button in SafariOnyx High Roller Series Kicks Off With the $10,400 Premiere
Another Onyx High Roller Series presented by Onyx Club gets underway today at the luxurious Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa. Following the success of previous Onyx series, many of the biggest names in poker are expected to descend on Northern Cyprus for ten days on the felt. The festival will be capped off by its biggest buy-in tournament, the $50,500 Onyx High Roller Championship.
Onyx Events Covered by PokerNews
| Dates | Event | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|
| August 7–11 | $10,400 Premiere | $5,000,000 |
| August 10–11 | $10,400 Mystery Bounty | $1,000,000 |
| August 11–14 | $25,500 Main Event | $5,000,000 |
| August 13–14 | $15,300 6-Max | N/A |
| August 15–16 | $50,500 Onyx High Roller Championship | N/A |
| August 15–16 | $10,200 Bounty | N/A |
The opening event on the schedule is the $10,400 Premiere, which comes with a $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The tournament will feature three opening flights before the surviving players combine for Day 2 and play down to a champion on Tuesday, August 11.
Complete Onyx High Roller Series Schedule
Day 1a of the $10,400 Premiere begins at 1 p.m. local time, with players receiving a starting stack of 100,000 chips. The tournament features 40-minute levels throughout the opening flights, while Day 2 and the final day increase to 60-minute levels.
Late registration remains open until the start of Level 10, just after the dinner break, with players allowed unlimited reentries during the registration period and throughout all flights.
Unlike a traditional structure in which each flight plays a predetermined number of levels, all three starting flights will continue until roughly 15% of the field remains. Those players will return for Day 2 having already locked up at least a min-cash. Players must bag a stack to make the money.
Once the final table is reached, play will move to a hands-per-level format, with the number of hands determined by the tournament director.
$10,400 Premiere Schedule
| Date | Day | Time | Blind Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 | Day 1a | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| August 8 | Day 1a | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| August 9 | Day 1c | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| August 10 | Day 2 | 1 p.m. | 60 minutes |
| August 11 | Final Day | 1 p.m. | 60 minutes/Hands per level |
With many Onyx events having been streamed during previous series, a full streaming schedule will be released once the cards are in the air. Alongside the final table broadcasts, there will likely be continuous coverage of any high-stakes cash games that get underway, featuring a host of familiar personalities.
The streams can be watched on a delay via the OnyxLive YouTube channel, ensuring fans don't miss any of the action. Plus, for all events, sunglasses, masks, scarves & intentional covering of the face are not permitted when you have live cards during a hand.
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