Addamo and Seidel Return As Top Stacks Heading Into Day 2 of $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed
Day 2 of Event #38: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed will begin shortly with 21 players who bagged chips in Day 1, along with any players who register before the late registration period ends at the start of the day. This high roller event promises to continue to see action from some of the best in the game at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
Michael Addamo (5,150,000) and Erik Seidel (3,730,000) will resume play with the two largest stacks by a sizable margin. Addamo tops the Australian all time money list with more than 14 million in career tournament earnings and will be attempting to add to that list and his two WSOP bracelets, while Seidel will be looking to continue adding to his stack today in an effort that he hopes will ultimately result in his tenth bracelet.
Other notables who have bagged a stack for Day 2 include Dan Smith (1,085,000), Seth Davies (430,000), Gal Yifrach (1,405,000), Stephen Chidwick (355,000), and Anthony Zinno (400,000), who has already won two bracelets during the 2021 WSOP.
Event #38 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 5,150,000 | 206 |
| 2 | Erik Seidel | United States | 3,730,000 | 149 |
| 3 | Gal Yifrach | United States | 1,405,000 | 56 |
| 4 | Dan Smith | United States | 1,085,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 1,060,000 | 42 |
| 6 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 995,000 | 40 |
| 7 | Bin Weng | United States | 975,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Johan Guilbert | France | 940,000 | 38 |
| 9 | David Coleman | United States | 640,000 | 26 |
| 10 | Leonard Maue | Germany | 625,000 | 25 |
Day 2 will begin at 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday, October 20th. Play will resume with the blinds at 10,000/25,000/25,000 and will continue until there are five players remaining.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to bring live updates of the tournament action.