Alex Foxen Shines Bright on Day 1 of Event #71: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Among one of the most elite and star-studded fields on the World Series of Poker calender, Alex Foxen’s star shone the brightest on Day 1 of Event #71: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller.
The poker superstar and WSOP bracelet winner was spotted with more than 1,000,000 early on and never stopped accumulating chips. Foxen bagged up a massive stack of 2,868,000, far and away the largest among the 70 surviving players.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Foxen | United States | 2,868,000 | 191 |
| 2 | Krasimir Yankov | Bulgaria | 1,786,000 | 119 |
| 3 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 1,460,000 | 97 |
| 4 | [Removed:422] | Turkey | 1,400,000 | 93 |
| 5 | Michael Heritsch | United States | 1,400,000 | 93 |
| 6 | Anthony Marsico | United States | 1,378,000 | 92 |
| 7 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,291,000 | 86 |
| 8 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 1,266,000 | 84 |
| 9 | Michael Moncek | United States | 1,236,000 | 82 |
| 10 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 1,187,000 | 79 |
Jesse Lonis is one of the players looking up at Foxen on the leaderboard. Lonis doubled up against Jeremy Ausmus after a more than three-minute tank, then won a massive pot against John Riordan on his way to 1,460,000.
The third time was the charm for Ausmus on Day 1. The 2021 champion of this event had to reenter twice, but built up his stack to 1,291,000 on his third bullet. Defending champion Robert Cowen (1,187,000), Dylan Weisman (1,170,000), and Shaun Deeb (1,014,000) are also in the million-chip club.
Further down the leaderboard are Chance Kornuth (970,000), Freddy Deeb (873,000), and six-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Rast (601,000), while Ben Lamb (298,000) and Benny Glaser (167,000) will have their work cut out for them tomorrow to climb back into contention. The likes of Josh Arieh, Jason Koon, Isaac Haxton, and $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha champion Ka Kwan Lau weren’t so unfortunate to survive the day and will have to try again tomorrow.
Late registration remains open until the start of play on Day 2 at 1 p.m. local time, so there is still an opportunity for more players to join the 167 who have already entered and smashed last year’s total of 106 entries. The action picks up tomorrow on Level 13 with blinds of 10,000/15,000 and a 15,000 big blind ante, meaning the starting stack of 300,000 will be worth just 20 big blinds at the start of the day.
Day 1 was a chance for chip leaders to emerge and players to put themselves in a position to make the money. Tomorrow will be a race toward the final table. PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates as the stars of the poker world once again converge on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.