2015 Super High Roller Series

$500,000 Super High Roller Bowl
Day: 1
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Event Info
2015 Super High Roller Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$7,525,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$500,000
Total Entries
43
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 43
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Check-Raise from Haxton

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

From the cutoff seat, Isaac Haxton raised to 8,500. Dan Smith reraised on the button to 23,000, and Play folded back to Haxton. He called, and the flop fell {Q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. After Haxton checked, Smith bet 18,000. Haxton check-raised to 50,000, and Smith folded.

Tags: Dan SmithIsaac Haxton

Negreanu Folds one To Lamb

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The flop showed {7-Clubs}{A-Spades}{6-Diamonds} when Dong Kim bet 13,500 from the under-the-gun position and Ben Lamb called from the hijack after which Daniel Negreanu called from the cutoff.

The turn was the {Q-Clubs} and the action checked to Negreanu who bet 36,000, and Kim folded right away. Lamb made the call and on the river the {K-Diamonds} hit.

Lamb decided to lead for 77,000 and Negreanu immediately said, "He's trying to say that he has ace-king, but maybe he's got eight-nine and he can't win."

Negreanu cackled, as Lamb remained stone-faced, before ultimately folding his cards.

"Good hand," Negreanu said.

"Thanks," Lamb replied as he raked in the pot.

Lamb also won the very next hand of Kim, and that puts him at 630,000 chips already.

Tags: Ben LambDaniel NegreanuDong Kim

Table 6 Chip Counts

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Haxton Four-Bets

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Talal Shakerchi opened to 7,500 from under the gun, Scott Seiver three-bet to 26,000 from the next seat over and Isaac Haxton four-bet to 70,000 from the small blind with roughly an additional 120,000 behind.

Shakerchi folded quickly and Seiver mulled it over for a bit before he folded as well.

Tags: Isaac HaxtonScott SeiverTalal Shakerchi

Baldwin Shoves on Steven

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

With the board showing {A-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} the action was on Brandon Steven in the big blind and he bet 50,000. Bobby Baldwin, in the small blind, check-raised to 125,000 and Steven went into the tank for a while before making the call.

The river brought the {6-Clubs} and Baldwin quickly bet enough to put Steven all in for 175,500.

Steven, visibly frustrated with the pressure he was under on the river, said after a while, "What the heck do you have?"

Baldwin remained silently tucked away under his visor, as Steven requested to use his time bank card.

"We could have the same hand," Steven said after a while, as he went on to mutter under his breath while using up two additional one-minute time cards.

In the dying seconds of Steven's final time card he folded, and Baldwin quietly raked in the chips without showing his cards.

"I guess I should've checked the turn," Steven sighed as the next hand was dealt, but he did not get a response from Baldwin who's now among the bigger stacks in the room.

Tags: Bobby BaldwinBrandon Steven

Table 5 Chip Counts

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Lamb Says He Has Too Much Respect for Mercier To Call Unsuited

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Jason Mercier raised to 7,500 from the cutoff seat, and Ben Lamb called from the big blind to see the {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop. Lamb checked, and Mercier bet 8,500. Lamb called.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds}, and both players checked. The river was the {J-Hearts}, and both players checked again.

"I have a pair of threes," said Lamb, turning up the {9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

"With a good kicker," added Daniel Negreanu.

"Suited?" asked Mercier, checking back at his hand before looking over at Lamb's one last time.

"Yes..." responded Lamb. "I give you a lot of respect. I would never call your raise unsuited."

Tags: Ben LambDaniel NegreanuJason Mercier

Flush for Koon

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Jason Koon opened with a raise to 7,500. Igor Kurganov called from the big blind, and the flop came down {Q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}. Kurganov checked, and Koon bet 9,500.

"There's exactly 20,000 in the pot," said Kurganov. "A bet of 10,000 would do, too."

"I wanted to bet a little less than half the pot," responded Koon with a smile.

Kurganov then made the call.

The turn was the {A-Hearts}, and Kurganov checked. Koon tossed out 16,500, and Kurganov called to see the {K-Clubs} complete the board on the river. Kurganov checked, Koon bet 21,000, and Kurganov called.

Koon turned up the {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for a flush, and Kurganov mucked his hand.

Tags: Igor KurganovJason Koon

Table 8 Chip Counts

Level 2 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante