$25,750 Onyx SHRS Main Event ($5M GTD) Day 1a | 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series

08-12-2025 23:47 UTC+3

Lin Gets a Late Double

Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ottomar Ladva opened the cutoff to 50,000 and Ren Lin shoved the small blind for around 260,000. After confirming the count, Ladva flicked in the call.

Ren Lin: A♦7♥ All in
Ottomar Ladva: K♦10♥

Lin was ahead with his ace-high, and the board of 4♣8♣Q♥2♥3♥ didn't improve either player, which meant Lin scored the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ottomar Ladva	700,000 200,000	200,000
Ren Lin	570,000 290,000	290,000

Tags: Ottomar Ladva Ren Lin

08-12-2025 23:35 UTC+3

Ladva Drags a Pot: Badziakouski Eliminated

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

On a board of 5♣2♥6♣A♦, there were around 300,000 chips in the pot when Raoul Kanme checked from the big blind and Ottomar Ladva fired out 175,000 from the cutoff. After thinking for a while, Kanme let it go.

Not so long ago, Mikita Badziakouski had disappeared from his seat and was eliminated from the tournament, leaving just 17 players in the penultimate level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Kanme	1,800,000 400,000	400,000
Nenad Dukic	1,650,000 150,000	150,000
Matthew Wantman	950,000 575,000	575,000

Ottomar Ladva	900,000 100,000	100,000
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic	400,000 150,000	150,000
Ren Lin	280,000 145,000	145,000

Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

Tags: Ottomar Ladva Raoul Kanme Mikita Badziakouski

08-12-2025 23:30 UTC+3

Kenjic Gets a Little From Nashar

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jovan Kenjic raised the cutoff to 50,000 and Hassan Nashar called in the big blind.

"Do you want to go all the way? It's up to you," asked Nashar to Kenjic, in reference to taking the pot to showdown. Kenjic didn't reply and saw the flop of Q♣8♠6♦, which both checked.

The action checked through again on the 9♠ turn and when the 10♠ hit the river, Nashar once again checked. Kenjic then put out a bet of 85,000.

"Do you have it?" asked Nashar, who eventually called, only to see Kenjic flip a straight with A♥J♥. Nashar also had a straight, but he mucked his 8♥7♣ as his was lower.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	2,200,000 400,000	400,000

Hassan Nashar	1,800,000 100,000	100,000
Artur Martirosian	1,500,000 50,000	50,000

Orhan Ates	1,300,000 200,000	200,000
Aram Oganyan	775,000 325,000	325,000

Jovan Kenjic	620,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Hassan Nashar Jovan Kenjic

Level: 14

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

08-12-2025 23:17 UTC+3

Three More Head Home

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksei Gortikov	Busted
Alexander Zubov	Busted
Andrija Robovic	Busted

08-12-2025 23:11 UTC+3

Xu Falls to Martirosian

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A pot of around 400,000 had brewed between Liang Xu on the button and Artur Martirosian in the big blind.

The board read 7♣9♠7♠J♥ and Martirosian had shoved the turn, which put Xu to the test for his remaining stack of around 350,000. Several time banks later, Xu called.

Liang Xu: J♣8♣ All in
Artur Martirosian: 10♣7♥

Martirosian had flopped trips and even blocked some of the outs of Xu as any ten would make him a full house. Only a jack could save Xu, but the A♦ river wasn't it, which meant he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	1,450,000 700,000	700,000

Liang Xu	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Liang Xu

08-12-2025 23:02 UTC+3

Zubov Put in the Blender By Nashar

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A full board of 2♠A♣J♦9♥Q♠ was showing and with around 500,000 in there already, Hassan Nashar had fired 425,000 on the river from the small blind. Alexander Zubov was in the big blind and contemplating how to proceed with his stack of around the size of Nashar's bet.

"What two pair do you have?" asked Nashar to Zubov.

Zubov was burning through his time banks until Nashar reminded him that he only had one left. When the countdown got to 10 seconds, Nashar took over the dealer's job.

"10, 9, 8..." Nashar continued until it hit zero, then he took his bet back and dragged in the pot as Zubov's hand was dead.

It wasn't all bad news for Zubov, as in the next hand Aleksei Gortikov raise the cutoff to 45,000 and Zubov shoved the small blind. Gortikov folded when it got back to him, and Zubov's stack climbed a little.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Nashar	1,700,000 200,000	200,000
Alexander Zubov	500,000 130,000	130,000
Aleksei Gortikov	450,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Alexander Zubov Hassan Nashar Aleksei Gortikov

08-12-2025 22:52 UTC+3

Sargsyan and Ding Hit the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Both Aram Sargsyan and Biao Ding were also eliminated during Level 13, with the rest Ding's chips heading over to Orhan Ates.

The full board was already out and Ates held A♥A♣ for a pair of aces. Ding couldn't beat that, which meant he hit the rail while the stack of Ates grew to around 1,500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orhan Ates	1,500,000 370,000	370,000
Aram Sargsyan	Busted
Biao Ding	Busted

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Biao Ding Orhan Ates

08-12-2025 22:44 UTC+3

Ladev Rivered By Nashar

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Markkos Ladev shoved 170,000 from the hijack and Hassan Nashar called from the small blind.

Markkos Ladev: Q♣10♣ All in
Hassan Nashar: 9♠8♠

Ladev was ahead with his overcards, and stayed there through the J♥2♣2♦ flop. A 4♥ on the turn put him one step closer to a double-up, but the 8♣ on the river paired Nashar, which ended Ladev's Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Nashar	1,500,000 200,000	200,000
Markkos Ladev	Busted

Tags: Hassan Nashar Markkos Ladev

08-12-2025 22:39 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Kanme	2,200,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Fahredin Mustafov	1,800,000 980,000	980,000

Nenad Dukic	1,500,000 400,000	400,000
Hassan Nashar	1,300,000 100,000	100,000
Aliaksei Boika	1,150,000 50,000	50,000

Orhan Ates	1,130,000 230,000	230,000
Leonard Maue	950,000 555,000	555,000
Mikita Badziakouski	875,000 5,000	5,000

Ottomar Ladva	800,000 50,000	50,000
Artur Martirosian	750,000 150,000	150,000

Alexander Zubov	630,000 220,000	220,000
Vlada Stojanovic	600,000 30,000	30,000
Liang Xu	600,000
Daniel Dvoress	600,000 100,000	100,000
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic	550,000
Jovan Kenjic	500,000 120,000	120,000
Aram Oganyan	450,000 150,000	150,000

Ren Lin	425,000 25,000	25,000

Biao Ding	420,000 20,000	20,000
Aleksei Gortikov	400,000 120,000	120,000
Matthew Wantman	375,000 175,000	175,000

Aram Sargsyan	200,000 20,000	20,000
Markkos Ladev	180,000 295,000	295,000
Manuel Fritz	165,000 285,000	285,000
Andrija Robovic	130,000

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