Brewer Leading Remaining 15 in No Limit Hold'em High Roller
Only 15 players are left fighting for the illustrious gold bracelet in Event #8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). An impressive 251 entries built a significant prize pool of $5,929,875, and the soon-to-be crowned titleholder will claim the $1,415,610 that sits up top.
In prime position to contend for the victory is Chris Brewer, who sits atop the field with 5,100,000. Brewer seeks to ride his chip lead to the first gold bracelet of his career.
Day 3 Seat Assignments
| Seat | Name | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| Bally's 1/1 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | Lowell, MA | 2,230,000 | 22 |
| Bally's 1/2 | Reagan Silber | Texas | 1,915,000 | 19 |
| Bally's 1/3 | Chris Brewer | Vista, CA | 5,100,000 | 51 |
| Bally's 1/4 | Ognyan Dimov | Veliko Tarnovo, BG | 1,975,000 | 20 |
| Bally's 1/5 | Justin Young | Henderson, NV | 2,326,000 | 23 |
| Bally's 1/6 | Koray Aldemir | Vienna, AT | 520,000 | 5 |
| Bally's 1/8 | Jesse Lonis | Medford, OR | 1,325,000 | 13 |
| Bally's 2/1 | Calvin Lee | Old Tappan, NJ | 1,630,000 | 16 |
| Bally's 2/2 | Josh Arieh | Alpharetta, GA | 1,995,000 | 20 |
| Bally's 2/3 | Jake Schindler | Philadelphia, PA | 3,150,000 | 32 |
| Bally's 2/4 | Byron Kaverman | Las Vegas, NV | 1,880,000 | 19 |
| Bally's 2/5 | Brek Schutten | Grand Rapids, MI | 4,610,000 | 46 |
| Bally's 2/6 | Antonio Lievano | Los Angeles, CA | 1,650,000 | 17 |
| Bally's 2/7 | Dan Colpoys | Gloucester, MA | 2,385,000 | 24 |
| Bally's 2/8 | Chad Eveslage | Ramsey, IN | 4,914,000 | 49 |
Sitting just behind Brewer are Chad Eveslage (4,915,000) and Brek Schutten (4,610,000). Brewer won't have to contend with them immdidately as they have been assigned the opposite table.
Entering the day as the short stack is 2021 WSOP Main Event winner Koray Aldemir (520,000) with just over five big blinds. Aldemir will look to get things going quickly to position himself for a chance to compete with the bigger stacks.
All players have locked up at least $65,511. Play will begin today at 1 p.m. local time in Bally's Event Center and play down to a winner. Action will pick up in Level 19 with blinds at 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 ante. Final table coverage is slated to be provided by PokerGO.
With over 50 big blinds in play for the leader, there should be no shortage of exciting play as we trim the field down to one victor. Follow along with all the action right here on PokerNews.