flop to catapult Peter's into the lead. There was no miracle ace for Zinno on the rest of the runout, and he was sent to the rail because of a brutal bad beat by Peters.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The tournament clock has been paused and the floor has announced four more hands will be played to conclude this Day 1.
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
From the button, Brek Schutten bet 30,000 on a flop of K♠A♥K♥. Yulian Bogdanov called from the big blind and they headed to the turn.
Bogdanov check-called a bet of 75,000 on the 6♦ turn.
After Bogdanov checked the 3♠ river, Schutten bet enough to put Bogdanov all-in. Bogdanov snap-called and was shown K♦8♦ by Schutten for trip kings. Bogdanov flipped over K♣4♣ for trip kings himself, but because of his inferior kicker, he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,660,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
|
|
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|
280,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The pot at approximately 220,000 with two players looking at a board of 9♥A♦6♣Q♦.
Anthony Zinno, in early position, checked the action to Leon Sturm, in middle position. Sturm bet out 135,000 and Zinno surrendered both his hand and the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
-420,000
|
-420,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
670,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
|
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Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Viktor Blom raised to 40,000 from middle position. Jason Wong shoved al-in from the hijack for 138,000 and Dominik Nitsche raised to 225,000 from the cutoff. Blom folded and the cards were revealed.
Jason Wong: 10♣10♦
Dominik Nitsche: A♣J♣
The runout of 5♦K♦9♦9♣K♠ meant Wong would move than double up with his pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,240,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
||
|
400,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
400,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |