Boris Kolev Hunting Another Seven-Figure Score as Patrik Antonius Leads Final Nine

The $25,000 Main Event at the 2026 Onyx High Roller Series, presented by Onyx Club, plays down to a champion today at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, with a stacked final table set and $1,150,000 awaiting the winner from the $4,968,000 prize pool.

Starting at the top is one of poker’s original legends, Patrik Antonius, who returns for the final day with 9,660,000 after turning a short stack into the chip lead on Day 2. Sitting behind Antonius is Australia’s Geoffrey Mooney with 8,380,000, while Bulgaria's Boris Kolev rounds out the podium positions on 7,500,000.

Final Table Seat Draw

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Geoffrey Mooney	Australia	8,380,000	70
2	Jessica Teusl	Austria	3,005,000	25
3	Matthias Lipp	Austria	4,920,000	41
4	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	Belarus	5,040,000	42
5	Boris Kolev	Bulgaria	7,500,000	63
6	Daniil Kiselev	Russian Federation	4,850,000	40
7	Kirill Shcherbakov	Russian Federation	4,135,000	34
8	Ottomar Ladva	Estonia	4,265,000	36
9	Patrik Antonius	Finland	9,660,000	81

The final table also shows the international pull of the Onyx High Roller Series, with seven different nations represented among the nine remaining players. From Finland and Australia to Bulgaria, Austria, Belarus, Estonia, and Russia, the lineup reflects the festival's global appeal and the diverse mix of players drawn to Northern Cyprus.

The rest of the final table features plenty of firepower, with Mikalai Vaskaboinikau (5,040,000) and Matthias Lipp (4,920,000) both returning with stacks that leave lots of room to maneuver. Daniil Kiselev (4,850,000), Ottomar Ladva (4,265,000), and Kirill Shcherbakov (4,135,000) sit in the middle of the pack, while Jessica Teusl starts as the short stack after a cruel cooler late on Day 2, but one early double would quickly put her right back into the mix.

Cards go back in the air at 1 p.m. local time inside the Onyx Club, resuming on Level 21, where blinds will be 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante, and there are 27 minutes remaining in the level. Play will continue until a champion is crowned, with the entire final table streamed on a 30-minute delay via the OnyxLiveTV YouTube channel.