WSOP | Tournaments | Event Updates (2024)

Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:52 AM Local Time (about 7 hours and 29 minutes ago)

De Armas Leads Stacked Field in Day 1 of $25k High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha

Day 1 of Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha has come to an end inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with Conrad De Armas leading the way after bagging up 1,250,00. Just behind him is Eric Garma, who ended the day as the only other player with over a million in chips with 1,247,000.

De Armas has two recorded cashes in the WSOP from back in 2021, while Garma only has one from a tag-team event back in 2019. Despite modest results, both players are currently best-positioned to make a deep run in the event. A min-cash for either would be their largest live-tournament score to date.

The High Roller event has been historically popular and this year is proving no different. So far, the tournament has attracted 365 entrants with more expected as late registration will remain open for a couple levels into Day 2. Last year's 449 entrants generated a prize pool in excess of $10 million and this year looks to be on pace with that number.

Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Top 10 Chip Counts

Day 1 Action

Day 1 got underway with 69 players and it didn't take long for chips to start flying. Daniel Hachem busted within the first few hands of play after getting all in against Filip Lovric with a wrap and failing to improve.

Defending champion Ka Kwan Lau got off to a promising start after busting Joni Jouhkimainen with a full house; however, Lau was unable to maintain his momentum and ending up busting in the last level of the day after getting all in preflop with kings against Matt Shepsky's aces and failing to improve.

The always affable Ren Lin was active throughout the day and even made a little money on the side as he ran up a stack early. Lin pulled off some moves but despite a good start, he ended up busting one bullet late in the evening. Lin reentered during the last level to end with 154,000.

Other notables who secured a bag into Day 2 include Jared Bleznick, (313,000), Nick Schulman (349,000), Phil Ivey (412,000), Viktor Blom (480,000), Chino Rheem (734,000), Juha Helppi (559,000), Fernando Habegger (933,000), Connor Drinan (970,000), and Daniel Negreanu — who entered fresh off his seventh bracelet win in the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship and was able to grow his stack to 529,000 by the night's end.

Among the players who busted out at least one time were Patrik Jaros, Isaac Haxton, Seth Davies, Eelis Parssinen, Jordan Glazer, Dylan Weisman, Anthony Zinno, and Benny Glaser to name a few. However, all eliminated players were allowed up to two reentries and many of them chose to reenter immediately.

Day 2 is set to begin on Sunday, June 30 at 1 p.m. local time. Play will resume on Level 11, which features 3,000/5,000 blinds with a 5,000 big blind ante. Levels will continue to last 60 minutes each and players will be sent on 15-minute breaks every two levels. An extended 60-minute break will commence after Level 16 (approximately 7:30 p.m.) Late registration for the event will remain open until the start of Level 13.

Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the PLO action leading to money bubble and beyond in this prestigious event!

Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:50 AM Local Time (about 7 hours and 31 minutes ago)

Seat Draw For Day 2

Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:20 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 1 minute ago)

Official End of Day Chip Counts

Conrad De Armas	1,250,000	1,250,000
Eric Garma	1,247,000	952,000
Connor Drinan	970,000	970,000
Fernando Habegger	933,000	193,000
Cong Pham	879,000	459,000
Ethan Cahn	878,000	578,000
Caleb Furth	875,000	875,000
David Eldridge	831,000	831,000
Tomer Daniel	778,000	778,000
Aaron Katz	751,000	751,000
Chino Rheem	734,000	-56,000
Sonny Franco	722,000	492,000
Tom Bedell	720,000	720,000
Michael Duek	713,000	378,000
Abdalla Ali	700,000	700,000
Isaac Haxton	688,000	178,000
Eric Wasserson	685,000	685,000
Krasimir Yankov	683,000	683,000
Bryce Yockey	681,000	151,000
Kamel Mokhammad	669,000	669,000
Jordan Scott	659,000	-241,000
Isaac Kempton	630,000	235,000
Anuj Agarwal	619,000	619,000
Travis Pearson	611,000	470,400
Sean Winter	605,000	0
Elias Maghi	591,000	591,000
Christian Harder	587,000	-138,000
Ky Nguyen	581,000	0
Clemens Von Blanckenburg	570,000	570,000
Yang Wang	560,000	560,000
Juha Helppi	559,000	433,500
Philip Wiszowaty	547,000	0
Eelis Parssinen	542,000	42,000
Daniel Negreanu	529,000	64,000
Ben Lamb	513,000	313,000
Anthony Runza	508,000	508,000
Philip Marsico	506,000	506,000
Daniel Swartz	492,000	492,000
Viktor Blom	480,000	110,000
Oswin Ziegelbecker	474,000	74,000
Marcello Del Grosso	470,000	470,000
Cesar Garcia	462,000	462,000
Billy Tarango	461,000	461,000
John Zable	460,000	20,000
Dylan Smith	456,000	456,000
Matthew Wantman	442,000	42,000
Shandhy Sitepu	438,000	438,000
Felipe Ramos	435,000	-5,000
Yashuo Chin	434,000	434,000
Artur Martirosian	423,000	223,000
Phil Ivey	412,000	112,000
Lawrence Chang	407,000	407,000
Shaurabh Sharma	403,000	403,000
Roberto Sagra	399,000	399,000
Gruffudd PughJones	398,000	30,000
Noah Schwartz	394,000	209,000
Frank Brannan	370,000	370,000
Iaroslav Boiko	370,000	370,000
Matt Shepsky	366,000	86,000
Chris Lee	363,000	363,000
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	359,000	359,000
Shaun Deeb	358,000	148,000
Alex Difelice	350,000	350,000
Nick Schulman	349,000	229,000
Alex Foxen	345,000	-30,000
Toby Joyce	342,000	342,000
Richard Gryko	340,000	340,000
Krzysztof Magott	340,000	340,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	339,000	339,000
Rob Hollink	337,000	57,000
Jacob Baumgartner	335,000	335,000
Arthur Morris	334,000	334,000
Noah Boeken	332,000	92,000
Justin Smith	332,000	27,000
Chase Steely	327,000	327,000
Gus Hansen	326,000	326,000
Jonathan Azoulay	326,000	-324,000
Leonid Yanovski	323,000	323,000
Greg Levine	322,000	21,000
Artem Maksimov	321,000	321,000
DID NOT REPORT 1	320,000	320,000
Dirk Gerritse	315,000	315,000
Jared Bleznick	313,000	23,000
Jarred Graham	306,000	306,000
John Hennigan	300,000	-85,000
Niklas Astedt	297,000	37,000
Santhosh Suvarna	292,000	-73,000
Dominique Mosley	288,000	288,000
Christopher Trang	280,000	280,000
Scott Eskenazi	279,000	189,000
Dylan Weisman	278,000	86,000
Max Lehmanski	275,000	275,000
Christos Argyriadis	273,000	123,000
Koray Turker	269,000	-31,000
Tim Van Loo	267,000	67,000
Erick Lindgren	267,000	147,000
Veselin Karakitukov	259,000	39,000
Mostafa Haidary	252,000	-18,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	249,000	249,000
Tyler Smith	245,000	245,000
Daniel Perkusic	237,000	-58,000
Dylan Linde	233,000	58,000
Martin Zamani	230,000	170,000
Sterling Savill	229,000	229,000
David Benyamine	229,000	-141,000
Joao Vieira	225,000	75,000
Behnam Patros	217,000	217,000
Sean Troha	216,000	6,000
Jake White	216,000	216,000
Martin Dam	213,000	213,000
Mihai Niste	213,000	213,000
Stephen Chidwick	206,000	-14,000
Emmanuel Sebag	206,000	206,000
Jim Collopy	206,000	75,000
Danny Hannawa	201,000	201,000
Ronald Keijzer	201,000	201,000
Dan Iman	195,000	-25,000
Robert Cowen	192,000	69,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	182,000	182,000
Nino Pansier	177,000	177,000
Kane Kalas	172,000	172,000
Firas Kashat	164,000	164,000
Tony Lin	154,000	154,000
David Wang	148,000	148,000
Ian Matakis	146,000	-71,000
Joao Simao	145,000	5,000
Phuoc Vo	144,000	144,000
John Riordan	143,000	143,000
Mads Amot	139,000	139,000
Alex Livingston	138,000	-57,000
Petko Tsakov	133,000	-37,000
Matt Livingston	133,000	133,000
Jonas Kronwitter	131,000	-99,000
Rafael Mota	125,000	125,000
Tyler Stafman	125,000	-43,000
Francisco Perez Moreno	115,000	115,000
Daniel Suied	106,000	106,000
Dario Alioto	100,000	100,000
Cliff Josephy	94,000	-56,000
Goran Urumovic	92,000	92,000
Gabriel Andrade	90,000	90,000
Christopher Frank	90,000	90,000
Dario Sammartino	87,000	87,000
Jean-Noel Said	87,000	87,000
John Beauprez	85,000	85,000
Evan Krentzman	79,000	79,000
David Williams	70,000	-165,000
Omar Eljach	62,000	7,000
Allan Le	50,000	50,000
Adam Lamphere	42,000	42,000
Barny Boatman	42,000	-228,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:16 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 5 minutes ago)

Play Done For the Day

Players are now bagging and tagging for the evening.

Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1.

Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:16 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 5 minutes ago)

Winter Wins a Stack in the Last Hand

While the other tables were bagging up, Sean Winter was involved in a hand that resulted in him stacking his opponent.

The board read and Winter shoved all in. The big blind had 77,000 chips behind and eventually dropped them into the pot.

Winter tabled for a full house, and the big blind showed .

Sean Winter

605,000

400,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:02 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 19 minutes ago)

Five More Hands

The tournament director has just announced that each table will be dealt five more hands before bagging and tagging for the day.

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:53 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 28 minutes ago)

Deeb Gets Two Players Off the Pot

Shaun Deeb raised to 8,000 from the hijack, receiving a call from the button and John Hennigan, in the big blind.

The flop checked through to the on the turn. Hennigan and Deeb checked again. The button took the lead for 12,000 and both players called.

Hennigan checked once more on the river. Deeb played out of flow, leading for 31,000, which earned him two quick folds.

John Hennigan	385,000	240,000
Shaun Deeb	210,000	25,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:52 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 29 minutes ago)

Hollink Eliminates One Late in the Day

There were over 100,000 chips in the middle on a board of when the player in the small blind shoved for around 80,000, and Rob Hollink shoved for 149,000 behind. The early position player folded.

Small Blind:
Rob Hollink:

Hollink had flopped a set and managed to fade both the straight & flush draws of his opponent after the landed on the river.

Rob Hollink

280,000

95,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:51 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 30 minutes ago)

Negreanu Wins Without Showdown

Sean Winter opened to 11,000 from middle position and received a call from Daniel Negreanu in the cutoff before a player on the button raised to 35,000. Winter folded while Negreanu made the call.

Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of . Negreanu bet 45,000 which was enough to get a fold out of his opponent.

Daniel Negreanu	465,000	-25,000
Sean Winter	205,000	70,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:50 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 31 minutes ago)

Defending Champ Busts

Matt Shepsky was seen collecting the rest Ka Kwan Lau's chips.

Lau had gone all in preflop with and was up against Shepsky's on a completed board of — leaving Shepsky best with jacks-full of aces to send the defending champion to the rail.

Matt Shepsky	280,000	280,000
Ka Kwan Lau	0	-259,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:42 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 39 minutes ago)

Karakitukov's Stack Going Up and Down

Veselin Karakitukov has had bit of a rollercoaster over the last few minutes that has seen his stack go up and then back down.

First, Karakitukov shoved for 110,000 on a board of and got a call from the player on the button. Karakitukov showed for a full house, and beat the button's , who had a flush.

Not long after, Karakitukov was involved again, this time on a board of . There were around 170,000 chips in the pot and Karakitukov had bet 60,000 on the river, only for the player on his right to then make it 150,000. Karakitukov quickly folded.

Veselin Karakitukov

220,000

220,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:39 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 42 minutes ago)

Blom Takes on Three

The player under the gun limped in and Viktor Blom raised to 18,000 from the hijack. The button, small blind and the original limper all called.

The flop saw the action check to Blom, who sized up to 38,000. All three of Blom's opponents thought better than to see a turn card, each choosing to fold.

Viktor Blom

370,000

10,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:34 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 47 minutes ago)

Habegger Leads Into Astedt

Santhosh Suvarna limped in from early position, Niklas Astedt limped behind in the cutoff, a player in the small blind limped behind and Fernando Habegger checked in the big blind.

The flop came and action checked around to Astedt who bet 15,000. Only Habegger called.

On the turn, Habegger fired a pot-sized bet and Astedt quickly folded.

Fernando Habegger	740,000	-145,000
Santhosh Suvarna	365,000	-25,000
Niklas Astedt	260,000	-290,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:25 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 56 minutes ago)

Lin Scores a Bust Out on the First Hand of His Fresh Bullet

Ren Lin had just sat down with a fresh starting stack and raised to 14,000 from early position. The cutoff called and Shiva Dudani moved all in for 57,000 from the big blind. Lin moved all in himself and the hijack went into the tank.

"Let me go home!" chanted Lin as he erupted from his seat. The hijack eventually folded and the hand went to a showdown.

Shiva Dudani:
Ren Lin:

The board ran out ; Lin turned a set to eliminate Dudani on the last level of the day.

Ren Lin	225,000	-20,000
Shiva Dudani	0	-182,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:24 AM Local Time (about 8 hours and 57 minutes ago)

Bleznick Slowplays the Nuts

Bryce Yockey raised to 14,000 under the gun and was called by Sean Troha on the button and Jared Bleznick in the small blind.

Bleznick led out for 35,000 on the flop and only Yockey called.

Bleznick then check-called a 30,000 bet from Yockey on the turn.

Both players checked down on the river and Bleznick turned over for the nut flush to claim the pot.

Bryce Yockey	530,000	418,000
Jared Bleznick	290,000	195,000
Sean Troha	210,000	210,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:20 AM Local Time (about 9 hours and 1 minute ago)

Scott Nears a Million

There were well over 400,000 chips in the pot on a board of . Jordan Scott and Ben Lamb were the ones involved and once it got to showdown, Scott tabled for two pair, and Lamb mucked.

Jordan Scott	900,000	750,000
Mostafa Haidary	270,000	165,000
Ben Lamb	200,000	-590,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:17 AM Local Time (about 9 hours and 4 minutes ago)

Ivey Forces Three Folds

Phil Ivey opened from under the gun and received calls from players in early position, middle position and the big blind.

On the flop, action checked around to Ivey who fired a 15,000 continuation bet, receiving a call only from the early position player.

Ivey fired a second barrel for 25,000 on the turn and this time it was enough to get a fold out of his one remaining opponent.

Phil Ivey

300,000

55,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:12 AM Local Time (about 9 hours and 9 minutes ago)

Matakis Takes It on the River

The pot stood at approximately 50,000 with three players looking at a board of .

The small blind bet out for 21,000 prompting a fold from the hijack and a call from Ian Matakis, on the button.

The river slowed down the small blind. Matakis took the initiative with a bet of 35,000 and the small blind went into the tank, finally deciding on a fold.

Ian Matakis

217,000

42,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:10 AM Local Time (about 9 hours and 11 minutes ago)

Chidwick Reveals Three of His Cards

With around 100,000 chips in the pot and a board that read , the action checked to Stephen Chidwick, who fired 51,000. His opponent made a quick fold.

Chidwick tabled to the table but kept one card face down and sent it into the muck.

Stephen Chidwick

220,000

85,000

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:04 AM Local Time (about 9 hours and 17 minutes ago)

Level 10 started