Rheem Among the Big Stacks on Day 2 of $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Another day of high roller action is set to begin in Event #26: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The prestigious event has attracted 274 entries thus far. Of those, 99 are returning from Day 1 and are expected to be joined by many more before late registration closes.
Samuel Laskowitz bagged up the chip lead last night after ending with 1,211,000. Not far behind him is poker veteran Chino Rheem (1,101,000), who, despite having nearly $15 million in live-tournament earnings, has yet to win a WSOP bracelet. Rheem came close in 2006 after finishing runner-up to Allen Cunningham in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event and he will surely be looking to leave the group of “one of the best without a bracelet.”
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Laskowitz | United States | 1,211,000 | 151 |
| 2 | Chino Rheem | United States | 1,101,000 | 138 |
| 3 | Noel Rodriguez | United States | 1,099,000 | 137 |
| 4 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 1,030,000 | 129 |
| 5 | Galen Hall | United States | 1,026,000 | 128 |
| 6 | Dean Lyall | United Kingdom | 983,000 | 123 |
| 7 | Alexander Queen | United States | 910,000 | 114 |
| 8 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | 866,000 | 108 |
| 9 | Phil Ivey | United States | 838,000 | 105 |
| 10 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 801,000 | 100 |
Also among the star-studded field going into Day 2 are Maria Ho (230,000), Andrew Lichtenberger (246,000), Jason Mercier (277,000), Koray Aldemir (309,000), Espen Jorstad (356,000), Erik Seidel (389,000), Nick Schulman (467,000), Stephen Chidwick (573,000), Jason Koon (589,000), Dan Smith (719,000), and Phil Ivey, who bagged up a top-ten stack with 838,000. A win for Ivey would be his first in the WSOP since 2014, when he took down a $1,500 Eight-Game Mix event for $167,332 and his tenth bracelet.
The tournament is set to resume at 12 p.m. local time and continue for ten 60-minute levels. Play will begin on Level 9, which features 4,000/8,000 blinds with an 8,000 big blind ante. Players will get a 15-minute break after every two levels and an extended 60-minute break at the end of Level 14, which should take place at approximately 6:30 p.m. Late registration will remain open until the end of Level 9 at about 1 p.m.
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