The 50,000$ WSOP High Roller with this high buy-in had 176 entries, which raised $8,404,000. 43 players advanced to DAY2 from the first day and another 44 players registered directly in Day 2, making a total of 87 players in Day 2, of which 5 remained at the end of the day.
Bulgarian player Alex Kulev was at the top of the leaderboard with 19,800,000 chips. Towards the end of the tournament, he managed a double-up thanks to the nines in his hand, which defeated Daniel Smiljkovic's A-6.
The tournament also features 2021 Main Event champion Koray Aldemir. He escaped the bustout at the end of the day when his Ace-eight hit a flash against KK found on Jake Schindler's hand.
Final five seat draw:
| 1 | Jake Schindler | United States | 13,550,000 | 27bb |
| 2 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 4,000,000 | 8bb |
| 3 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | 3,150,000 | 6bb |
| 4 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 19,800,000 | 40bb |
| 6 | Gergely Kulcsár | Hungary | 12,350,000 | 25bb |
Source: pokernews
