$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl Day 1 | 2016 Super High Roller Bowl

$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl

Day 1 Completed

05-29-2016 23:49 UTC-7

Timofey Kuznetsov Leads 35 Survivors After Day 1 of the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl

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Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

A group of 49 of the wealthiest and best poker players on the planet descended upon the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon for the opening day of the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl.

The $300,000 negative-rake event, featuring a $15,000,000 prize pool, kicked off just after 1 p.m. local time and it didn't take long before the first player fell.

Jason Mercier took a huge chunk out of Antonio Esfandiari's stack in the early part of the first level, and by the end of it, Esfandiari ran queens into 2015 Super High Roller Bowl champ Brian Rast's big slick. Rast spiked a king on the river, and before the first 75 minutes were up, Esfandiari was out.

Igor Kurganov was the next to go, calling off with top pair against a Dan Smith boat in Level 2, and before long, Isaac Haxton, Christoph Vogelsang, David Einhorn, Brandon Steven, and 2015 Super High Roller Bowl runner-up Scott Seiver joined them on the rail.

Others who busted in the latter half of the seven-level day included 2016 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker $10,000 Main Event champion Talal Shakerchi, sports-betting sharp Haralabos Voulgaris, businessman John Morgan, and high roller regs Connor Drinan, Jason Les, and Sam Soverel.

Twitter beef foes Mercier and Doug Polk spent most of the day seated right beside one another, with Mercier building a big stack and Polk heading into the last level short. Eventually, Mercier was moved, and Polk joined the group on the outside looking in soon after.

2014 Big One For One Drop winner Daniel Colman, and that particular event's runner up, the one and only Daniel Negreanu, also had solid days, booking spots among the bigger stacks.

But this day truly belonged Russian Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov, who finished fourth in this event last year, and is just two days removed from a $748,446 win in a $50,000 Super High Roller here at ARIA.

Kuznetsov bagged 1,129,500 and will lead the 35 players remaining when Day 2 kicks off just after 1 p.m. on Monday, with plans to play seven more levels.

Of course, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be back at that time to provide live updates from start to finish and you are welcome to follow it all, right here in this space.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Brandon Steven Brian Rast Christoph Vogelsang Connor Drinan Dan Smith Daniel Colman Daniel Negreanu David Einhorn Doug Polk Haralabos Voulgaris Igor Kurganov Isaac Haxton Jason Mercier John Morgan Sam Soverel Scott Seiver Talal Shakerchi Timofey Kuznetsov

05-29-2016 23:48 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw and End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	1	Ben Lamb	USA	504,500
	2	Bobby Baldwin	USA	126,000
	3	Justin Bonomo	USA	544,000
	4	Pratyush Buddiga	USA	99,000
	5	Daniel Colman	USA	666,500
	6	Timofey Kuznetsov	Russia	1,129,500
	7	Dan Smith	USA	289,000

2	1	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	136,500
	2	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	653,500
	3	Jake Schindler	USA	306,000
	4	Vitaliy Rizhkov	USA	202,500
	5	Stephen Chidwick	UK	156,500
	6	Phil Laak	USA	527,000
	7	Bryn Kenney	USA	519,000

3	1	Andrew Robl	USA	382,500
	2	Matt Berkey	USA	745,500
	3	Tom Marchese	USA	432.500
	4	Nick Petrangelo	USA	360,000
	5	Tony Gregg	USA	342,500
	6	Cary Katz	USA	106,000
	7	Kathy Lehne	USA	293,500

4	1	Dan Shak	USA	235,500
	2	Rainer Kempe	Germany	445,000
	3	Brian Rast	USA	535,000
	4	Ben Tollerene	USA	187,500
	5	Erik Seidel	USA	396,500
	6	David Peters	USA	522,500
	7	Bill Perkins	USA	613,500

5	1	Dan Perper	USA	559,000
	2	Fedor Holz	Germany	736,500
	3	Keith Gipson	USA	282,000
	4	Phil Hellmuth	USA	403,000
	5	Jason Mercier	USA	568,500
	6	Byron Kaverman	USA	81,000
	7	Phil Galfond	USA	578,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Timofey Kuznetsov	1,129,500 139,500	139,500
Matt Berkey	745,500 -144,500	-144,500
Fedor Holz	736,500 -3,500	-3,500

Daniel Colman	666,500 21,500	21,500

Daniel Negreanu	653,500 -151,500	-151,500

Bill Perkins	613,500 193,500	193,500
Phil Galfond	578,500 178,500	178,500

Jason Mercier	568,500 8,500	8,500

Dan Perper	559,000 4,000	4,000
Justin Bonomo	544,000 74,000	74,000

Brian Rast	535,000 175,000	175,000

Phil Laak	527,000 -23,000	-23,000

David Peters	522,500 97,500	97,500

Bryn Kenney	519,000 149,000	149,000

Ben Lamb	504,500 194,500	194,500

Rainer Kempe	445,000 185,000	185,000
Tom Marchese	432,500 -17,500	-17,500

Phil Hellmuth	403,000 33,000	33,000

Erik Seidel	396,500 156,500	156,500

Andrew Robl	382,500 52,500	52,500
Nick Petrangelo	360,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tony Gregg	342,500 -37,500	-37,500
Jake Schindler	306,000 11,000	11,000

Kathy Lehne	293,500 153,500	153,500
Dan Smith	289,000 -91,000	-91,000

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05-29-2016 22:47 UTC-7

Baldwin Doubles Through Marchese

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Tom Marchese raised to 9,000 from the button, Bobby Baldwin three-bet shoved from the small blind for 59,500, and Marchese called.

Marchese:
Baldwin:

The board came down , safe for Baldwin to score the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Marchese	405,000 15,000	15,000

Bobby Baldwin	128,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Bobby Baldwin Tom Marchese

05-29-2016 22:27 UTC-7

Doug Polk Eliminated by Andrew Robl

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Doug Polk was all in for about 75,000 with from the small blind against Andrew Robl in the big blind with .

The flop fell to give Polk the lead with two pair. The turn was the and gave Robl a straight draw. The river was the , giving Robl a six-high straight to eliminate Polk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Robl	330,000 50,000	50,000
Doug Polk	Busted

Tags: Andrew Robl Doug Polk

05-29-2016 22:20 UTC-7

Jason Les Eliminated; Dan Perper Triples Up

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Following a flop of , Jason Les checked from the small blind and Phil Hellmuth checked from the big blind. Dan Perper bet 15,000 from middle position, Les check-called, Hellmuth check-raised to 60,000, Perper reraised all in for 176,000, Les reraised all in for 184,000, and Hellmuth tanked for a bit before he called.

Les:
Hellmuth:
Perper:

Perper led with a queen-high straight and held up through the turn and river to triple up. In a small side spot, Les was eliminated by Hellmuth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Perper	555,000 400,000	400,000
Phil Hellmuth	370,000 -210,000	-210,000

Jason Les	Busted

Tags: Dan Perper Jason Les Phil Hellmuth

05-29-2016 22:18 UTC-7

Holz Guesses Queens

donpeters

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

From the cutoff seat, Fedor Holz raised to 10,000. Bill Perkins was on the button and reraised to 25,000. Play folded back to Holz, he called, and the dealer dealt the . Both players checked, and the turn was the . Holz checked, Perkins bet 25,000, and Holz folded.

"Queens?" asked Holz.

"Damn!" responded Perkins right away. "You're good!"

Tags: Bill Perkins Fedor Holz

05-29-2016 21:59 UTC-7

Lehne Doubles

donpeters

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Dan Smith made it 10,000 to go, and when it folded to Kathy Lehne in the big blind, she bumped it to 35,000.

Smith pushed in, having Lenhe well covered, and she called off for her tournament life with the .

Smith had the , and remained behind on a run out to hand Lenhe the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	380,000 -70,000	-70,000

Kathy Lehne	260,000 188,500	188,500

Tags: Dan Smith Kathy Lehne

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

05-29-2016 21:35 UTC-7

The "Poker Brat" Coming Out

donpeters

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Phil Hellmuth is in peak "Poker Brat" form right now. He was recently seen verbally addressing Timofey Kuznetsov about the aggression Kuznetsov has been applying, with Hellmuth.

"You look young," Hellmuth said. "Like you're looking to make a name for yourself."

The table got a good laugh out of that, but Hellmuth didn't stop with the comments there. He continued with Kuznetsov for a bit before he turned his focus to a hand against Tom Marchese.

On the flop, Hellmuth checked to Marchese, who bet 7,000. Hellmuth called, and the turn was the . Both players checked, and the river was the . Hellmuth checked, Marchese bet 21,000, and Hellmuth folded.