Event #2: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em

Chance Kornuth raised to 230,000 from the cutoff and Axel Hallay came along from the big blind to see the     flop.

Both players checked the flop and the   turn before Hallay led out for 100,000 on the   river. Kornuth announced a raise to 640,000 and Hallay quickly folded.

The next hand, Kornuth again raised to 230,000 and Chris Moore defended his big blind, then check-folded to a bet on the     flop.

Axel Hallay	9,500,000	-535,000
Chance Kornuth	3,500,000	550,000
Chris Moore	3,400,000	-255,000

Chance Kornuth and Alexandre Vuilleumier won the first two pots of Day 3 with preflop shoves.

On the third hand, Elior Sion moved all in for 1,275,000 from the cutoff and Vuilleumier called in the small blind.

Elior Sion:   
Alexandre Vuilleumier:   

Vuilleumier took the lead on the     flop with a pair of aces. The board ran out    and Sion was eliminated just short of the final table.

The remaining seven players are now drawing for seats at the final table.

Alexandre Vuilleumier	5,200,000	1,225,000
Elior Sion	0	-1,202,500

The final nine players have taken their seats and play has begun. The unofficial final table will be set when seven players remain.

There will be a new champion crowned today at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), as Event #2: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em will play down to its winner, with the final day kicking off at 1:30 p.m. local time.

From a field of 207, just nine players remain in contention for the second WSOP bracelet of the series and the $1,215,864 designated for the winner. In pole position to capture the first-place spoils is France's Axel Hallay (7,980,000), who has around 25% of the chips in play. Hallay pulled off quite the comeback in yesterday's session as he spun up his chip-leading stack from just 40,000.

Rounding out the top three chip counts are Chris Moore (4,455,000) and Joey Weissman (4,150,000), while Elior Sion (1,202,500) props up the rest of the pack.

Day 2 Chip Counts

First Seven-Figure Payout of 2023 WSOP to be Awarded

The final day survivors have all banked themselves at least a $104,733 payday, with the next pay jump coming when the field reduces to seven players. However, everyone will be gunning for the first seven-figure payout of the 2023 WSOP.

Five players also have the chance to win their first-ever gold bracelet, with Hallay, Moore, Alexandre Vuilleumier, Sean Winter and Ren Lin all looking to secure their first piece of major WSOP hardware and cross their names off the best players without a bracelet list.

Weissman, Sion and Jake Schindler are all vying to become a two-time WSOP bracelet winner while Chance Kornuth is on the hunt for his fourth title.

Remaining Payouts

Plan for Day 3

As mentioned, the tournament will resume at 1:30 p.m. PDT and takes place inside Horseshoe Las Vegas. The $25,000 High Roller is also the first livestream opportunity of the series, with cards up coverage provided by PokerGO. The broadcast is currently scheduled to start at 5 p.m.* and will feature the action from the final five players.

The final day begins at Level 19, where the blinds will be 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blinds ante.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates from the 6-Max High Roller until a new WSOP champion is crowned.

* _{subject to change depending on what time the final five players are confirmed}