Event #6: $25,000 NLH Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2026 Onyx High Roller Series
Event #6: $25,000 NLH Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 Onyx High Roller Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$4,968,000
Total Entries
207
Level
26
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
32
Players Left
9
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Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The $25,000 Main Event at the 2026 Onyx High Roller Series presented by Onyx Club has reached its final table after another day of poker inside the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa.
From a field of 207 built across three starting flights, just nine players remain, all chasing a share of the $4,968,000 prize pool and the staggering $1,150,000 top prize.
Heading into the final day with the chip lead is one of poker’s original legends, Patrik Antonius. The Finnish pro bagged 9,660,000, a huge turnaround after starting the day among the shorter stacks. Australia’s Geoffrey Mooney sits close behind with 8,380,000, while one of Bulgaria’s end bosses, Boris Kolev, rounds out the podium positions on 7,500,000.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 9,660,000 | 81 |
| 2 | Geoffrey Mooney | Australia | 8,380,000 | 70 |
| 3 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 7,500,000 | 63 |
| 4 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 5,040,000 | 42 |
| 5 | Matthias Lipp | Austria | 4,920,000 | 41 |
| 6 | Daniil Kiselev | Russian Federation | 4,850,000 | 40 |
| 7 | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | 4,265,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russian Federation | 4,135,000 | 34 |
| 9 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 3,005,000 | 25 |
Day 2 Action
When cards hit the felt, 32 players were back in action, all having locked up at least a $50,000 min-cash and now turning their attention toward the final table. Espen Sandvik and Istvan Birizdo were the first to fall, heading out in quick succession, both due to cruel river cards.
It was a good start to the day for Antonius, who spiked the river to double through Daniel Rezaei, then followed it up just a few hands later by doubling through him again, this time with ace-king against Rezaei’s ace-queen. Artur Martirosian never really got anything going on Day 2 and eventually found himself forced all in holding nine-four offsuit, ending his run in the Main Event.
For Rezaei, it was a rough day that kept getting worse. Still wounded from handing Antonius two doubles, he then got it in good with pocket queens against Yulian Bogdanov’s king-queen, only to see a king fall and leave him short. Not long after, Mooney finished him off when his top pair after Rezaei held a striaght draw.
When the tournament redrew for the final three tables, Alexey Borovkov still held the chip lead, but that changed almost immediately. Ottomar Ladva sent Quan Zhou packing due to being on the right side of a flip, before Bogdanov and Biao Ding followed him out the door. Antonius then found pocket aces to score a huge double against Mikalai Vaskaboinikau’s queens.
Vaskaboinikau stayed unfazed, perhaps helped by the massage he enjoyed throughout the day, and soon bounced back by doubling with aces against Elias Gutierrez. A few hands later, he won a massive flip to knock out Day 1b chip leader Joni Jouhkimainen, while defending champion Fahredin Mustafov saw his title defense end after Kenar turned a straight against his top pair.
With the tournament down to two tables, Kolev pulled off one of the calls of the festival, staring straight into Kirill Shcherbakov's soul and finding a hero call that even earned a nod of approval from the only Poker Hall of Famer in the room, Antonius. On a four-diamond board, Kolev called Shcherbakov's big river bet holding nothing more than two black sixes, a call that sent his stack rocketing up toward the top of the counts.
Not long after, Russia’s online cash-game wizard and poker streamer Borovkov four-bet jammed pocket nines into Antonius’ cowboys to bow out in 12th place. Pieter Aerts soon followed, shoving blind-vs-blind for 24 big blinds and getting looked up by Kolev with the better ace, and this meant the tournament was down to the final table bubble.
Mooney and Jessica Teusl then tangled in a massive pot that ended in a textbook cooler. Mooney turned a full house, while Teusl turned a straight, and with all the chips going in, it was Mooney who came out on top to score a huge double and lock up second place on the leaderboard.
The bursting of the final table bubble soon followed. Kenar three-bet ripped his short stack in holding pocket threes, only for Daniil Kiselev to wake up with pocket sevens behind. The board ran out clean, sealing Kenar’s exit and officially setting the final table of the $25,000 Main Event, with Antonius leading the way.
The final table will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, inside the Onyx Club, with cards back in the air on Level 21 and 27 minutes remaining in the level. The action will be streamed on a 30-minute delay via the OnyxLiveTV YouTube channel, as the most sought-after NLH event of the festival plays down to a champion.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,150,000 |
| 2 | $717,000 |
| 3 | $490,000 |
| 4 | $355,000 |
| 5 | $270,000 |
| 6 | $200,000 |
| 7 | $160,000 |
| 8 | $124,000 |
| 9 | $100,000 |
Be sure to tune back into PokerNews for all the coverage from the final day of the Main Event, with all the latest chip counts and action, as this tournament crowns a champion.
Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
With the elimination of Kenar in 10th place, Day 2 has ended with nine players remaining.
The finalists will return tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time inside the Onyx Club for the final table. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action.
Starting at 8:30 p.m. local time, Johan Guilbert, better known as 'YoH ViraL', will host a special high-stakes $200/$400 cash game with a $1,000 big blind inside the Onyx Club.
Poker fans around the world can catch all the action live on the OnyxLiveTV YouTube channel.
Several big names are already confirmed for the lineup, including the $25,000 NLH Main Event final table chip leader and Poker Hall of Famer Patrik Antonius.
Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
| 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 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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9,660,000
1,360,000
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1,360,000 |
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8,380,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
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7,500,000 | |
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||
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5,040,000
460,000
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460,000 |
|
4,920,000
1,720,000
|
1,720,000 |
|
4,850,000 | |
|
4,265,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
4,135,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
3,005,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
||
Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Boris Kolev raised the button to 240,000 before Kenar jammed for 930,000 from the small blind. Daniil Kiselev went into the tank from the big blind, then shoved over the top four roughly 3,000,000. Kolev folded, and the players went to a showdown.
Kenar: 3♠3♥ 
Daniil Kiselev: 7♥7♠
Kenar was in terrible shape and needed to find a trey on the runout to keep the tournament on the final table bubble.
The dealer spread out the 9♥5♦6♦ flop, keeping Kiselev's two sevens in the lead.
A 6♣ on turn meant Kenar had to spike a two-outer on the river.
It wasn't to be for Kenar as the 2♥ completed the board, and he was in tenth place finisher in the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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7,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
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4,850,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Patrik Antonius raised the button and Boris Kolev called from the big blind.
The players checked all the way to the river on the 10♣7♠8♥K♣9♣ runout before Kolev bet 225,000. Antonius showed AxQx and folded, prompting Kolev to flip up 10♥10♠ for a set of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,900,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,430,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
|
|
3,200,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Jessica Teusl limped in from the small blind before Geoffrey Mooney raised to 350,000 in the big blind. Teusl called, and they went heads-up to the 10♦10♠8♦ flop.
Mooney continued for 300,000 and Teusl called. The turn was the 9♠ and Mooney bet another 600,000. Teusl then moved all in, and Mooney snap-called for 3,690,000.
Teusl showed Q♠J♥ for a straight, but Mooney had hit a full house with 9♦9♥. The river was the 10♥ and Mooney doubled up.
"Let's go Geoffrey!. We came all the way from Australia. We didn't come here for nothing," Mooney's friend Danielle Noja said from the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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8,500,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
3,500,000
3,300,000
|
3,300,000 |
|
|
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Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Patrik Antonius raised to 250,000 on the button and Boris Kolev called in the big blind.
The flop came J♦6♠5♥ and Antonius bet 225,000. Kolev called, and the A♣ fell on the turn. Antonius then bet 800,000, and Kolev again called.
Both players checked the 5♣ river, and Kolev showed A♠5♦ for two pair. Antonius mucked.
"I put you on a set of jacks, him on a set of aces," Daniil Kiselev said to Kolev after the hand.
"Thanks for the support," Kolev replied.
"But I wish for a jack on the river," Kiselev added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,200,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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7,800,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
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Level: 21
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
