Jared Bleznick opened to 800,000 from the cutoff, Justin Saliba shoved for a bit over 6,000,000 from the big blind and Bleznick called with a covering stack to put Saliba at risk.
Justin Saliba: A♣K♣
Jared Bleznick: A♠Q♥
Bleznick winced upon seeing that Saliba had him dominated with a bigger ace and still needed a lot of help on the 8♥6♠5♠ flop. The 9♠ turn brought in a flush draw which came in on the 7♠ river. Saliba was sent to the rail in brutal fashion while Bleznick closed most of the distance between himself and Christoph Vogelsang for the chip lead.
Nacho Barbero called from the small blind and Jared Bleznick checked out of the big blind.
Barbero check-called a bet of 550,000 from Bleznick on the 7♦8♥10♦ flop.
The turn came the 4♣. Barbero checked, then faced a bet of 1,450,000 from Bleznik. Barbero thought for a few moments before check-raising all in. Bleznick folded and Barbero took down the pot
After two full days of play in Event #92: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em at the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, just five players remain from a record-setting field of 178 entries.
All five have secured at least $499,097 from the $8,499,500 prize pool but with $2,037,947 and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet awaiting the winner, there is still plenty to play for.
Christoph Vogelsang is currently leading the way, having amassed 19,250,000 chips by the end of yesterday's play. Vogelsang's only cash prize of $14,374 this summer came from a Super Turbo Bounty in the middle of the series. Having yet to win a WSOP event, he is now in the best position he could be to change that today.
Final Table Chip Counts and Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Justin Saliba
United States
6,900,000
17
2
Nacho Barbero
Argentina
6,950,000
17
3
Jared Bleznick
United States
12,800,000
32
4
Christoph Vogelsang
Germany
19,250,000
48
5
Jesse Lonis
United States
7,500,000
19
The only other player returning today without a gold bracelet is avid card collector Jared Bleznick, who currently sits second on the leaderboard with 12,800,000 chips. Bleznick showed that he would not be bullied by Vogelsang's monumental chip stack during the latter stages of play yesterday, slamming down a nine-high river bluff when just ten players remained. He has already surpassed his two final table finishes from this series and will move over at least $5,000,000 in live tournament earnings after today.
Jesse Lonis
Jesse Lonis managed to secure the final spot on the podium with 7,500,000 chips, most of which came from going all-in preflop with ace-eight against Brynjar Gigja’s pocket queens. A miracle ace on the flop kept him alive and moved him from last place to third on the leaderboard.
Following closely behind Lonis are Argentina’s Nacho Barbero with 6,950,000 chips and Justin Saliba with 6,900,000 chips. Although Barbero and Saliba have the shortest stacks, they have had significant WSOP success in the past, with three bracelets between them. Both players know how to maneuver their way into a winning position despite being at the bottom of the pack.
Nacho Barbero
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$2,037,947
2
$1,358,633
3
$957,104
4
$685,405
5
$499,097
Play will get underway at 1 p.m. local today, at the Horseshoe Events Center. Play will resume with 15 minutes remaining on Level 26, where the blinds will be 200,000/400,000, with a 400,000 big blind ante, and will continue until a winner is crowned.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews to keep up with all the action from the 2024 WSOP.
