The High Stakes poker scene from around the world is concentrated in Las Vegas this month for the two-week Poker Masters festival. In the end, the most successful of the ten events was Stephen Chidwick, who took home a trophy, purple jacket and $1,109,000 in total cash from the festival.
SHRB prestige
Immediately after the festival, the organizers took advantage of the presence of all the stars and decided to organize the eighth edition of the Super High Roller Bowl. This is a three-day, $300,000 buy-in tournament that attracts the best players in the world to play in a fierce showdown, and a great poker show for spectators all over the world. Past winners of this event include Justin Bonomo, Isaac Haxton, Michael Addamo, and most recently the stellar Daniel Negreanu, who took home the championship ring and a $3,312,000 prize money last year!
Current year
Again this year, the SHRB has a three-day tournament format, which, with its slow structure, is gradually whittling down the already modest field of players. This year, 20 players took part in the tournament, helping to produce a prizepool worth a whopping $6,000,000. This will be divided among the top four players as follows:
- 2,760,000$
- 1,680,000$
- 960,000$
- 600,000$
The first day of play of the current season saw the top twenty players whittled down to a semifinal twelve, led by Nick Petrangelo. However, the second day of play did not go as he had hoped, as after ten hours of play, he failed to even make it into the top 6 of the final day of play. In fact, the second day of play was clearly dominated by Isaac Haxton, who, after a fantastic performance, took half of all the chips in play to the final table!
Seating and chipcount for the final day of SHRB VIII:
- Isaac Haxton (USA) – 3,005,000
- Chris Brewer (USA) – 845,000
- Stephen Chidwick (UK) – 635,000
- Andrew Lichtenberger (USA) – 370,000
- Bryn Kenney (USA) – 445,000
- Jason Koon (USA) – 700,000
Who will be the champion?
The final day of the eighth SHRB will be played tonight (22:00 CEST), and play will continue on blinds of 15k/25k/25k, which means that even the biggest short, Andrew Lichtenberger, is still behind 15bb. Although Isaac Haxton is favoured by many, he won't have it easy in his quest for a second title, which is only confirmed by the namesake of his opponents. You will be able to watch this final via the Live Stream, which can be found on our website. Who do you think will be the champion, and who else will go home empty-handed? Let us know in the comments on our social networks!
Source: PGT, PokerGo, PokerNews, CardPlayer