Adrian Mateos opened to 45,000 in early position and Ali Imsirovic defended from the big blind. The flop came and Imsirovic check-called a bet of 30,000 from Mateos.
The landed on the turn and Imsirovic started with another check. Mateos threw in a bet of 115,000 and Imsirovic check-raised to 405,000. Mateos just called and the paired the board on the river.
Imsirovic used one of his time banks before ripping all in for around 1,800,000. Mateos snapped him off and Imsirovic tabled for a full house. However, Mateos held for a bigger full house and Imsirovic was sent to the rail.
Action was heads up with on the board when Liron Shimon shoved his last 504,000 into the middle. Nilesh Patel went into the tank for a few moments before he called.
Liron Shimon:
Nilesh Patel:
The turn and river brought runner-runner flush for Patel to secure the pot and send Shimon to the rail.
Martin Kabrhel limped in from early position which invited Masashi Oya to come along on the button. Rick Salomon raised to 140,000 from the small blind and only Kabrhel called.
The flop came and Salomon checked to Kabrhel who just shoved all in. "I'll make it easy for you," Kabrhel said. Salomon was having none of it though as he quickly called off his stack of 700,000 chips.
Rick Salomon:
Martin Kabrhel:
Despite trailing on the flop, Salomon nailed the on the turn to take the lead. The on the river only improved him to a flush to double up through Kabrhel.
"Isn't that the definition of getting what you asked for?" Chance Kornuth chuckled. The table finally got relief as Kabrhel remained quiet for at least the time being.
Michael Addamo raised to 55,000 from middle position and David Peters called from the button before Phil Ivey came long from the big blind. The flop was .
All three players checked and the turn was . Ivey bet 100,000 and Addamo raised to 350,000. Peters folded and Ivey called to see on the river.
Ivey checked the river and folded without hesitation when Addamo committed all but his last T-5,000 chip.
The topic of conversation drifted to bowling throughout the hand after Andrew Lichtenberger shared that he recently rolled a 269 after a long layoff from the sport.
Chris Brewer and Jason Koon were impressed. Brewer claimed to have only broken 200 a couple of times in his life, and Koon said he's only done it once that he can remember. The players compared strategies and discussed the development of their hook.
"I should probably just be throwing a straight ball," Nick Petrangelo said.
Day 1 of Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em has come to an end at the 2022 World Series of Poker and four-time WSOP champion Adrian Mateos is the chip leader after ten levels of play.
The first day of the highest buy-in of the Summer drew 52 entrants and more are expected to join the 30 surviving players from Day 1 before the end of registration at the beginning of Day 2.
Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Day 2 Big Blinds
1
Adrian Mateos
Spain
9,745,000
325
2
Phil Ivey
United States
6,830,000
228
3
Dario Sammartino
Italy
4,835,000
161
4
Nick Petrangelo
United States
4,500,000
150
5
Dan Zack
United States
4,445,000
148
6
Alex Foxen
United States
4,250,000
142
7
Martin Kabrhel
Czech Republic
3,935,000
131
8
Koray Aldemir
Germany
3,805,000
127
9
Chris Hunichen
United States
3,750,000
125
10
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Latvia
3,370,000
112
Mateos jumped to the top of the leaderboard in the middle of the evening after he picked up a pair of kings to win a cooler against Ali Imsirovic with a better full house. He trailed Phil Ivey in the closing minutes of the final level, but a big pot from the elimination of Dan Smith put him over the top at the end of the night. Mateos is the defending champion in this event after he outlasted 33 runners to defeat Ben Heath heads up in 2021, and he will come back with a dominant stack of 9,745,000 for Day 2 in search of his fifth WSOP bracelet.
The chip leader is followed near the top of the leaderboard by Ivey, Dario Sammartino, and Nick Petrangelo. Ivey joined the tournament at the beginning of the day and he consistently chipped up throughout the afternoon, including a pot with a set of deuces against Henrik Hecklen and a pair of pocket kings that sent Andrew Lichtenberger to the window to fire a second entry. But it was Ivey’s late-night run that put him near the top after he ran his stack up to 6,830,000 in the closing level.
Dan Zack and Alex Foxen rounded out the list of players that bagged over 4 million in chips.
Phil Ivey
Other returning players include Kathy Lehne, Justin Bonomo, and Seth Davies. Lehne mixed it up with some of the game’s most aggressive players and came out on top. First, it was Ivey, who lost an early pot to Lehne’s ace-king, and then it was Michael Addamo who folded to Lehne’s river bet a short time later to preserve what was left of his stack. She returns with 1,965,000 in search of her first WSOP bracelet.
Runners that used their second entry include Christoph Vogelsang, Alfred Decarolis, Chris Brewer, David Einhorn, Daniel Negreanu, Andrew Robl, Hecklen, Smith, Addamo and Lichtenberger. Decarolis, Addamo, and Smith were eliminated a second time and they will not return on Day 2.
Players will return at 2 p.m. on June 24 in Paris Purple to play down to five players on Day 2. Blinds will pick up at 15,000/30,000/30,000 in Level 11, and registration will remain open until the beginning of the tournament’s second day. The surviving players on Day 2 will return for a Day 3 finale that will be streamed by PokerGO.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all weekend long for updates from the $250,000 Super High Roller and other events at the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
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and Imsirovic check-called a bet of 30,000 from Mateos. 
landed on the turn and Imsirovic started with another check. Mateos threw in a bet of 115,000 and Imsirovic check-raised to 405,000. Mateos just called and the 
paired the board on the river. 
for a full house. However, Mateos held 
for a bigger full house and Imsirovic was sent to the rail.
on the board when Liron Shimon shoved his last 504,000 into the middle. Nilesh Patel went into the tank for a few moments before he called. 
and river 
brought runner-runner flush for Patel to secure the pot and send Shimon to the rail.
and Salomon checked to Kabrhel who just shoved all in. "I'll make it easy for you," Kabrhel said. Salomon was having none of it though as he quickly called off his stack of 700,000 chips.
on the river only improved him to a flush to double up through Kabrhel. 
. 
. Ivey bet 100,000 and Addamo raised to 350,000. Peters folded and Ivey called to see 
