Biggest Buy-In Event of the 2024 WSOP Starts at 12 PM
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Today sees the start of Event #55: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, with late registration open until the start of Level 11, which is on Day 2. There will be 15-minute breaks every two levels of play. There is one reentry permitted in this event.
The starting stack is 1,500,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play eight 60-minute levels. For the surviving players or late registrants, Day 2 resumes at 12 p.m. Saturday and closes after another ten levels of play.
Last year’s event was the largest $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em in WSOP history, with a field of 99 entries generating a prize pool of $17,181,000. The winner was Chris Brewer who defeated Artur Martirosian heads-up to win $5,293,556 and his first WSOP bracelet.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 69 | Chris Brewer | United States | $5,293,556 |
| 2022 | 56 | Alex Foxen | United States | $4,563,700 |
| 2021 | 33 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | $3,265,362 |
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What Else is Happening at the WSOP?
- Both Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu are deep in the $10,000 Razz Championship where Brandon Shack-Harris leads.
- Chris Hunichen took down the $100,000 High Roller for his first bracelet and over $2.8 million in prize money.
- The $5,000 NLHE 6-Handed field is so stacked that it would not look out of place in a $50K buy-in event!