2026 Onyx High Roller Series

$50,500 Onyx High Roller Championship
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 Onyx High Roller Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠8♣
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 1
Entries
18
Players Left
9
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Fritz and Vaskaboinikau Pick Up Pots Before the Break

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Manuel Fritz raised to 16,000 from under the gun, and Matthew Wantman three-bet to 42,000 in the hijack. When it got back to Fritz, he ripped it in for about 290,000, and Wantman immediately folded.

On the next hand, Aleksejs Ponakovs raised the cutoff to 16,000, and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. Ponakovs called.

When Vaskaboinikau saw the 2♣9♠6♥ flop, he put out a continuation-bet of 33,000, and Ponakovs let it go.

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsManuel FritzMatthew WantmanMikalai Vaskaboinikau

Badziakouski Leads Big

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski raised to 17,000 from under the gun before Alexey Borovkov three-bet to 55,000 from the button. The blinds folded, but Badziakouski made the call.

Borovkov bet 45,000 on the Q♠9♠8♦ flop, and Badziakouski check-called. Both players then checked the K♥ turn.

The 4♥ landed on the river, and Badziakouski led for 125,000, which got a snap-fold from Borovkov.

Tags: Alexey BorovkovMikita Badziakouski

Seward Folds the River

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Nicholas Seward
Nicholas Seward

Manuel Fritz raised to 16,000 from the cutoff, and Nicholas Seward called from the big blind.

The flop came 8♦10♣10♠, and Fritz bet 16,000. Seward raised to 44,000, and Fritz made the call.

Seward did not slow down on the 6♦ turn and bet 45,000, which Fritz called.

The 4♠ landed on the river, and Seward checked. Fritz then bet 196,000, leaving himself just 1,000 behind.

David Coleman was found exiting the tournament on the other table shortly after the hand ended.

David Coleman
David Coleman

Tags: David ColemanManuel FritzNicholas Seward

Martirosian Triples Again

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Artur Martirosian
Artur Martirosian

Artur Martirosian jammed for 21,000 from under the gun, with a player in the cutoff calling and Matthew Wantman coming along on the button.

With Martirosian all in, the other player and Wantman checked the 4♠10♠2♦ flop, and the 10♦ came on the turn. After the other player in the hand checked, Wantman bet, resulting in a fold from his opponent.

Matthew Wantman: K♣J♣ All in
Artur Martirosian: 6♣6♠

Martirosian was ahead with his pair of sixes, and he managed to stay in the lead on the 5♠ river, tripling up for the second time in the tournament.

Tags: Artur MartirosianMatthew Wantman

A Round of Counts

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Level: 9

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

A Small Win for Badziakouski

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski raised the button to 12,000, and Rob Yong defended from the big blind.

Check, check came after the 3♥10♣7♣ flop to see the 7♥ on the turn. Yong checked and then called the delayed continuation-bet of 10,000 from Badziakouski.

Yong checked for the last time on the 4♣ river, and this time folded when Badziakouski bet 25,000.

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiRob Yong

Borovkov Turns a Full House

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Alexey Borovkov
Alexey Borovkov

Alexey Borovkov raised to 14,000 from middle position, and Thomas Alfred Mayer called on the button. The blinds folded.

The flop came 9♣9♠3♠, and Mayer called a bet of 15,000 from Borovkov. The Q♥ hit the turn, and both players checked.

Borovkov bet 36,000 on the 7♦ river, and Mayer quickly called. Borovkov tabled Q♦Q♠ for a full house, to take the pot.

Mikita Badziakouski who was in the big blind said "I folded a nine" which Borovkov responded with a smile.

Tags: Alexey BorovkovMikita BadziakouskiThomas Alfred Mayer

Martirosian's Turn Bet Earns Him the Pot

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Matthew Wantman raised to 12,000 from the cutoff, with Nicholas Seward calling on the button and Artur Martirosian coming along from the big blind.

All three checked the 2♦8♥4♠ flop, and the board-pairing 8♠ came on the turn. Martirosian threw out 50,000, which got both of his opponents to fold.

Tags: Artur MartirosianMatthew WantmanNicholas Seward

"Too Cheap, My Friend"

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

David Coleman raised to 12,000 from early position, and Rob Yong said, "Too cheap, my friend," before calling from the big blind.

The flop came 9♠7♣6♣, and Coleman bet 17,000, which Yong quickly called. Both players checked the 5♥ turn before the J♣ landed on the river.

Coleman bet 45,000, but Yong quickly raised to 105,000 effective to put Coleman all in. Coleman snap-folded.

Tags: David ColemanRob Yong

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