Silver and Danzer Off To Great Starts in First Super High Roller

Max Silver and George Danzer are both in the field and diving into their first super high roller tournament. Previously, the two of them only invested one-quarter of today's buy-in in a poker tournament outside of the World Series of Poker. While that is an interesting commonality between the two players, they also share the fact that they've both jumped out to impressive starts.

Silver and Danzer began at the same table. Silver has since been relocated to a different table, but he won almost all of the opening hands dealt before moving. After his early work, Silver moved up to 275,000 and looked to be the early leader.

Not to be outdone, Danzer, the reigning WSOP Player of the Year, waited patiently before (and maybe before Silver moved tables) he took a big pot off Ole Schemion. to move to about 325,000.

Play folded to Schemion on the button, and he opened with a raise to 2,500. Danzer made the call out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Danzer checked, Schemion bet 3,000, and Danzer called to see the appear on the turn. Danzer checked, and Schemion bet 7,500. Again, Danzer called.

Following the river card, Danzer checked to the aggressor for the third time. Schemion, who never seems to give up a chance to fire, bet 18,500. Danzer took some time, then check-raised to 64,000. After a minute or two in the tank, Schemion tossed in the chips to make the call. Danzer rolled over the for the nut flush, and Schemion mucked.