Iraj Parvizi Leads $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Field After Day 1
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The third largest buy-in of the 2017 World Series of Poker kicked off Wednesday afternoon with twice the cards dealt to each player than the first two prestigious large buy-in events offered. Day 1 of Event #67: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller got underway at 3 p.m. and drew a field of 187.
Only 103 players remain after ten hour-long levels of battle on the felt. Leading the charge heading into Day 2 is Iraj Parvizi.
During the last few hands of the night, Parvizi was the beneficiary of a dream river card to make a straight to crack Sean Winters' flopped set after the two got their stacks in the middle on the turn. Parvizi bagged a healthy stack of 850,000 soon after.
The defending champion of this event, Finland's Jens Kyll?nen, was a no-show, but the inaugural champ back in 2015 Anthony Zinno made an appearance and will continue on to Day 2 after bagging 172,000. 2016 runner-up Tommy Le also jumped into the mix, just days after claiming his first bracelet in Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship. Le will carry a stack of 126,500 into Day 2.
Joining Parvizi at the top of the counts are Michael Kamran (550,000), Artem Babakhanyan (524,500), Gjergj Sinishtaj (508,500), Joshua Beckley (471,000) and James Calderaro (466,500).
A great story from the early stages came not long after the day kicked off. Leon Tsoukernik scooped a monster pot by eliminating Nadar Kakhmazov, moments after Kakhmazov took his seat. Tsoukernik almost tripled his starting stack to take a huge lead, but less than an hour later he was standing on the other side of the rail. His chips were distributed to Max Silver and Babakhanyan.
Several notables are also headed to play on Day 2, including Silver (402,500), JC Tran (388,000), David Williams (365,500), Roberto Romanello (284,000), Brain Rast (259,000), Sylvain Loosli (240,000), and Eric Wasserson (215,000).
With 187 entries through Day 1, this marks a record attendance for this prestigious event. That number could easily grow even more as late-registration remains open until the start of Day 2. In 2106 a total of 184 players entered, beating 2015’s mark of 175.
Notables failing to progress include Brandon Shack-Harris, Talal Shakerchi, Davidi Kitai, Robert Mizrachi, Cliff Josephy, Mohsin Charania, Connor Drinan, Shaun Deeb and David Benyamine.
Day 2 will resume at 2 p.m. on Thursday inside the Amazon Room with another ten hour-long levels on the schedule.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned on Saturday, July 8.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 17 | 1 | Jason Gray | Australia | 111,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 17 | 2 | Brant Hale | United States | 166,000 | 55 |
| Amazon | 17 | 3 | Christopher Santora | United States | 56,500 | 19 |
| Amazon | 17 | 4 | Konstantin Bucherl | Germany | 82,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 17 | 5 | Roberto Romanello | United Kingdom | 284,000 | 95 |
| Amazon | 17 | 6 | Brian Rast | United States | 259,000 | 86 |
| Amazon | 17 | 7 | Tom Hu | United States | 241,000 | 80 |
| Amazon | 18 | 1 | Chris Lee | United States | 67,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 18 | 2 | Millard Hale | United States | 161,500 | 54 |
| Amazon | 18 | 4 | Dominique Mosley | United States | 151,000 | 50 |
| Amazon | 18 | 5 | Ognjen Sekularac | Serbia | 216,500 | 72 |
| Amazon | 18 | 6 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 215,000 | 72 |
| Amazon | 18 | 7 | Ville Mattila | Finland | 162,500 | 54 |
| Amazon | 18 | 8 | Artem Babakhanyan | Russia | 524,500 | 175 |
| Amazon | 19 | 2 | Gjergj Sinishtaj | United States | 508,500 | 170 |
| Amazon | 19 | 3 | David Williams | United States | 365,500 | 122 |
| Amazon | 19 | 5 | Jan Collado | Germany | 261,500 | 87 |
| Amazon | 19 | 6 | Harry Jr. Thomas | United States | 274,500 | 92 |
| Amazon | 19 | 7 | Di Dang | United States | 227,500 | 76 |
| Amazon | 19 | 8 | Ryan Goindoo | Trinidad & Tobago | 195,000 | 65 |
| Amazon | 20 | 1 | Sylvain Loosli | France | 240,000 | 80 |
| Amazon | 20 | 2 | Andreas Freund | Austria | 157,500 | 53 |
| Amazon | 20 | 3 | Ashton Griffin | United States | 208,500 | 70 |
| Amazon | 20 | 4 | Sam Stein | United States | 181,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 20 | 5 | Paul Lackey | United States | 83,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 20 | 7 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 402,500 | 134 |
| Amazon | 20 | 8 | James Park | United Kingdom | 267,500 | 89 |
| Amazon | 21 | 2 | Tom Cannuli | United States | 115,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 21 | 3 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 172,000 | 57 |
| Amazon | 21 | 4 | Dimitar Popov | United States | 266,000 | 89 |
| Amazon | 21 | 5 | Brandon Adams | United States | 118,500 | 40 |
| Amazon | 21 | 6 | Norbert Szecsi | Hungary | 149,000 | 50 |
| Amazon | 21 | 7 | Christopher Meyers | United States | 147,500 | 49 |
| Amazon | 21 | 8 | Eddie Ochana | United States | 354,000 | 118 |
| Amazon | 22 | 1 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 133,000 | 44 |
| Amazon | 22 | 2 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 222,500 | 74 |
| Amazon | 22 | 3 | Justin Gardenhire | United States | 120,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 22 | 4 | Konstantin Beylin | United States | 253,000 | 84 |
| Amazon | 22 | 5 | Allan Le | United States | 89,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 22 | 6 | Sam Trickett | United Kingdom | 203,000 | 68 |
| Amazon | 22 | 7 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 161,500 | 54 |
| Amazon | 23 | 1 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 387,000 | 129 |
| Amazon | 23 | 2 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 294,500 | 98 |
| Amazon | 23 | 3 | Dan Fleyshman | United States | 153,000 | 51 |
| Amazon | 23 | 4 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 140,500 | 47 |
| Amazon | 23 | 5 | Brad Ruben | United States | 278,000 | 93 |
| Amazon | 23 | 6 | Daniel Reijmer | Netherlands | 316,500 | 106 |
| Amazon | 23 | 8 | Michael Kamran | United States | 550,000 | 183 |
| Amazon | 24 | 1 | Dermot Blain | Ireland | 90,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 24 | 2 | Alex Foxen | United States | 251,000 | 84 |
| Amazon | 24 | 3 | Richard Tuhrim | United States | 71,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 24 | 4 | Vitaly Lunkin | Russia | 95,500 | 32 |
| Amazon | 24 | 6 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 230,500 | 77 |
| Amazon | 24 | 7 | Joshua Beckley | United States | 471,000 | 157 |
| Amazon | 24 | 8 | Jeff Littlefield | United States | 148,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 25 | 1 | Michael Huntress | United States | 145,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 25 | 2 | Lee Hon Cheong | Hong Kong | 272,000 | 91 |
| Amazon | 25 | 3 | Chase Steely | United States | 110,500 | 37 |
| Amazon | 25 | 4 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 223,000 | 74 |
| Amazon | 25 | 5 | Konstantinos Bouloutsos | Greece | 156,500 | 52 |
| Amazon | 25 | 6 | Anson Tsang | Hong Kong | 221,500 | 74 |
| Amazon | 26 | 1 | Aaron Katz | United States | 398,000 | 133 |
| Amazon | 26 | 2 | Mack Lee | United States | 195,000 | 65 |
| Amazon | 26 | 3 | Andrew Watson | United States | 271,000 | 90 |
| Amazon | 26 | 4 | Noah Schwartz | United States | 298,000 | 99 |
| Amazon | 26 | 5 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 263,500 | 88 |
| Amazon | 26 | 6 | Jason Mercier | United States | 173,000 | 58 |
| Amazon | 26 | 8 | Alexey Rybin | Russia | 212,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 27 | 1 | David Belhumeur | United States | 142,500 | 48 |
| Amazon | 27 | 3 | Joseph Dipascale | United States | 127,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 27 | 4 | Jyri Merivirta | Finland | 312,000 | 104 |
| Amazon | 27 | 5 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 321,500 | 107 |
| Amazon | 27 | 6 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 93,500 | 31 |
| Amazon | 27 | 7 | James Calderaro | United States | 466,500 | 156 |
| Amazon | 27 | 8 | Xinyan Zhou | United States | 270,500 | 90 |
| Amazon | 28 | 2 | James Obst | Australia | 349,500 | 117 |
| Amazon | 28 | 3 | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | 110,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 28 | 4 | Michael Krasienko | United States | 362,000 | 121 |
| Amazon | 28 | 5 | Ka Kwan Lau | Spain | 364,500 | 122 |
| Amazon | 28 | 6 | Adam Hourani | United States | 137,500 | 46 |
| Amazon | 28 | 7 | Phil Galfond | United States | 112,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 28 | 8 | Joseph Di Rosa Rojas | Velezuela | 223,000 | 74 |
| Amazon | 29 | 1 | Ajay Chabra | United States | 230,000 | 77 |
| Amazon | 29 | 2 | John O'Shea | Ireland | 194,000 | 65 |
| Amazon | 29 | 3 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 135,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 29 | 4 | Zorlu Er | Turkey | 176,500 | 59 |
| Amazon | 29 | 5 | Rifat Palevic | Sweden | 1 | - |
| Amazon | 29 | 6 | Micah Smith | United States | 340,000 | 113 |
| Amazon | 29 | 7 | David Callaghan | Ireland | 70,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 30 | 1 | Michael Song | United States | 165,000 | 55 |
| Amazon | 30 | 2 | William Kakon | United States | 168,500 | 56 |
| Amazon | 30 | 4 | Frank Parisi | United States | 202,500 | 68 |
| Amazon | 30 | 5 | JC Tran | United States | 388,000 | 129 |
| Amazon | 30 | 6 | Tommy Le | United States | 126,800 | 42 |
| Amazon | 30 | 7 | David Wang | Australia | 222,000 | 74 |
| Amazon | 30 | 8 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 233,000 | 78 |
| Amazon | 31 | 2 | Iraj Parvizi | United Kingdom | 850,000 | 283 |
| Amazon | 31 | 3 | Yaroslav Boiko | Ukraine | 177,000 | 59 |
| Amazon | 31 | 4 | Peter Hernandez | United States | 241,000 | 80 |
| Amazon | 31 | 5 | John Beauprez | United States | 175,000 | 58 |
| Amazon | 31 | 6 | Dan Smith | United States | 261,000 | 87 |
| Amazon | 31 | 7 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 207,000 | 69 |
| Amazon | 31 | 8 | Mark Demirdjian | Canada | 366,500 | 122 |