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$25,500 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2026 Onyx High Roller Series
$25,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 Onyx High Roller Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$25,500
Prize Pool
$6,120,000
Total Entries
255
Level
27
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
38
Players Left
9
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Level 20
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
After a pulsating day of action inside the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, the $25,500 Main Event has reached its final table, with just nine players remaining in contention for the title. The penultimate day of the Onyx High Roller Series event began with 38 players returning to the felt, but that number quickly dropped, with just four hours of play logged before the day concluded.
Shortly after play got underway, it was announced that the 255-strong field had generated a prize pool of $6,120,000. While all the players returning for the day had already secured their place in the money, it was revealed that $1,250,000 would await the eventual champion.
Returning to the final table closest to that prize, Raoul Kanme was one of only two players to end the day with more than 100 big blinds. Kanme put his chips to use on the final table bubble, getting a preflop five-bet through against Ravi Sheth. Shortly after, he finished the job, sending Sheth crashing out just shy of the final nine, with those chips propelling him to the chip lead.
Right behind Kanme on the leaderboard, high-stakes regular Daniel Rezaei finished the day with 10,210,000, just a handful of big blinds behind the chip leader. The Austrian representation on the overnight podium doesn't end with Rezaei, as Manuel Fritz bagged 6,880,000 and will return to the final day in third place.
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italo Modena | Italy | 2,750,000 | 28 |
| 2 | Jordan Woodall | Germany | 4,785,000 | 48 |
| 3 | Raoul Kanme | Netherlands | 10,830,000 | 108 |
| 4 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 6,880,000 | 69 |
| 5 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 260,000 | 3 |
| 6 | Aliaksandr Shylko | Belarus | 6,525,000 | 65 |
| 7 | Anze Smajd | Slovenia | 5,445,000 | 54 |
| 8 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 10,210,000 | 102 |
| 9 | Matthias Lipp | Austria | 3,285,000 | 33 |
Elsewhere in the final-table counts, start-of-day chip leader Jordan Woodall bagged 4,785,000 and will return in the middle of the pack when play resumes. Day 1c chip leader Italo Modena also made it through, ending the day with 2,750,000, which gives him 28 big blinds to work with.
At the bottom end of the counts is the other starting flight leader, Fahredin Mustafov. The Bulgarian won this very event 12 months ago, but faces a very different challenge this time around, having made the final table with just 2.5 big blinds.
Day 2 Action
As turned out to be the narrative for the day, the action came thick and fast from the off, with chips flying and eliminations coming from the very first hand. Aleksandras Rusinovas was the first to hit the rail; the lone casualty of a three-way all-in, his elimination set the tone for the rest of the day.
By the first break, roughly 90 minutes into the day, just 20 players remained, with David Coleman (33rd), Matthew Wantman (28th), Sondre Stormyr (27th) and Nicholas Seward (26th) among those to hit the rail. Stormyr and Seward both fell in the same hand, with Fritz coming out on top of a three-way all-in.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau's elimination took the field to the first break of the day, and there was no let-up when play resumed.
The next 90 minutes saw another nine players fall, including several World Series of Poker bracelet winners, as Aleksejs Ponakovs (19th), Boris Kolev (17th), Sergio Aido (16th), Eelis Parssinen (14th) and Weiran Pu (12th) all joined the rail.
Those eliminations left the field just two places from the official final table, and it quickly became one when, ten minutes later, Danilo Velasevic was eliminated in 11th place.
The final-table bubble then became the Sheth show. The only player at risk during the bubble was Sheth, not once but twice. The first time, he managed to double through Anze Smajd, but after an hour of hand-for-hand play, with nobody else finding themselves at risk, Sheth was all in again. This time, though, he could not survive, losing a huge flip to Kanme, who would go on to finish the day as chip leader.
Sheth's elimination brought the day's action to an end, with the remaining nine players bagging their chips and securing their places at the final table.
The final day will begin at 1 p.m. local time on August 14, with each of the nine players guaranteed $143,000 and just eight eliminations standing between them and the title and the $1,250,000 top prize.
$25,500 Main Event Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,250,000 |
| 2 | $800,000 |
| 3 | $600,000 |
| 4 | $420,000 |
| 5 | $320,000 |
| 6 | $250,000 |
| 7 | $200,000 |
| 8 | $171,000 |
| 9 | $143,000 |
Make sure you stay tuned to PokerNews, as we bring all the action live from the felt until an Onyx Main Event champion is crowned.
Level 20
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Level 20
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
With the most recent elimination taking the field down to a final table of nine, the surviving players have bagged their chips and will advance to the final day, which will be tomorrow, Thursday, August 14, at 1 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned for the full chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 20
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Italo Modena raised to 200,000 from the cutoff, and Ravi Sheth three-bet to 550,000 from the button. Raoul Kanme cold four-bet to 1,100,000 from the small blind, which got Modena to fold. Sheth thought for a few moments before five-bet jamming for around 3,000,000. Kanme made the call for almost half of his stack.
Ravi Sheth: A♣K♦ 
Raoul Kanme: J♦J♠
Sheth was in a huge flip that he needed to win, or he would become the Main Event final table bubble boy.
The dealer spread the 10♥8♦3♥ flop, keeping Kanme's pocket jacks in front.
Sheth found no help on the 4♦ turn or 10♠ river, ending his tournament run in tenth place and bringing the tournament down to its final table.
Level: 20
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
The remaining 10 players are taking a 15-minute break.
Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Daniel Rezaei raised to 160,000 on the button, and the current tournament short-stack, Fahredin Mustafov, called in the big blind.
When the action was on him, Rezaei continued for 80,000. He then faced a check-raise when Mustafov made it 260,000 to go, which he called.
Mustafov bet another 275,000 on the 7♦ turn, and once again, Rezaei called.
The 8♣ river checked through, and when Mustafov tabled 9♦4♦, Rezaei flipped over the winner with his A♠9♠.
Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Ravi Sheth opened to 160,000 from the button, and Raoul Kanme three-bet to 525,000 from the small blind. Sheth wasn't going to be pushed around, as he carved out a four-bet to 850,000.
Kanme, while having a soothing scalp massage, shifted his gaze towards Sheth's remaining 3,100,000 before ripping it in, covering Sheth.
Sheth instantly let go of his hand, and Kanme picked up over a million chips without seeing a single community card.
