A star-studded field will take to the virtual felt today when Online Event $12: $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout Encore begins at 3:30 p.m. local time on WSOP.com.
This is the 12th of 13 online bracelet events on the schedule for 2022. In the first $5,300 buy-in event, Norbert “Balkan500” Szecsi defeated Tony “Panoramic” Dunst heads-up to beat a field of 218 and win his third WSOP bracelet and $288,850 top prize. That final table also included Greg “DustedYou” Merson, Taylor “galactar” Paur, Phil “HeyGuys” Galfond, and Adam “PHsGoldShoes” Hendrix.
2022 WSOP [Online] $5,300 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
1st | Norbert "Balkan500" Szecsi | Hungary | $288,850 |
2nd | Tony "Panoramic" Dunst | United States | $168,950 |
3rd | Greg "DustedYou" Merson | United States | $96,465 |
4th | "qpoker205" | United States | $74,120 |
5th | Taylor "galactar" Paur | United States | $63,220 |
6th | Phil "HeyGuys" Galfond | United States | $52,320 |
7th | Michael "mikejozoff" Jozoff | United States | $39,240 |
8th | Adam "PHsGoldShoes" Hendrix | United States | $26,160 |
The WSOP.com lobby currently shows 17 players registered for this tournament an hour before the start, including the likes of Dunst, Krista “Pollux” Gifford, Chris “BetURaise” Brewer, and Brandon “DrOctagon” Adams. Registration is open until 7:30 p.m., so the field will grow substantially over the next few hours.
Players begin with 25,000 chips. Levels last 20 minutes, with a five-minute break every 55 minutes past the hour. This is a freezeout, so players only get one chance to chase the WSOP gold bracelet.
PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates throughout the day until a new High Roller champion is crowned.
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Adam HendrixBrandon AdamsChris BrewerGreg MersonKrista GiffordNorbert SzecsiPhil GalfondTaylor PaurTony Dunst