Day 1 of the $51,000 Onyx SHRS PLO Championship Kicks Off at 6 p.m.
The 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series continues today at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa with the highly anticipated $51,000 Onyx SHRS PLO Championship. Featuring a massive $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, this two-day event is set to be one of the last events of the festival, and will attract the world’s best four-card enthusiasts for a shot at taking home the trophy.
Competitors begin with a starting stack of 500,000 and will play seven-handed throughout the tournament, with the format expanding to a nine-handed final table. A shot clock will be in play from the very first hand.
$51,000 Onyx SHRS PLO Championship Schedule
| Date | Day | Time | Blind Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 20 | Day 1 | 6 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| August 21 | Day 2 | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
Day 1 kicks off at 6 p.m. local time with eight 40-minute levels on the schedule. Survivors will return for Day 2 at 1 p.m., where levels remain 40 minutes long and play continues until a champion is crowned.
Late registration will remain open until the end of Level 11, roughly two hours into Day 2, with unlimited reentries available during that period. The eventual winner will join the growing list of champions at this inaugural high-stakes festival and walk away with a career-defining score in one of the biggest buy-ins on the agenda.
Day 1 Structure
Those who cash in the $51,000 Onyx SHRS PLO Championship will also earn valuable points toward the Onyx Player of the Series leaderboard. At the end of the festival, the top-ranked player will receive a $110,000 Triton Poker Jeju package, which includes a $100,000 Main Event seat and $10,000 in travel expenses, making every deep run in this event even more significant.
PokerNews will be on the tournament from the first shuffle to the last river, delivering live chip counts, eliminations, big hands, and all the stories as the PLO Championship plays out.