Before the start of the Super High Roller Series in Cyprus, the highlight of which is the prestigious Super High Roller Bowl IX, the organisers brought us news of more than 60 registered players. Surely they were expecting high numbers in the tournaments of the whole series.
The $306,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl IX had its first day of play on the schedule yesterday. The tournament is a pure freezeout and so players only have one shot at becoming a champion. However, after registration closed, organizers were certainly not pleased with the final tally of 24 entries, one of the weakest turnouts in series history. Only SHRB London in 2019 (12 entries), SHRB Australia in 2020 (16 entries), SHRB VI in 2021 (21 entries) and last year's SHRB VIII, which brought 20 entries, were worse off.
Only four players will make it to the ITM
This brings the prizepool to $7,056,000 and the money will be split between the top four players. The winner will be awarded $3,206,000 and a special ring for the champion. The runner-up will take home $1,900,000, the third-place player will receive $1,200,000 and fourth place is worth $750,000.
14 players have made it through to today's Day 2 and they are led by Germany's Leonard Maue with a stack of 1,245,000. Names such as Jeremy Ausmus, Santhosh Suvarna, Sam Greenwood, Ben Heath, Patrik Antonius, Bryn Kenney and Martin Kabrhel are among those advancing.
The first day of play yesterday put a stop to ten players, including names like Mikita Badziakouski, Nick Petrangelo, Adrian Mateos, Matthias Eibinger, Leon Tsoukernik and the legendary Phil Ivey. The latter was eliminated by Alex Kulev in a nasty hand in which Phil was cut by the river.
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| Feature | 1 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 42,000 |
| Feature | 2 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 505,000 |
| Feature | 3 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 117,000 |
| Feature | 4 | Thomas Santerne | France | 415,000 |
| Feature | 5 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 376,000 |
| Feature | 6 | Benjamin Heath | United Kingdom | 334,000 |
| Feature | 7 | Leonard Maue | Germany | 1,245,000 |
| Outer | 1 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | 845,000 |
| Outer | 2 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 273,000 |
| Outer | 3 | Seth Davies | United States | 828,000 |
| Outer | 4 | Juan Pardo Dominguez | Spain | 1,132,000 |
| Outer | 5 | Lewis Spencer | United Kingdom | 647,000 |
| Outer | 6 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 191,000 |
| Outer | 7 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 250,000 |
The first PLO tournament was won by Martin Dam
The PLO portion of the entire Super High Roller Series kicked off yesterday. Three PLO tournaments await players at the end of the series and we have already recognized the first winner. The first PLO tournament had a buy-in of $25,750, brought 23 entries and a prizepool of $563,500. Cash prizes were again waiting for only the top four players and the winner was Danish player Martin Dam, who took home $278,000.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Martin Dam | Denmark | $278,000 |
| 2nd | Yassin Mahmoud | Jordan | $165,500 |
| 3rd | Imad Derwiche | France | $95,000 |
| 4th | Gergo Nagy | Hungary | $25,000 |
Source - PGT, PokerGo youtube stream, Twitter
