Event #28: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-13-2022 22:57 UTC-8

Garza Closes the Curtain on Negreanu's Night

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The flop read . From early position, Ap Garza bet 150,000. Daniel Negreanu called in the big blind and Jason Mercier folded.

The turn was the . Negreanu led jammed and pulled out his camera. Garza called and turned over the straight with the , while Negreanu had the . Negreanu was drawing very thin to an unlikely full house or a chop but the river was the and his night would come to an end after three bullets were used up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ap Garza	1,130,000 250,000	250,000
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Ap Garza Daniel Negreanu Jason Mercier

06-13-2022 23:01 UTC-8

Mermelstein Ends Winter

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Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sean Winter was at risk with top two pair on a board of , while Aaron Mermelstein had the .

The binked off on the river to give Mermelstein a set of tens and as Winter's hand was discarded quickly and Winter walked away into the summer night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Mermelstein	2,120,000 720,000	720,000
Sean Winter	Busted

Tags: Aaron Mermelstein Sean Winter

06-13-2022 23:06 UTC-8

Mahmood Finally Gets to Bluff Kornuth

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ayaz Mahmood checked the flop and Chance Kornuth bet 40,000 in the cutoff. Erik Seidel let go on the button and Mahmood called. The two remaining players checked the turn and Mahmood then bet the river for 62,000.

Kornuth folded and Mahmood was all smiles. "I finally get to bluff you," he exclaimed and flashed the .

"I didn't have much," Kornuth replied to which Mahmood asked "but you surely had me beat. "King no heart," was the reply of Kornuth, who remains well above average despite missing out on this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	1,350,000

Chance Kornuth	875,000 375,000	375,000

Ayaz Mahmood	650,000 350,000	350,000

Andjelko Andrejevic	330,000 30,000	30,000
Sam Stein	240,000 -60,000	-60,000
Ben Yu	230,000 -70,000	-70,000

Kabeelan Rajamurthy	215,000 50,000	50,000
Erik Seidel	160,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Ayaz Mahmood Chance Kornuth Erik Seidel

06-13-2022 23:11 UTC-8

Park Sends Chidwick to the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On a three-way flop of , Isaac Kempton and Stephen Chidwick checked over to James Park who made it 60,000 to go. Kempton called and Chidwick then pushed for 368,000 total. Park clicked it back and Kempton got out of the way.

Stephen Chidwick:
James Park:

Park was ahead with his two pair but Chidwick had plenty of outs in this battle of the Brits. The turn added even more outs for Chidwick but he bricked them all on the river.

The $25,000 High Roller champion Tong Li and defending champion Jeremy Ausmus are also no longer in contention as the field plummeted to 45 contenders on six tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Park	1,065,000 415,000	415,000
Isaac Kempton	745,000 295,000	295,000
Roussos Koliakoudakis	510,000 -30,000	-30,000
Ronald Perkinson	440,000 268,000	268,000
Lautaro Guerra	365,000 -185,000	-185,000

Dash Dudley	260,000 -15,000	-15,000

Laszlo Bujtas	95,000 -375,000	-375,000
Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Tong Li	Busted

Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Cary Katz	Busted

Tags: Brian Rast Isaac Kempton James Park Jeremy Ausmus Stephen Chidwick

06-13-2022 23:23 UTC-8

Mahmood Hits Straight vs Bleznick

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Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jared Bleznick raised to pot from the button. Ayaz Mahmood defended the big blind.

The flop came . It checked around to the turn where both players also checked. The river was the . Mahmood bet 25,000 and Bleznick snap-called.

Mahmood announced straight and showed to win the pot.

"I didn't even see that that straight was there." said Bleznick as Mahmood offered him a contact to his eye doctor friend to set up an appointment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	1,470,000 120,000	120,000

Ayaz Mahmood	695,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Ayaz Mahmood Jared Bleznick

06-13-2022 23:27 UTC-8

Diebold Doubles Through Garza

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Three ways to the flop, Ben Diebold bet 75,000 from under the gun and was called only by Ap Garza. That brought the pot up to 250,000 and they headed to the turn on which Diebold jammed for 176,000.

Garza asked for the size of the pot, then mulled it over for a few more seconds and tossed in calling chips.

Ben Diebold:
Ap Garza:

"Not what I expected," gasped Diebold once he held on the river as the recent WSOP bracelet winner doubled to two times the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	1,300,000 500,000	500,000

Manuel Stojanovic	1,000,000 350,000	350,000
Veselin Karakitukov	975,000 140,000	140,000

Ap Garza	950,000 -180,000	-180,000
Ben Diebold	602,000 373,000	373,000

Eelis Pärssinen	400,000 -115,000	-115,000

Jeremy Ausmus	190,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Ap Garza Ben Diebold

Level: 15

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-13-2022 23:29 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The final level of the night has commenced with 44 players remaining and they will aim to survive for another 30 minutes and the final hands of the night. That will no longer be the case for Matthew Wantman, Brandon Steven and Dominykas Karmazinas as they have all been eliminated recently.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Wantman	Busted
Dominykas Karmazinas	Busted
Brandon Steven	Busted

Tags: Brandon Steven Dominykas Karmazinas Matthew Wantman

06-13-2022 23:36 UTC-8

Mermelstein Three-Bets Turn in Big Stack Collision

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Jeff McMillan

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The board was paired and had three to a flush as it read on the turn. From the big bling, big stack Aaron Mermelstein bet 125,000 into a pot of about 152,000.

Michael Heritsch was in early position and had a substantial stack himself. He raised to 400,000. Mermelstein took a few moments before he three-bet to 1,200,000.

Heritsch showed visible frustration and he gritted his teeth and aggressively checked his cards before sliding them into the muck to send Mermelstein more volume to add to his mound of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Mermelstein	2,440,000 320,000	320,000
Michael Heritsch	1,410,000 540,000	540,000

Tags: Aaron Mermelstein Michael Heritsch

06-13-2022 23:42 UTC-8

Mercier Doubles Through Wolff

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jason Mercier had called a raise to 30,000 while on the button and George Wolff then raised the pot in the big blind to force out the initial raiser. Mercier elected to call with 191,000 behind and the flop brought .

Wolff moved all-in and Mercier eventually called it off for what he had behind.

"I was bluffing," Wolff joked and rolled over the for the top set while Mercier had outs with the for a flush draw and back door straight outs. Nothing changed on the turn but the river improved Mercier to a flush.