High Rollers Ensemble as Day 1 of WSOPE Event #12: €50,000 Diamond High Roller Begins
The time has arrived for the bracelet event with the highest buy-in at the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe. Event #12: €50,000 Diamond High Roller is set to kick off at 4 p.m. local time, and the cream of the crop of the poker world is expected to show up to battle for the title and the golden WSOP bracelet that comes with it. The tournament bears a guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000, giving plenty of financial incentive for players to register.
The €50,000 bracelet event is a relatively new addition to the WSOPE schedule, first being held during the 2022 edition of the poker festival. Back then, it was Orpen Kisacikoglu who won his first bracelet and €748,106 by besting Sam Grafton heads up. The Turkish high roller regular came out on top of a final table with, among others, Shaun Deeb and Nick Petrangelo.
Grafton, Deeb, and Petrangelo have not been spotted at King’s Resort in Rozvadov this year, but Timothy Adams and recent €25,000 GGMillion€ bracelet winner Daniel Dvoress, both also making the final table in the 45-man field in 2022, have already graced the WSOPE tables with their presence in 2023, and will be looking to better their placement in this event.
2022 WSOPE €50,000 Diamond High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (in EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | €748,106 |
| 2 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | €462,363 |
| 3 | Shaun Deeb | United States | €313,919 |
| 4 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | €220,045 |
| 5 | Timothy Adams | Canada | €159,413 |
| 6 | Daniel Pidun | Germany | €119,492 |
| 7 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | €92,787 |
Meanwhile, the likes of Ole Schemion and Johan Guilbert may be looking out for revenge after missing out on the final table at the previous edition. Kisacikoglu, however, seems to be in great form to defend his title, as so far in Rozvadov he has min-cashed in the aforementioned €25,000 GGMillion€ bracelet event, before outright shipping a small €100,000 buy-in side event for €475,000.
When the high-stakes festivities begin at 4 p.m., all players who enter will receive the starting stack of 1,000,000 chips, with the first level having blinds of 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. Everyone will have the option to reenter as many times as they want, and the option to do so will remain open until the first level of Day 2 has been completed.
Of course, new players will have the option to join the tournament until that time as well, receiving 20 big blinds if they decide to jump in at the latest possible time. Meanwhile, Day 1 will see 13 levels of 40 minutes being played out before the survivors bag and tag for Day 2.
€50,000 Diamond High Roller Day 1 Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante | Duration (Minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 40 |
| 2 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 40 |
| 4 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 40 |
| 5 | 3,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 40 |
| 6 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 40 |
| 7 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 40 |
| 8 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 40 |
| 9 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 40 |
| 10 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 40 |
| 11 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 40 |
| 12 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 40 |
| 13 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 40 |
PokerNews will be providing a live report throughout both of the tournament’s days, so make sure to stay tuned to not miss any of the high roller action.