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Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
2026 Onyx High Roller Series
$10,400 Premiere
Day: 1a
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Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Alexey Borovkov raised to 1,300 from the cutoff, and Kirill Shcherbakov defended from the big blind.
Shcherbakov checked when the dealer fanned the A♣8♥K♠ flop, and Borovkov continued for 3,500. Shcherbakov didn't take long before tossing in the call.
Both players checked the K♣ turn, bringing in the 9♣ river. Shcherbakov then slid out a bet of 1,000, and Borovkov quickly released his cards to the dealer.
Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
A pot of around 16,000 had already brewed between Manig Loeser in the big blind and Farkas Benedek in the cutoff.
With the flop showing A♦5♦5♥, Loeser put out a tiny bet of 1,500, which Benedek called.
The 3♣ turn saw Loeser significantly increase the sizing, this time firing 19,000 into the middle. Benedek quickly got out of the way, sending the pot to Loeser.
Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Dominik Panka raised to 1,200 from the hijack before 'Jose Assorio' three-bet to 3,500 from the cutoff. Panka elected to continue with a call.
Panka checked the A♣9♦4♣ flop, and 'Assorio' continued for 2,600. Panka stuck around with a call.
The 9♠ paired the board on the turn, and Panka checked for a second time. 'Assorio' sized up to 10,000, and that proved enough to get the job done as Panka released his cards to the dealer.
Level 1
: 200/500, 500 ante
Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Cards are in the air, and play has begun with 70 players registered for the opening event of the Onyx Super High Roller Series, the $10,400 Premiere Day 1a.
Level: 1
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
There is a slight delay to the start of the day as players register and head to their seats.
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 four 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 three flights, with the fourth flight, Day 1d, having a turbo-structured 20-minute blinds. 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 four 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 1b | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| August 9 | Day 1c | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| August 9 | Day 1d | 9 p.m. | 20 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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$10,400 Premiere
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