$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 300/600 with a 600 ante Total Entries: 10
Jake Schindler (left) versus Alex Foxen (right)
We don’t expect many major pots at the beginning of a Super High Roller but we did have our first all-in moment.
With the board reading , Jake Schindler bet 15,000 and Alex Foxen moved all in for 53,200. Schindler sat back for a few minutes, never an easy $50K decision, before he released his hand.
Both did well last August in this series. Schindler had a runner-up finish in last year’s SHRPO Super High Roller and Foxen won the $2,650 SHRPO Big 4 event.
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 300/500 with a 500 ante Total Entries: 10
Ali Imsirovic
The Super High Roller jumped to ten entries when Almedin Imsirovic jumped into the game. He already has two six-digit scores this year; he opened 2018 with a win in the PokerStars PCA $10K event and followed that up with the Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship title in April for nearly $250,000.
Table 1 Seat 1: — Empty — Seat 2: Ian O’Hara Seat 3: Joe McKeehen Seat 4: Ali Imsirovic Seat 5: Tom Marchese Seat 6: Taylor Black Seat 7: — Empty — Seat 8: — Empty —
Table 2 Seat 1: — Empty — Seat 2: Stephen Chidwick Seat 3: Sam Soverel Seat 4: Chris Hunichen Seat 5: Jake Schindler Seat 6: Alex Foxen Seat 7: — Empty — Seat 8: — Empty —
$50,000 Super High Roller $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 300/500 with a 500 ante
TD Tony Burn and defending champ Nick Schulman
We’re heading into the SHRPO Big 4 portion of the schedule and today we have the biggest buy-in of the series. The Super High Roller attracts some of the most talented players in the world, all putting up $50,000 to play in the game.
There will be at least $1,000,000 up for grabs in the two-day tournament and a great way to roll into the meat of the schedule.
The tournament will take place in Salon East, right outside of the Hard Rock Event Center, for a more intimate poker setting worthy of the buy-in.
Super High Roller players will start with 100,000 stacks, they have plenty of play in their day. Levels last 40 minutes long on Day 1 and extend to 60 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 7:30pm following the catered dinner break. They will play through 15 full levels today and those remaining will return tomorrow to play it out for the Super High Roller title.
It will be a fantastic day of high-stakes poker with a great field.
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 100,000 in chips
Levels 1-15 will last 40 minutes; Levels 16+ will late 60 minutes
Late registration and re-entries available until start of Level 10
Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
The games continue to grow as we head toward Big 4 weekend and tomorrow we have the biggest buy-in of the series.
The Super High Roller kicks off on Wednesday at noon with a $50,000 buy-in and $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The player pool for a tournament of this size is small but very talented.
They will play the tournament over two days and we’re excited to see who comes to town for this major event.
For those wishing to get in the game for a fraction of the price, there is a $5,100 satellite running in the Hard Rock Event Center with one seat already guaranteed and late registration available until 8:30 this evening.
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida $1,000,000 Guaranteed $25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) Entries: 40 Prize Pool: $1,000,000 April 15-16, 2018
Brandon Adams, High Roller Champion
High Roller events are always exciting when they appear on the schedule. The $25,500 buy-in Poker Showdown version featured a $1 Million Guarantee and it attracted some of the most talented players in the poker world. Brandon Adams entered the game late and ran strong from start to finish to win the title for $370,000.
The tournament drew 40 entries to put exactly $1,000,000 up for grabs. The last six spots paid out but they had to do a lot of work to get there.
The field included tough competition that included Chance Kornuth, Shaun Deeb, Will “The Thrill” Failla, Jonathan Little, James Calderaro, and three-time WPT Champions Club member Darren Elias among the talented field.
Adams was one of the last players to join the field and he immediately began trying to build a stack in anticipation of registration closing after dinner. He was able triple his starting stack and set himself up well for the deep run.
“I was planning on playing those two hours before dinner pretty fast and if it didn’t go well I was going to rebuy.” Adams commented.
“I had one key hand right before the dinner break. I check-raise bluffed the flop with a gutshot that got there on the turn against a made hand. That was pretty huge for the tournament.” he continued. “That was a crucial hand because I bluffed and got there. He had a big hand, I make the nuts on the turn and I’m up to 300,000 before dinner.”
The High Roller formed the nine-handed final table before the last break of the day and seven players were still in the game, with six getting paid, when they wrapped up for the night.
“In the two hours after dinner, it was just small things going the right way,” Adams said about his Day 1 late run. “It felt like nothing was going wrong. I made a few big bluffs that worked. When I was all in, I was winning.”
Adams had a commanding chip lead for the Day 2 final table return and carried it throughout the afternoon. Larry Greenberg was eliminated on the money bubble followed by Deeb. Ajay Chabra had a great run throughout the two days but fell short at the hands of Adams.
Barry Hutter went out in third place to set up the battle for the title between Adams and online poker monster Pablo Fernandez. Adams had a big lead to start heads-up play and extended it before finishing it off.
It took less than 30 minutes of heads-up action for Adams to dispatch Fernandez and pick up another high roller title. It was a dominant performance over the two days of the tournament and it was a well-earned victory.
“It feels great. I’ve never really had a tournament where things went the smoothly from the beginning.” Adams said of his big performance. “It feels good to run that unbelievably well.”
Congratulations to Brandon and all the players for another great High Roller tournament.
High Roller results:
1st: Brandon Adams – $370,000 2nd: Pablo Fernandez – $240,000 3rd: Barry Hutter – $150,000 4th: Ajay Chabra – $105,000 5th: Darren Elias – $75,000 6th: Shaun Deeb – $60,000
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Brandon Adams
Pablo Fernandez needed to make a move to get back in the game and shoved for 315,000 from the button. Brandon Adams thought for a moment and called with another chance to lock up the title.
Adams: Fernandez:
Fernandez needed to catch something with his live cards but it was Adams nailing the flop for the second nut flush. Fernandez needed running miracle cards but he was drawing dead to second place after the turn.
Fernandez took home $240,000 for the runner-up result and Adams banked $370,000 plus the big Showdown trophy for the High Roller win.
1st: Brandon Adams – $370,000 2nd: Pablo Fernandez – $240,000
$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 40
Brandon Adams
Pablo Fernandez opened his button for 55,000 and Brandon Adams called to the flop. Adams checked, Fernandez bet 45,000 and Adams check-raised to 140,000. Fernandez called, the turn was and Adams continued for 170,000.
Fernandez called and the river was . Adams bet 225,000 and Fernandez thought about it for a few minutes. He put in the calling chips and Adams tabled for queens up to take the big pot.
, Jake Schindler bet 15,000 and Alex Foxen moved all in for 53,200. Schindler sat back for a few minutes, never an easy $50K decision, before he released his hand.
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