$10,400 GG Million$ ($5M GTD) Day 1a | 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series

08-09-2025 13:38 UTC+3

Perfect River for Mayer, Terrible One for Steinbrenner

Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 400/600, 600 ante

Thomas Alfred Mayer made it 1,500 under the gun with Justin Steinbrenner calling from the small blind, and Seref Anar defending his big blind.

After two checks on the 10♣2♥7♣ flop, Mayer placed out a continuation-bet of 3,500. Steinbrenner and Anar called.

The 4♥ turn checked through to see the 9♦ roll off on the river. Steinbrenner bet 7,500 with Anar calling, but Mayer raised to put both of his opponents' all in. Steinbrenner had roughly 35,000 remaining in his stack, and after using a few time banks, made the call.

Anar folded, and Mayer turned over 9♥9♣ for a rivered set of nines. Steinbrenner couldn't beat it with his K♥10♥ and all of his chips headed over to Mayer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Alfred Mayer	210,000 210,000	210,000
Seref Anar	30,000 30,000	30,000
Justin Steinbrenner	Busted

Tags: Justin Steinbrenner Seref Anar Thomas Alfred Mayer

08-09-2025 13:23 UTC+3

Karam & Paniak Didn't Expect That

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 400/600, 600 ante

Raoul Kahme made it 1,500 from middle position before Maksim Paniak three-bet the cutoff to 4,600. Ramzi Karam four-bet it up to 10,400 from the big blind, which Kahme called. Paniak bumped it up again to 36,200, and only Karam called.

With over 80,000 in the pot, the two players saw the dealer fan out a flop of 6♦J♥2♦. Karam started out with a check, and Paniak fired 20,000. Karam check-jammed for around 70,000, which Paniak quickly called.

Karam showed aces and Paniak dropped his head, paused a few seconds then turned over the other two aces for the same hand.

Ramzi Karam: A♥A♣ All in
Maksim Paniak: A♦A♠

Paniak had the chance of hitting running diamonds to bust Karam, but the 9♥ turn ended that, and the 7♠ river meant they chopped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	145,000
Maksim Paniak	111,000 111,000	111,000
Ramzi Karam	108,000 108,000	108,000
Raoul Kahme	86,000 86,000	86,000

Tags: Maksim Paniak Ramzi Karam Raoul Kahme

08-09-2025 13:15 UTC+3

Smolka Wins the First Battle of the Blinds

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 400/600, 600 ante

With 5,900 in the pot on a flop of 9♠Q♠Q♥, Andrey Pateychuk checked from the small blind and Dawid Smolka knuckled back out of the big blind.

Pateychuk led out for 2,800 upon seeing the 6♠ turn, and Smolka made the call.

Two more checks followed the 4♦ river and Smolka's A♦8♦ for ace-high took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Smolka	111,000 11,000	11,000
Andrey Pateychuk	90,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Dawid Smolka

08-09-2025 13:06 UTC+3

Some Notables Spotted in the Field

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 400/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Natan Chauskin	100,000
Leon Sturm	100,000

Alessio Isaia	100,000

Aliaksei Boika	100,000

Thomas Eychenne	100,000

Samuel Ju	100,000
Yiannis Liperis	100,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 400/600

Ante: 600

08-09-2025 12:55 UTC+3

Wehner Three-Bets the River

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 400/400, 400 ante

On a complete board of 3♥6♣Q♠8♦Q♣, Michael Wehner was first to act from the small blind and placed out a bet of 5,500. Wehner's opponent in the hand was Vlada Stojanovic, who was seated in the cutoff. Stojanovic raised to 17,000, causing Wehner to go into the tank.

After pondering over his options for a while, Wehner three-bet to 35,500. Stojanovic didn't take long to release his cards and surrendered the pot to Wehner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wehner	120,000 120,000	120,000
Vlada Stojanovic	84,000 84,000	84,000

Tags: Michael Wehner Vlada Stojanovic

08-09-2025 12:46 UTC+3

Bezhanyan Chips Up With a Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 400/400, 400 ante

Leonid Orman made it 1,100 on the button and Aren Bezhanyan defended his big blind.

Bezhanyan check-called a bet of 1,500 from Orman on the 10♥Q♠6♥ flop. The 9♥ turn checked through for the 2♣ to appear on the river. Bezhanyan bet 5,000, and Orman made the call.

Bezhanyan revealed he had turned a flush with 5♥2♥. Orman couldn't beat it and returned his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aren Bezhanyan	107,000 7,000	7,000
Leonid Orman	92,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Aren Bezhanyan Leonid Orman

08-09-2025 12:38 UTC+3

Nashar Makes Liu the First Elimination of the Series

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 400/400, 400 ante

The first knockout of the series just happened on Table #23, with the action recalled by one of the players.

On one of the first hands of the event, Changyang Liu raised from early position to 1,100 before Ravi Sheth three-bet to 3,700 from late position. Hassan Nashar was a few seats over and cold four-bet to 27,000. Liu wasn't done yet, as he put in a five-bet. Sheth got out of the way, but Nashar six-bet ripped it for about 100,000. Liu made the call for the rest of the stack, and the cards were tabled.

Changyang Liu: J♠J♥ All in
Hassan Nashar: A♣K♦

Nashar had slightly more chips than Liu, but whoever lost the race would likely be the first elimination of the day. The 7♦4♦5♦ flop gave Nashar a flush draw and some extra outs. The 4♥ hit the turn, but the 3♦ appeared on the river to give Nashar the flush.

Liu headed to the exit as the first elimination of the 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series, while Nasahr had over double the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Nashar	210,000 210,000	210,000
Ravi Sheth	95,000 5,000	5,000
Changyang Liu	Busted

Tags: Changyang Liu Hassan Nashar Ravi Sheth

08-09-2025 12:24 UTC+3

Some Early Entries

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 400/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Leblond	100,000 100,000	100,000
Bart Lybaert	100,000 100,000	100,000
Damir Gabdullin	100,000 100,000	100,000
Oleg Svintsov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Michael Allen	100,000 100,000	100,000

Zhao Cheng	100,000 100,000	100,000
Leonid Orman	100,000 100,000	100,000
Guo Liang Wei	100,000 100,000	100,000

Andreas Christoforou	100,000 100,000	100,000
Vasileios Panagiotidis	100,000 100,000	100,000
Changyang Liu	100,000 100,000	100,000
Jianming Luo	100,000 100,000	100,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	100,000 100,000	100,000

Quan Zhou	100,000 100,000	100,000
Xuming Qi	100,000 100,000	100,000
Pedro Ingles	100,000 100,000	100,000
Alexandros Kolonias	100,000 100,000	100,000

Hao Tian	100,000 100,000	100,000
Yahor Dambrouski	100,000 100,000	100,000
Peng Chen	100,000 100,000	100,000
Yilu Yuan	100,000 100,000	100,000
Darius Neagoe	100,000 100,000	100,000

Ivan Zabiiakin	100,000 100,000	100,000
Damir Zhugralin	100,000 100,000	100,000
Viacheslav Buldygin	100,000 100,000	100,000