Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold’em

Chance Kornuth raised to 100,000 on the button and was called by Daniel Negreanu in the small blind. David peters folded his big blind.

The flop came     and both players checked.

The turn brought the  , and again both players checked.

On the   river, Negreanu led for 200,000, but then Kornuth took his time and announced a raise to 630,000.

After some deliberation, Negreanu folded, later telling Kornuth he wasn't expecting him to raise.

David Peters	5,120,000	-150,000
Chance Kornuth	5,115,000	915,000
Daniel Negreanu	1,150,000	-155,000

After Justin Young opened for 100,000 in the hijack and Phil Ivey called on the button, Chance Kornuth raised to 1,800,000 in the small blind, leaving himself just over 200,000 behind. Young called and Ivey folded.

Chance Kornuth:   
Justin Young:   

Kornuth's queens were well ahead and remained so through the     flop which gave Kornuth extra outs in the form of a gutshot straight draw.

The   turn changed nothing, but the   on the river gave Kornuth his straight, taking a huge chunk out of Young's stack.

Chance Kornuth	4,130,000	2,795,000
Justin Young	1,950,000	-2,020,000
Phil Ivey	1,520,000	-455,000

The 46 entrants have created a prize pool of $3,300,500 with 7 players getting paid at least $133,127, plus however many $25,000 bounties they've collected along the way.

The winner will receive $1,166,810 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

Erik Seidel raised to 85,000 in middle position and was three-bet to 275,000 by Dario Sammartino in the hijack.

Seidel then moved all in for 1,415,000 and Sammartino called for a huge pot.

Erik Seidel:   
Dario Sammartino:   

The board came      , bringing no help to Seidel as the Poker Hall of Famer passed his bounty card to Sammartino and headed for the exit.

Meanwhile at the adjacent table, Frank Crivello was also eliminated when he shoved with    in late position and was called by Justin Young with   . Crivello couldn't catch up and Young maintains his chip lead with Sammartino now hot on his heels.

Justin Young	3,970,000	405,000
Dario Sammartino	3,900,000	1,720,000
Erik Seidel	0	-1,645,000
Frank Crivello	0	-450,000

Matthew Steinberg is the final entrant in the tournament, registering before the start of Day 2.

The final 16 players are underway, playing down to the final five.

While hunting $25,000 bounties was a big part of Day 1 of Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold'em, with a 2022 World Series of Poker bracelet and a huge top prize now within sniffing distance, the dynamic may change a bit on Day 2.

Justin Young (3,565,000) leads 15 survivors from Day 1, but with late registration open until cards are in the air at noon pacific time, a few more bounty and bracelet hunters may join the fray with 15 big blinds.

As expected, the star-studded field brings nothing but notables and high rolling crushers over to Wednesday's action with the likes of David Peters (3,085,000), Koray Aldemir (2,930,000), Phil Ivey (1,975,000), Erik Seidel (1,645,000), and Daniel Negreanu (1,235,000) just to name a few still in the mix.

Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty Top Ten Chip Counts

Play resumes in the Paris Ballroom at Level 13 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Levels will continue to be 40-minutes long with 15-minute breaks scheduled after every third level and a 60-minute dinner break slotted in after level 21 (approx. 6:30 PT).

Action is scheduled to end for the day once the final five players are reached.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action from this and every event at the 2022 WSOP from its new home at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.