$250,000 Super High Roller Championships
Day 1 Completed
2018 Caribbean Poker Party
$250,000 Super High Roller Championships
Day: 1
Big Field Turns Up on Day 1 of $250K Super High Roller Championships
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
After Day 1 of the $250,000 Super High Roller Championships at partypoker 2018 Caribbean Poker Party, one thing can be said for certain: there's an appetite for nosebleed action here.
Thirty-one entries were logged in the eight-level Day 1, which featured open registration throughout. Unlike the $50,000 Super High Roller — won by [Removed:150] in the early hours of Tuesday — which started off with one table and slowly built, the $250K began with a healthy count around 20 players and only grew from there.
That means one of the bigger prize pools on this year's poker calendar is will be doled out. The number is already north of $7.5 million with registration remaining open until the start of Day 2, scheduled for 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday.
As for the favorites to get their hands on a cut of that prize pool, nobody was able to really separate themselves among the 13 people who bagged to end Day 1.
David Peters finished with the biggest stack, turning 1 million into 3,890,000, but more than half of the players left would take the lead if they doubled through him. Peters' high roller chops are certainly as sharp as ever right now, as he has finished top three in four events of at least $50,000 in the past couple of months alone, racking up over $4 million in cashes in that time frame alone.
Ali Imsirovic (3,295,000), Steffen Sontheimer (3,180,000), Stephen Chidwick (2,720,000) and partypoker's own Isaac Haxton (2,580,000) round out the top five.
Sontheimer may have bagged the lead if not for a beat at the hands of Chidwick. The latter four-bet ripped with pocket eights and managed to find a third eight and dodge a turned straight draw against "Goose's" jacks.
Imsirovic busted the ever-dangerous Fedor Holz in the latter stages of the day, three-betting jacks out of the big blind and getting it all when Holz couldn't get away from top pair of tens.
Unfortunately for Holz and the other fallen — which included the likes of Christoph Vogelsang, Justin Bonomo, Sam Greenwood and Alex Foxen — no more chances remain to get a crack at this prize pool. Unlike many other events on the schedule, the Super High Roller Championships is an old-fashioned freezeout, so only new players may enter on Wednesday.
Come back to PokerNews at 1 p.m. for Day 2 to see if this already sizable field continues to grow. Either way, there will be a handsome sum for the victor, and Day 2 will reveal who the contenders are over the course of 10 levels of play.
Day 2 Seating and Chip Counts
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 2 | Ali Imsirovic | United States | 3,295,000 | 165 |
| 118 | 4 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 2,580,000 | 129 |
| 118 | 5 | Sean Winter | United States | 2,410,000 | 121 |
| 118 | 6 | Jason Koon | United States | 1,815,000 | 91 |
| 118 | 7 | Dan Smith | United States | 1,835,000 | 92 |
| 128 | 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 1,495,000 | 75 |
| 128 | 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 2,435,000 | 122 |
| 128 | 7 | Steffen Sontheimer | Germany | 3,180,000 | 159 |
| 128 | 8 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 1,970,000 | 99 |
| 150 | 2 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 1,480,000 | 74 |
| 150 | 3 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 2,720,000 | 136 |
| 150 | 4 | David Peters | United States | 3,890,000 | 195 |
| 150 | 5 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 1,500,000 | 75 |
| 150 | 7 | Tony G | Lithuania | 530,000 | 27 |
End of Day 1 Counts
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,890,000 | -210,000 |
|
3,295,000 | -305,000 |
|
3,180,000 | -420,000 |
|
2,720,000 | 520,000 |
|
2,580,000 | 880,000 |
|
2,435,000 | 1,035,000 |
|
2,410,000 | -1,190,000 |
|
1,970,000 | 995,000 |
|
1,835,000 | 435,000 |
|
1,815,000 | 115,000 |
|
1,500,000 | -300,000 |
|
1,495,000 | 265,000 |
|
1,480,000 | 680,000 |
|
530,000 | -351,000 |
Imsirovic Eliminates Holz
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Fedor Holz raised on the button and called a reraise to 150,000 from big blind Ali Imsirovic. The flop came 
and Imsirovic bet 100,000. Holz counted out his remaining chips and called. On the 
turn, Imsirovic jammed for Holz's last 328,000. The German stacked his chips, considered for about 10 seconds, then dropped them in.
Ali Imsirovic: 
Fedor Holz: 
Holz needed help on the river but didn't get it in the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,600,000 | 900,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Petrangelo Picks Off Badziakouski's Three-Barrel
Level 7
: 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante
Nick Petrangelo opened for a raise and called a three-bet from Mikita Badziakouski to 102,000. They saw a 
flop and Petrangelo check-called 75,000. He check-called 200,000 on the turn, bringing a 
river. Petrangelo checked again and Badziakouski thought a bit then announced all in.
Petrangelo double-checked that he had heard the shove correctly then immediately called with 
. Badziakouski had 
and was forced to ship over about 500,000 more.
At another table, Steffen Sontheimer busted Dominik Nitsche.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,600,000 | 850,000 |
|
|
1,800,000 | 1,100,000 |
|
|
1,230,000 | -1,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 14,000
Chidwick Doubles Through Tsoukernik
Level 6
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Leon Tsoukernik opened early and called a three-bet to 185,000 from Stephen Chidwick in the small blind. The flop came 
and Chidwick bet 85,000. Tsoukernik raised to 385,000 and Chidwick called. On the 
turn, Chidwick checked and snap-called all in for 532,000, tabling 
. An irritated Tsoukernik showed 
and shipped over the double.
Players then went on their last break of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000 | 1,100,000 |
|
385,000 | -765,000 |
High Roller Championship Three-Table Seating (full)
Level 6
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu joined the event and the final 20 are arrayed around three tables:
| Seat | Table 13 | Table 17 | Table 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Koon | Martin Kabrhel | Orpen Kisacikoglu |
| 2 | David Peters | Adrian Mateos | Isaac Haxton |
| 3 | Matthias Eibinger | Jake Schindler | Dominik Nitsche |
| 4 | Nick Petrangelo | Fedor Holz | Stephen Chidwick |
| 5 | Mikita Badziakouski | Tony G | Talal Shakerchi |
| 6 | Sean Winter | Ali Imsirovic | Leon Tsoukernik |
| 7 | Dan Smith | --empty-- | Steffen Sontheimer |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000 | 630,000 |
|
|
3,600,000 | 1,200,000 |
|
|
2,750,000 | 910,000 |
|
|
2,700,000 | 375,000 |
|
|
2,430,000 | -150,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 | -165,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 | 280,000 |
|
|
1,150,000 | -1,475,000 |
|
|
1,140,000 | -210,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | 96,000 |
|
978,000 | |
|
|
975,000 | 330,000 |
|
|
972,000 | 72,000 |
|
|
881,000 | 121,000 |
|
835,000 | -165,000 |
|
|
800,000 | -23,000 |
|
|
700,000 | -850,000 |
|
581,000 | 6,000 |