Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas
$2,200 High Roller
Day: 1
$2,200 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The first day of the $2,200 High Roller at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas has come to an end after twelve levels of play. During the day, 77 entries were attracted to the biggest buy-in tournament of the series and only 30 players have made it through to Day 2.
Leading the way is Fred Conforti who had a late run at the end of the night to bag the top stack with (158,500). Following closely behind Conforti is Andrew Kaplan (137,000), Barbara Visher (131,500), WSOP bracelet winner Bob Slezak (119,000), and Pavel Milanov (115,500) round out the top five stacks.
Some players who bought in but fell short include Arkadiy Tsinis, Ben Keeline, Mark Liedtke,Blake Battaglia, and Kyung Min Lee. But they don’t have to despair, the late registration and re-entry period will remain open until the start of Day 2.
The 30 remaining players will return to the felt at 2 p.m. local time on Thursday, December 19 to continue to battle it out until a winner is crowned. Play will continue with at the beginning of Level 13 which features a small blind of 1,000, big blind of 2,000, and big blind ante of 2,000. The level duration will be 40 minutes each.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to cover covering all the action until a winner is crowned in the High Roller at the end of the day. Don’t miss out on the updates so make sure to return right here.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
158,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
137,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
131,500
-14,200
|
-14,200 |
|
119,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
115,500 | |
|
112,500
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
101,500
-4,900
|
-4,900 |
|
|
||
|
98,500
31,100
|
31,100 |
|
98,000 | |
|
||
|
91,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
85,500
43,400
|
43,400 |
|
|
||
|
84,000
48,600
|
48,600 |
|
83,500 | |
|
79,500
6,100
|
6,100 |
|
||
|
78,000
-18,300
|
-18,300 |
|
77,500
58,300
|
58,300 |
|
||
|
74,000 | |
|
72,000 | |
|
|
||
|
71,000 | |
|
|
62,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
58,000
14,800
|
14,800 |
|
57,500 | |
|
46,500 | |
|
||
|
43,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
|
42,500 | |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
End of day chip counts and recap will follow.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The tournament director has just announced the final five hands of the night
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas.
In Event #7: $400 H.O.R.S.E, 120 runners created a $39,600 prize pool that was paid out to the top 18 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Adam Dembowski (10th- $915), Jeffrey Neeman (11th - $784), Haresh Thaker (12th - $784), Andrew Suszczyk (14th - $696), Michael Pope (16th - $641) and Jason Seitz (18th - $615).
In the end, it was Texas native Christina Hill who collected every chip in play to capture her first ring along with a $10,956 payday.
Hill started Day 2 in the middle of the pack with 20 players remaining. She said she played tight, which is a little different than her normal game. It paid off and helped her reach the final table. She was short-stacked throughout much of the final table. When she got heads up against Ryan Caskey, she was the short stack.
Then things changed, "I got on an incredible rush. He had me out chipped big time," said Hill.
The stud games came up in the rotation and Hill said she was hit by the deck hard, which resulted in a quick heads up battle leaving Hill as the final competitor standing. Caskey's runner-up prize amounted to $6,765.
"I don't think I made any mistakes today," said Hill. "I'm proud of that."
"I love when there are mixed games tournaments because they are not around that often,” said Hill. “I take any opportunity I can to play in those and try to get better."
This marked Hill's second career World Series of Poker cash. Her first was in 2009 at the Caesar's Palace Circuit in a No-Limit Hold'em event.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christina Hill | Dallas, Texas | $10,956 |
| 2 | Ryan Caskey | Sugar Land, Texas | $6,765 |
| 3 | Shirley Rosario | Downey, California | $4,641 |
| 4 | Ronald Schiffman | Bensalem, Pennsylvania | $3,277 |
| 5 | Robert Gray | Henderson, Nevada | $2,383 |
| 6 | Rafael Concepcion | Las Vegas, Nevada | $1,787 |
| 7 | Stephen Brach | Lubbock, Texas | $1,383 |
| 8 | Ben Tang | Mesa, Arizona | $1,106 |
| 9 | Nancy Robertson | La Crescenta, California | $915 |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas.
In Event #6: $250 NLH Seniors, 219 seniors created a $43,800 prize pool that was paid out to the top 33 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Aaron Morris (11th- $730), James Rolling (13th - $615), Jeffrey Paulson (16th - $531), Michael Johnson (19th - $470), Dennis Jones (24th - $426) and John Ernst (28th - $379).
In the end, it was Nevada native Wayne Keller who collected every chip in play to capture his first ring along with a $10,301 payday.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Keller | Mesquite, Nevada | $10,301 |
| 2 | Robert Webb | Las Vegas, Nevada | $6,357 |
| 3 | Nick Coukos | Richmond Hill, Ontario | $4,509 |
| 4 | Wilbern Hoffman | Lubbock, Texas | $3,262 |
| 5 | Harlen Miller | Bismark, North Dakota | $2,409 |
| 6 | Aaron Scheff | Tucson, Arizona | $1,817 |
| 7 | Richard Munro | Bell Canyon, California | $1,399 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Cookson | Milton, Ontario | $1,102 |
| 9 | James Worley | Spicewood, Texas | $887 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Michael Marder raised to 2,600 under the gun and Michael Rossitto called from the small blind. They went heads up to a flop that came 
. Marder put out a continuation bet of 3,600 when the action checked to him and Rossitto called.
Both players checked the 
turn card and Rossitto bombed 15,000 into the pot on the 
river. Marder went into the tank before tossing in the chips to call.
Michael Rossitto: 
Rossitto tabled top pair top kicker and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000
62,200
|
62,200 |
|
|
67,000
4,100
|
4,100 |