2026 WSOPC Calgary Oct – Event #17: $3,500 High Roller

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	1/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	8:30 PM

It was a great heads-up match between Sam Gottiparthi and Dylan Payne, with both players locked in. Despite a bit of a weird situation during the final phase, Gottiparthi was able to come through and take it down.

After Payne doubled up, Gottiparthi came back after they both hit top pair, with Gottiparthi on the best kicker. That left Payne down around a million, but he chipped back up again before the final hand saw him get his chips in dominated against the Mississauga player.

It was all-in preflop, with Gottiparthi on A♠Q♣ against K♠Q♥ for Payne. Payne flopped a gutshot draw, needing a ten or a king to double and stay alive, but the 4♥8♦ runout bricked, and Gottiparthi had his first Circuit ring.

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	2/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	8:05 PM

Sam Gottiparthi called with three 25k chips from the button before Dylan Payne shoved 1.085 million. In a single move, with no verbal declaration, Gottiparthi dropped 10k into the pot as he slid his cards over the line and pulled back one of the 25k chips, with the intention to fold.

The dealer announced call when the 10k hit the pot, and the house was called for a ruling. The house ruled it was a call, and the hand ran out with Payne on [invalid notations] for Gottiparthi. The board ran out 6♥7♣2♦7♥9♠ to leave Payne ahead with a pair of sixes, ace-high, for a double to more than 2 million.

That leaves them close to even, but Gottiparthi still has a bit of a lead.

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	2/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:45 PM

Player	Chips	BB (60k)
Dylan Payne	2,020,000	34
Sam Gottiparthi	3,700,000	62

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	2/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:35 PM

Dylan Payne just made a huge river fold, and he was right. They limped to a flop of 4♣4♠7♥, and Payne check-called for 105k. Both players checked the Q♥ turn, and Payne fired 300k on the 7♣ river.

“I think you’re bluffing,” Gottiparthi muttered before putting in 1.5 million.

“Now I’m confused,” Payne replied. “I was value betting.” After some time in the tank, he mucked his hand face down.

“Seven-deuce,” said Gottiparthi, showing his hand.

“I swear I folded a four,” Payne replied.

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	2/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:15 PM

Matt O’Brien shoved the button with about 700k, and Sam Gottiparthi called from the big blind without getting a count, but with a much bigger stack. Gottiparthi was dominated with Q♦J♣ against K♥J♥ for O’Brien, but Gottiparthi found the perfect flop on a board of 3♣Q♠J♣3♠4♦ to send O’Brien out.

Gottiparthi now has a bit of a lead over Dylan Payne for heads-up.

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	3/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:05 PM

Sam Gottiparthi is right back in it after he doubled through Matt O’Brien. Gottiparthi was all-in on the turn, with the board reading 6♦A♣J♣3♠, and after getting the count of 820k, O’Brien called.

They both had the ace, but Gottiparthi was on ace-jack for two pair, against ace-deuce for O’Brien, and the 4♦ river didn’t change anything. O’Brien is now the short stack with about 800k behind.

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	3/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:00 PM

Dylan Payne just got a near-double with a huge cooler against Sam Gottiparthi. Payne raised to 100k, and Gottiparthi called to the J♦Q♣4♠. They both checked to the 10♥ turn.

Payne bet 40k before Gottiparthi raised it to 200k. Payne three-bet to 425k, and Gottiparthi called to the 3♥ river. Payne bet 940k, leaving just 100k behind, and Gottiparthi hit the tank. Payne stayed silent as Gottiparthi tried to elicit some info.

“Pocket Queens, buddy?” he asked before finally putting in the call. Neither player had the nuts, but between Payne’s K♥9♥ and Gottiparthi’s eight-nine, it was 2nd nuts into 3rd, and Gottiparthi had to pay off the big bet, leaving him short.

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	3/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:45 PM

Garret Maybery shoved his big blind over a raise from Matthew O’Brien in the small blind, and O’Brien called it off. O’Brien has ace-king into ace-deuce, and they both flopped the ace. The king played on a runout of 8♥A♥10♠6♠8♥ and the game was down to 3 remaining.

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	4/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:35 PM

Dylan Payne opened his button, then called when Kelly Becker shoved the small blind with a bit less. Becker was on a suited ace against queens for Payne, and while Becker flopped a heart draw, then bricked the runout to leave Payne’s queens on top. Paybe had him covered by about 90k, and Becker was out in 5th place.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	5/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:20 PM

Sam Gottiparthi made it 70k from the cutoff, and Dylan Payne bumped it up to 225k from the big blind. Gottiparthi called to the 5♠A♦6♣ flop, where Payne led for 110k. Gottiparthi called, and Payne check-folded pocket kings face up on the 8♥ turn after Gottiparthi bet 165k.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	5/155
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:10 PM

Samuel Borque quickly followed Edali Ahmed out for 6th place while I was writing Ahmed’s bustout hand.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	6/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:05 PM

Edali Ahmed just ran into a gross spot, blind-on-blind for his tournament life. It folded to Ahmed in the small blind, and he shoved a stack of around 300k. Dylan Payne looked down at aces and snapped it off.

Ahmed was on A♥7♦, and he turned a gutshout draw, but bricked it for the aces to send him home in 7th.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	7/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:50 PM

Allen Shen got the first 5-figure payout from the High Roller today. He had just 6 big blinds coming back from the break and couldn’t spin it up.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	8/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:35 PM

Seat	Player	Chips	BB (30k)
2	Allen Shen	180,000	6
3	Edali Ahmed	500,000	17
4	Dylan Payne	1,090,000	36
5	Kelly Becker	585,000	20
6	Samuel Bourque	280,000	9
7	Sam Gottiparthi	1,050,000	35
8	Matthew O’brien	1,540,000	51
9	Garett Maybery	445,000	15

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	8/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:20 PM

Allen Shen opened early to 50k, and Kelly Becker called from the cutoff before Matt O’Brien shoved his big blind with a covering stack, pushing off both other players.

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	8/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:10 PM

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	8/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:05 PM

It looks like Dylan Payne & Sam Gottiparthi are leading, with more than a million each. There’s a break coming in about 15 minutes, and I’ll ge full counts for the remaining players then.

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	9/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	4:50 PM

In the final hand at 10k/20k/20k, Edali Ahmed raised to 50k early, and Sam Gottiparthi called from the cutoff to the 4♠J♣8♥. They both checked to the K♦ turn, where Ahmed fired 80k and took it down.

In the first hand at 15k/25k/25k, Kelly Becker raised the middle to 60k, and Allen Shen called from the big blind. They both checked the A♦2♥7♥ flop and, after a check from Shen on the 9♦ turn, Becker bet 50k to take it down.

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	9/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	4:45 PM

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	10/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	4:30 PM

Player	Chip Count
Matthew O’Brien	905,000
Garret Maybery	775,000
Samuel Bourque	620,000
Dylan Payne	585,000

Position	Player	Prize
14	Patrick Devlin	$6,946
15	Pav Braich	$6,946
16	Joshua James	$6,946
17	Ruoxiao Shi	$6,946
18	Mike Leah	$6,946

Level:	17 (5,000/10,000/10,000)
Entries:	17/115
Prizes:	$341,953
Local Time:	2:09 PM

Action was caught after an all in and call occurred between Madhu Sharma and Mike Leah. Leah had the shorter stack with 160,000, and both players revealed their holdings.

Mike Leah: 10♣10♠
Madhu Sharma: A♣A♥

The board ran out J♥5♥9♠7♠A♠ for Sharma to take the pot.

Madhu Sharma: 360,000

Level:	16 (4,000/8,000/8,000)
Entries:	18/115
Prizes:	$341,953
Local Time:	1:12 PM

David Quang moved all in, and Garret Maybery made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

David Quang: A♥Q♦
Garret Maybery: K♠K♣

The board ran out K♥9♠9♦J♣10♠ for the remaining players to enter the money. Players are guaranteed $6,946 with $92,653 sitting atop for first.

Garet Maybery: 640,000

Event #17: $3,500 High Roller NLH Day 2 ($3,130 + $370)

Date:	Day 2: Oct 12, 1 PM
Blinds:	40 Minutes
Entries:	23/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Leader:	Joshua Frazer (567k)

Day 2 of the High Roller is set, and the players are returning five off the money spots. Joshua Frazer is the chip leader for Day 2, with 567k in his bag, with Omar Montenegro about 80k behind in second. Garret Maybery, Allen Shen (who won the Monster Stack ring here in January), and Edali Ahmed round out the top five stacks. Full stacks for Day 2 will be at the bottom of this post.

The action gets going at 1 PM, alongside Day 3 of the Main Event. The blinds remain at 40 minutes for the rest of the game, and the Day 2 action picks up at the start of Level 17 (4k/8k/8k). They keep playing in Day 2 until someone has the ring.

High Roller Prizes

Place	Prize
1	$92,653
2	$61,180
3	$41,734
4	$29,439
5	$21,499
6	$16,274
7	$12,787
8	$10,443
9	$8,879
10	$7,873
11	$7,873
12	$7,293
13	$7,293
14	$6,946
15	$6,946
16	$6,946
17	$6,946
18	$6,946

Day 2 Chips

Day 2 seat assignments are on the WSOP+ App, so players should check the app when they arrive to find their seat.

Player	Chips	BB (8k)
Joshua Frazer James	567,000	70.88
Omar Unzon Montenegro	487,000	60.88
Garett Maybery	467,000	58.38
Allen Shen	463,000	57.88
Edali Ahmed	415,000	51.88
Dylan Payne	402,000	50.25
Srinivas Gottiparthi	364,000	45.50
Julian Yasin	322,000	40.25
Kelly Becker	310,000	38.75
Patrick Devlin	281,000	35.13
Michael Leah	258,000	32.25
Pawan Braich	208,000	26.00
David Quang	200,000	25.00
Guoyan Li	187,000	23.38
Samuel Bourque	159,000	19.88
Nan Cui	139,000	17.38
Ruoxiao Shi	112,000	14.00
Daniel Tsipris	107,000	13.38
Daniel Lefebvre	94,000	11.75
Matthew O’Brien	66,000	8.25
Trung Nguyen	63,000	7.88
Madhu Sharma	59,000	7.38
Colin Jung	47,000	5.88

Level:	17 (4000/8000/8000)
Entries:	23/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	1:00 AM

Player	Chips	BB (8k)
Joshua Frazer James	567,000	70.88
Omar Unzon Montenegro	487,000	60.88
Garett Maybery	467,000	58.38
Allen Shen	463,000	57.88
Edali Ahmed	415,000	51.88
Dylan Payne	402,000	50.25
Srinivas Gottiparthi	364,000	45.50
Julian Yasin	322,000	40.25
Kelly Becker	310,000	38.75
Patrick Devlin	281,000	35.13
Michael Leah	258,000	32.25
Pawan Braich	208,000	26.00
David Quang	200,000	25.00
Guoyan Li	187,000	23.38
Samuel Bourque	159,000	19.88
Nan Cui	139,000	17.38
Ruoxiao Shi	112,000	14.00
Daniel Tsipris	107,000	13.38
Daniel Lefebvre	94,000	11.75
Matthew O’Brien	66,000	8.25
Trung Nguyen	63,000	7.88
Madhu Sharma	59,000	7.38
Colin Jung	47,000	5.88

Level:	15 (3000/6000/6000)
Entries:	24/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	12:55 AM

Day 1 of the High Roller has about 10 minutes to play, with 24 players still alive. That leaves them 6 off the money, with bubble play almost certainly coming early on Day 2.

Level:	13 (2000/4000/4000)
Entries:	35/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	11:30 PM

About 90 minutes remain in the night, and the final tally for the High Roller game is 115 entries. That puts 18 players in the money, but it’s very unlikely they’ll get into the paid spots tonight, though it’s not impossible.

1	$92,653
2	$61,180
3	$41,734
4	$29,439
5	$21,499
6	$16,274
7	$12,787
8	$10,443
9	$8,879
10	$7,873
11	$7,873
12	$7,293
13	$7,293
14	$6,946
15	$6,946
16	$6,946
17	$6,946
18	$6,946

Level:	12 (1500/3000/3000)
Entries:	35/97
Prizes:	$288,430
Local Time:	10:20 PM

About 45 minutes remain in entries for the High Roller, and they are just 3 entries away from 100. The prizes now are just shy of $290k, and it seems certain they’ll break the 100 mark before the start of Level 13, when entries close.

Level:	11 (1500/2500/2500)
Entries:	37/91
Prizes:	$270,589
Local Time:	9:40 PM

Just shy of 90 minutes remain in entries for the High Roller, with the field at 91. That puts the prizes over $270k, but I expect the entries & rebuys to be pretty brisk right up until the end.

Level:	10 (1000/2000/2000)
Entries:	43/85
Prizes:	$252,748
Local Time:	8:40 PM

The prizes are over $250k, with 85 entries on the board as the players head out for the break following Level 9. That leaves just shy of 2.5 hours left to enter this game, so a field of 100+ is still easily on track for this on.

Level 10 is about 10 minutes away, with the blinds at 1k/2k/2k when they return from the break.

Level:	9 (1000/1500/1500)
Entries:	44/81
Prizes:	$240,854
Local Time:	8:20 PM

Just shy of 3 hours remain in entries for the High Roller game, and the field is over 81 entries. That puts the prizes at more than $240k already, and I’m expecting the field to end near 100 entries or more. With 100 entries, the prizes would be around $300k.

Level:	8 (600/1200/1200)
Entries:	48/73
Prizes:	$217,066
Local Time:	7:25 PM

The High Roller is over 70 entries, with prizes nearing $220k. 3.5 hours still remain in entries, with the desk shutting down about 11 PM at the start of Level 13, so it still looks like a good bet for this game to hit 100 or more entries before it closes.

Level:	7 (500/1000/1000)
Entries:	44/59
Prizes:	$175,437
Local Time:	6:35 PM

Level 7 has just begun, meaning there are 4.5 hours left to jump into this one. The prizes are already over $175k with 59 entries on the board, but I expect that number to be close to 100 entries before it closes at the start of Level 13. Glenn Slater & Anthony Casten are among the new entries I spotted in the field.

Level:	5 (300/600/600)
Entries:	39/48
Prizes:	$142,728
Local Time:	5:30 PM

The High Roller is nearing 50 entries now, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 5. About 5.5 hours remain in entries for this game, and players who max late reg during the break following Level 12 will sit down with about 16 big blinds, so there is lots of play in the game right up until the end of entries.

DJ Sharma, Deven Lane, Stephen Dauphinais, Hayden Hetland, Rob Limpert, Sunny Lubana, Dallas Larson, Jimmy Lee, Joshua James, Shane Brotherwood, Dylan Payne, Dawn Nobles, Colten Yamagishi, previous winner Andy Truong, Abhay Dogra, Vince Chahley, Juliua Roque, James, Lahey, and Nu Teliani are among the players in the High Roller today.

Level:	4 (300/500/500)
Entries:	26/30
Prizes:	$89,205
Local Time:	4:30 PM

The High Roller is up to 30 entries, with about 30 minutes to play in Level 4. Entries are open until the start of Level 13, so there’s still plenty of time for the field to grow. I’m expecting a lot of players who bust from the Main to jump into this one, as well as from the Freezeout game now that entries are closed over there.

Level:	3 (200/400/400)
Entries:	24/25
Prizes:	$74,338
Local Time:	3:56 PM

The button opened to 1,500, and Omar Montenegro three-bet to 6,000 from the small blind. The button flicked in the call.

After the flop peeled the Q♥9♣K♠, Montenegro fired for 6,000. His opponent made a quick fold.

Omar Montenegro: 110,300

Level:	2 (200/300/300)
Entries:	18/19
Prizes:	$56,497
Local Time:	3:09 PM

Hayden Hetland opened to 800 from late position. The button called along with both blinds.

Action checked through, after the flop came 6♦7♣3♣.

The turn came the J♥, and both blinds checked to Hetland. He fired for 4,500, and took down the pot.

Hayden Hetland: 72,300

Level:	1 (100/200/200)
Entries:	16/16
Prizes:	$47,576
Local Time:	2:22 PM

The High Roller is underway with two tables to open the action. Day 1 will play through 14 levels with registration being open for 8 and a half more hours. The 16 player field has combined for a prize pool of $47,576, and this will only increase as the day progresses. Hayden Hetland, Nu Teliani, and Robert Limpert headline the field with more notable names bound to join.

Event #17: $3,500 High Roller NLH Day 1 ($3,130 + $370)

Date:	Oct 11, 2 PM
Blinds:	40 Minutes
Starting Stack:	50k
Late Entry:	12 Levels (Entries Close about 11:00 PM)
Day 1 Ends:	15 Levels (Day should end about 1:00 AM)

The opening day of High Roller action gets going at 2 PM on Sunday, alongside Day 2 of the Main Event, as well as the $500 Freezeout game. This game will likely see a lot of traffic to the entry desk from the other two events playing on Sunday as players bust from those games.

The High Rollers get the biggest starting stack of the series, with 50k in chips, and blinds are 40 minutes throughout the game. Players have 12 levels to buy in on Day 1, with the desk set to close at about 11 PM. After that, they play about 2 more hours on Day 1, with the opening day scheduled to finish at the end of Level 15 about 1 AM. Remaining players will then return for Day 2 action on Monday at 1 PM.

This past January, Aaron La found the High Roller ring after getting through a field of 205 entries for the top prize of $641,650 in total prizes. Oct 2025 saw Andy Truong win his first ring in the High Roller, making it through 140 entries for the best share of $438,200 in total prizes.

Level:	17 (4000/8000/8000)
Entries:	23/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	1:00 AM

Player	Chips	BB (8k)
Joshua Frazer James	567,000	70.88
Omar Unzon Montenegro	487,000	60.88
Garett Maybery	467,000	58.38
Allen Shen	463,000	57.88
Edali Ahmed	415,000	51.88
Dylan Payne	402,000	50.25
Srinivas Gottiparthi	364,000	45.50
Julian Yasin	322,000	40.25
Kelly Becker	310,000	38.75
Patrick Devlin	281,000	35.13
Michael Leah	258,000	32.25
Pawan Braich	208,000	26.00
David Quang	200,000	25.00
Guoyan Li	187,000	23.38
Samuel Bourque	159,000	19.88
Nan Cui	139,000	17.38
Ruoxiao Shi	112,000	14.00
Daniel Tsipris	107,000	13.38
Daniel Lefebvre	94,000	11.75
Matthew O’Brien	66,000	8.25
Trung Nguyen	63,000	7.88
Madhu Sharma	59,000	7.38
Colin Jung	47,000	5.88

Level:	15 (3000/6000/6000)
Entries:	24/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	12:55 AM

Day 1 of the High Roller has about 10 minutes to play, with 24 players still alive. That leaves them 6 off the money, with bubble play almost certainly coming early on Day 2.

Level:	13 (2000/4000/4000)
Entries:	35/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	11:30 PM

About 90 minutes remain in the night, and the final tally for the High Roller game is 115 entries. That puts 18 players in the money, but it’s very unlikely they’ll get into the paid spots tonight, though it’s not impossible.

1	$92,653
2	$61,180
3	$41,734
4	$29,439
5	$21,499
6	$16,274
7	$12,787
8	$10,443
9	$8,879
10	$7,873
11	$7,873
12	$7,293
13	$7,293
14	$6,946
15	$6,946
16	$6,946
17	$6,946
18	$6,946

Level:	12 (1500/3000/3000)
Entries:	35/97
Prizes:	$288,430
Local Time:	10:20 PM

About 45 minutes remain in entries for the High Roller, and they are just 3 entries away from 100. The prizes now are just shy of $290k, and it seems certain they’ll break the 100 mark before the start of Level 13, when entries close.

Level:	11 (1500/2500/2500)
Entries:	37/91
Prizes:	$270,589
Local Time:	9:40 PM

Just shy of 90 minutes remain in entries for the High Roller, with the field at 91. That puts the prizes over $270k, but I expect the entries & rebuys to be pretty brisk right up until the end.

Level:	10 (1000/2000/2000)
Entries:	43/85
Prizes:	$252,748
Local Time:	8:40 PM

The prizes are over $250k, with 85 entries on the board as the players head out for the break following Level 9. That leaves just shy of 2.5 hours left to enter this game, so a field of 100+ is still easily on track for this on.

Level 10 is about 10 minutes away, with the blinds at 1k/2k/2k when they return from the break.

Level:	9 (1000/1500/1500)
Entries:	44/81
Prizes:	$240,854
Local Time:	8:20 PM

Just shy of 3 hours remain in entries for the High Roller game, and the field is over 81 entries. That puts the prizes at more than $240k already, and I’m expecting the field to end near 100 entries or more. With 100 entries, the prizes would be around $300k.

Level:	8 (600/1200/1200)
Entries:	48/73
Prizes:	$217,066
Local Time:	7:25 PM

The High Roller is over 70 entries, with prizes nearing $220k. 3.5 hours still remain in entries, with the desk shutting down about 11 PM at the start of Level 13, so it still looks like a good bet for this game to hit 100 or more entries before it closes.

Level:	7 (500/1000/1000)
Entries:	44/59
Prizes:	$175,437
Local Time:	6:35 PM

Level 7 has just begun, meaning there are 4.5 hours left to jump into this one. The prizes are already over $175k with 59 entries on the board, but I expect that number to be close to 100 entries before it closes at the start of Level 13. Glenn Slater & Anthony Casten are among the new entries I spotted in the field.

Level:	5 (300/600/600)
Entries:	39/48
Prizes:	$142,728
Local Time:	5:30 PM

The High Roller is nearing 50 entries now, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 5. About 5.5 hours remain in entries for this game, and players who max late reg during the break following Level 12 will sit down with about 16 big blinds, so there is lots of play in the game right up until the end of entries.

DJ Sharma, Deven Lane, Stephen Dauphinais, Hayden Hetland, Rob Limpert, Sunny Lubana, Dallas Larson, Jimmy Lee, Joshua James, Shane Brotherwood, Dylan Payne, Dawn Nobles, Colten Yamagishi, previous winner Andy Truong, Abhay Dogra, Vince Chahley, Juliua Roque, James, Lahey, and Nu Teliani are among the players in the High Roller today.

Level:	4 (300/500/500)
Entries:	26/30
Prizes:	$89,205
Local Time:	4:30 PM

The High Roller is up to 30 entries, with about 30 minutes to play in Level 4. Entries are open until the start of Level 13, so there’s still plenty of time for the field to grow. I’m expecting a lot of players who bust from the Main to jump into this one, as well as from the Freezeout game now that entries are closed over there.

Level:	3 (200/400/400)
Entries:	24/25
Prizes:	$74,338
Local Time:	3:56 PM

The button opened to 1,500, and Omar Montenegro three-bet to 6,000 from the small blind. The button flicked in the call.

After the flop peeled the Q♥9♣K♠, Montenegro fired for 6,000. His opponent made a quick fold.

Omar Montenegro: 110,300

Level:	2 (200/300/300)
Entries:	18/19
Prizes:	$56,497
Local Time:	3:09 PM

Hayden Hetland opened to 800 from late position. The button called along with both blinds.

Action checked through, after the flop came 6♦7♣3♣.

The turn came the J♥, and both blinds checked to Hetland. He fired for 4,500, and took down the pot.

Hayden Hetland: 72,300

Level:	1 (100/200/200)
Entries:	16/16
Prizes:	$47,576
Local Time:	2:22 PM

The High Roller is underway with two tables to open the action. Day 1 will play through 14 levels with registration being open for 8 and a half more hours. The 16 player field has combined for a prize pool of $47,576, and this will only increase as the day progresses. Hayden Hetland, Nu Teliani, and Robert Limpert headline the field with more notable names bound to join.

Event #17: $3,500 High Roller NLH Day 1 ($3,130 + $370)

Date:	Oct 11, 2 PM
Blinds:	40 Minutes
Starting Stack:	50k
Late Entry:	12 Levels (Entries Close about 11:00 PM)
Day 1 Ends:	15 Levels (Day should end about 1:00 AM)

The opening day of High Roller action gets going at 2 PM on Sunday, alongside Day 2 of the Main Event, as well as the $500 Freezeout game. This game will likely see a lot of traffic to the entry desk from the other two events playing on Sunday as players bust from those games.

The High Rollers get the biggest starting stack of the series, with 50k in chips, and blinds are 40 minutes throughout the game. Players have 12 levels to buy in on Day 1, with the desk set to close at about 11 PM. After that, they play about 2 more hours on Day 1, with the opening day scheduled to finish at the end of Level 15 about 1 AM. Remaining players will then return for Day 2 action on Monday at 1 PM.

This past January, Aaron La found the High Roller ring after getting through a field of 205 entries for the top prize of $641,650 in total prizes. Oct 2025 saw Andy Truong win his first ring in the High Roller, making it through 140 entries for the best share of $438,200 in total prizes.

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	1/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	8:30 PM

It was a great heads-up match between Sam Gottiparthi and Dylan Payne, with both players locked in. Despite a bit of a weird situation during the final phase, Gottiparthi was able to come through and take it down.

After Payne doubled up, Gottiparthi came back after they both hit top pair, with Gottiparthi on the best kicker. That left Payne down around a million, but he chipped back up again before the final hand saw him get his chips in dominated against the Mississauga player.

It was all-in preflop, with Gottiparthi on A♠Q♣ against K♠Q♥ for Payne. Payne flopped a gutshot draw, needing a ten or a king to double and stay alive, but the 4♥8♦ runout bricked, and Gottiparthi had his first Circuit ring.

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	2/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	8:05 PM

Sam Gottiparthi called with three 25k chips from the button before Dylan Payne shoved 1.085 million. In a single move, with no verbal declaration, Gottiparthi dropped 10k into the pot as he slid his cards over the line and pulled back one of the 25k chips, with the intention to fold.

The dealer announced call when the 10k hit the pot, and the house was called for a ruling. The house ruled it was a call, and the hand ran out with Payne on [invalid notations] for Gottiparthi. The board ran out 6♥7♣2♦7♥9♠ to leave Payne ahead with a pair of sixes, ace-high, for a double to more than 2 million.

That leaves them close to even, but Gottiparthi still has a bit of a lead.

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	2/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:45 PM

Player	Chips	BB (60k)
Dylan Payne	2,020,000	34
Sam Gottiparthi	3,700,000	62

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	2/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:35 PM

Dylan Payne just made a huge river fold, and he was right. They limped to a flop of 4♣4♠7♥, and Payne check-called for 105k. Both players checked the Q♥ turn, and Payne fired 300k on the 7♣ river.

“I think you’re bluffing,” Gottiparthi muttered before putting in 1.5 million.

“Now I’m confused,” Payne replied. “I was value betting.” After some time in the tank, he mucked his hand face down.

“Seven-deuce,” said Gottiparthi, showing his hand.

“I swear I folded a four,” Payne replied.

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	2/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:15 PM

Matt O’Brien shoved the button with about 700k, and Sam Gottiparthi called from the big blind without getting a count, but with a much bigger stack. Gottiparthi was dominated with Q♦J♣ against K♥J♥ for O’Brien, but Gottiparthi found the perfect flop on a board of 3♣Q♠J♣3♠4♦ to send O’Brien out.

Gottiparthi now has a bit of a lead over Dylan Payne for heads-up.

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	3/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:05 PM

Sam Gottiparthi is right back in it after he doubled through Matt O’Brien. Gottiparthi was all-in on the turn, with the board reading 6♦A♣J♣3♠, and after getting the count of 820k, O’Brien called.

They both had the ace, but Gottiparthi was on ace-jack for two pair, against ace-deuce for O’Brien, and the 4♦ river didn’t change anything. O’Brien is now the short stack with about 800k behind.

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	3/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	7:00 PM

Dylan Payne just got a near-double with a huge cooler against Sam Gottiparthi. Payne raised to 100k, and Gottiparthi called to the J♦Q♣4♠. They both checked to the 10♥ turn.

Payne bet 40k before Gottiparthi raised it to 200k. Payne three-bet to 425k, and Gottiparthi called to the 3♥ river. Payne bet 940k, leaving just 100k behind, and Gottiparthi hit the tank. Payne stayed silent as Gottiparthi tried to elicit some info.

“Pocket Queens, buddy?” he asked before finally putting in the call. Neither player had the nuts, but between Payne’s K♥9♥ and Gottiparthi’s eight-nine, it was 2nd nuts into 3rd, and Gottiparthi had to pay off the big bet, leaving him short.

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	3/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:45 PM

Garret Maybery shoved his big blind over a raise from Matthew O’Brien in the small blind, and O’Brien called it off. O’Brien has ace-king into ace-deuce, and they both flopped the ace. The king played on a runout of 8♥A♥10♠6♠8♥ and the game was down to 3 remaining.

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	4/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:35 PM

Dylan Payne opened his button, then called when Kelly Becker shoved the small blind with a bit less. Becker was on a suited ace against queens for Payne, and while Becker flopped a heart draw, then bricked the runout to leave Payne’s queens on top. Paybe had him covered by about 90k, and Becker was out in 5th place.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	5/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:20 PM

Sam Gottiparthi made it 70k from the cutoff, and Dylan Payne bumped it up to 225k from the big blind. Gottiparthi called to the 5♠A♦6♣ flop, where Payne led for 110k. Gottiparthi called, and Payne check-folded pocket kings face up on the 8♥ turn after Gottiparthi bet 165k.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	5/155
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:10 PM

Samuel Borque quickly followed Edali Ahmed out for 6th place while I was writing Ahmed’s bustout hand.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	6/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	6:05 PM

Edali Ahmed just ran into a gross spot, blind-on-blind for his tournament life. It folded to Ahmed in the small blind, and he shoved a stack of around 300k. Dylan Payne looked down at aces and snapped it off.

Ahmed was on A♥7♦, and he turned a gutshout draw, but bricked it for the aces to send him home in 7th.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	7/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:50 PM

Allen Shen got the first 5-figure payout from the High Roller today. He had just 6 big blinds coming back from the break and couldn’t spin it up.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	8/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:35 PM

Seat	Player	Chips	BB (30k)
2	Allen Shen	180,000	6
3	Edali Ahmed	500,000	17
4	Dylan Payne	1,090,000	36
5	Kelly Becker	585,000	20
6	Samuel Bourque	280,000	9
7	Sam Gottiparthi	1,050,000	35
8	Matthew O’brien	1,540,000	51
9	Garett Maybery	445,000	15

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	8/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:20 PM

Allen Shen opened early to 50k, and Kelly Becker called from the cutoff before Matt O’Brien shoved his big blind with a covering stack, pushing off both other players.

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	8/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:10 PM

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	8/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	5:05 PM

It looks like Dylan Payne & Sam Gottiparthi are leading, with more than a million each. There’s a break coming in about 15 minutes, and I’ll ge full counts for the remaining players then.

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	9/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	4:50 PM

In the final hand at 10k/20k/20k, Edali Ahmed raised to 50k early, and Sam Gottiparthi called from the cutoff to the 4♠J♣8♥. They both checked to the K♦ turn, where Ahmed fired 80k and took it down.

In the first hand at 15k/25k/25k, Kelly Becker raised the middle to 60k, and Allen Shen called from the big blind. They both checked the A♦2♥7♥ flop and, after a check from Shen on the 9♦ turn, Becker bet 50k to take it down.

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	9/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	4:45 PM

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	10/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Local Time:	4:30 PM

Player	Chip Count
Matthew O’Brien	905,000
Garret Maybery	775,000
Samuel Bourque	620,000
Dylan Payne	585,000

Position	Player	Prize
14	Patrick Devlin	$6,946
15	Pav Braich	$6,946
16	Joshua James	$6,946
17	Ruoxiao Shi	$6,946
18	Mike Leah	$6,946

Level:	17 (5,000/10,000/10,000)
Entries:	17/115
Prizes:	$341,953
Local Time:	2:09 PM

Action was caught after an all in and call occurred between Madhu Sharma and Mike Leah. Leah had the shorter stack with 160,000, and both players revealed their holdings.

Mike Leah: 10♣10♠
Madhu Sharma: A♣A♥

The board ran out J♥5♥9♠7♠A♠ for Sharma to take the pot.

Madhu Sharma: 360,000

Level:	16 (4,000/8,000/8,000)
Entries:	18/115
Prizes:	$341,953
Local Time:	1:12 PM

David Quang moved all in, and Garret Maybery made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

David Quang: A♥Q♦
Garret Maybery: K♠K♣

The board ran out K♥9♠9♦J♣10♠ for the remaining players to enter the money. Players are guaranteed $6,946 with $92,653 sitting atop for first.

Garet Maybery: 640,000

Event #17: $3,500 High Roller NLH Day 2 ($3,130 + $370)

Date:	Day 2: Oct 12, 1 PM
Blinds:	40 Minutes
Entries:	23/115
Prizes:	$359,950
Leader:	Joshua Frazer (567k)

Day 2 of the High Roller is set, and the players are returning five off the money spots. Joshua Frazer is the chip leader for Day 2, with 567k in his bag, with Omar Montenegro about 80k behind in second. Garret Maybery, Allen Shen (who won the Monster Stack ring here in January), and Edali Ahmed round out the top five stacks. Full stacks for Day 2 will be at the bottom of this post.

The action gets going at 1 PM, alongside Day 3 of the Main Event. The blinds remain at 40 minutes for the rest of the game, and the Day 2 action picks up at the start of Level 17 (4k/8k/8k). They keep playing in Day 2 until someone has the ring.

High Roller Prizes

Place	Prize
1	$92,653
2	$61,180
3	$41,734
4	$29,439
5	$21,499
6	$16,274
7	$12,787
8	$10,443
9	$8,879
10	$7,873
11	$7,873
12	$7,293
13	$7,293
14	$6,946
15	$6,946
16	$6,946
17	$6,946
18	$6,946

Day 2 Chips

Day 2 seat assignments are on the WSOP+ App, so players should check the app when they arrive to find their seat.

Player	Chips	BB (8k)
Joshua Frazer James	567,000	70.88
Omar Unzon Montenegro	487,000	60.88
Garett Maybery	467,000	58.38
Allen Shen	463,000	57.88
Edali Ahmed	415,000	51.88
Dylan Payne	402,000	50.25
Srinivas Gottiparthi	364,000	45.50
Julian Yasin	322,000	40.25
Kelly Becker	310,000	38.75
Patrick Devlin	281,000	35.13
Michael Leah	258,000	32.25
Pawan Braich	208,000	26.00
David Quang	200,000	25.00
Guoyan Li	187,000	23.38
Samuel Bourque	159,000	19.88
Nan Cui	139,000	17.38
Ruoxiao Shi	112,000	14.00
Daniel Tsipris	107,000	13.38
Daniel Lefebvre	94,000	11.75
Matthew O’Brien	66,000	8.25
Trung Nguyen	63,000	7.88
Madhu Sharma	59,000	7.38
Colin Jung	47,000	5.88