2026 Onyx High Roller Series

$50,500 Onyx High Roller Championship
Day: 2
12
Event Info
2026 Onyx High Roller Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$450,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,500
Prize Pool
$864,000
Total Entries
18
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
9
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 18

Mayer is the First Casualty

Level 12 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Thomas Alfred Mayer
Thomas Alfred Mayer

Manuel Fritz raised to 32,000 from early position, with Mikita Badziakouski calling in the cutoff and Aleksejs Ponakovs calling on the button. Thomas Alfred Mayer jammed for 178,000 from the big blind, which got Fritz to fold J9.

Badziakouski decided to call for around half his stack, while Ponakovs folded the snowmen, and the players went to showdown with Mayer at risk.

Thomas Alfred Mayer: KK All in
Mikita Badziakouski: AQ

Mayer was ahead with two kings, and Badziakouski added a few extra outs on the Q33 flop by hitting a queen.

The dealer rolled off the A on the turn to put Badziakouski into the lead with two pair, meaning Mayer needed a two-outer on the river to survive.

It never came as the 9 completed the board, and Mayer became the first to be eliminated from the final table in ninth place.

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsManuel FritzMikita BadziakouskiThomas Alfred Mayer