$500,000 Super High Roller Bowl Day 1 | 2015 Super High Roller Series

07-02-2015 19:12 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Baldwin	725,000 65,000	65,000

Pratyush Buddiga	590,000 80,000	80,000
Jason Les	575,000 50,000	50,000
Christoph Vogelsang	570,000 -20,000	-20,000
Max Altergott	445,000 -90,000	-90,000
Brandon Steven	225,000 -52,000	-52,000
Fabian Quoss	145,000 -195,000	-195,000

Kurganov Fires Three Barrels

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Igor Kurganov limped from the small blind and Ben Lamb checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down and Kurganov bet 6,500, Lamb called.

The turn was the and Kurganov bet another 16,000, Lamb called once more.

On the river the and Kurganov bet 36,500 after which Lamb quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	690,000 60,000	60,000

Igor Kurganov	310,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Igor Kurganov

07-02-2015 19:14 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	895,000 265,000	265,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	705,000 120,000	120,000

Sam Trickett	600,000 85,000	85,000
Ben Sulsky	435,000 -155,000	-155,000

Tobias Reinkemeier	430,000 -145,000	-145,000
Antonio Esfandiari	365,000 55,000	55,000

Cary Katz	240,000 -250,000	-250,000

Seidel Doubles Through MacDonald

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

With about 80,000 in the pot and the flop reading , Erik Seidel and Tom MacDonald went back and forth before Seidel was all in for 282,000 with against MacDonald's .

The turn gave Seidel aces and threes and they held up through the river to give him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	645,000 465,000	465,000

Tom MacDonald	380,000 -230,000	-230,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Tom MacDonald

07-02-2015 19:27 UTC-7

Lamb Sets Up Koon

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Picking up the action after the turn of a board, Ben Lamb checked from the big blind and and Jason Koon bet 40,000 from the hijack. Lamb check-raised to 110,000, Koon called and the river completed the board. Lamb checked after a few moments and Koon quickly checked behind.

Lamb tabled for a set of jacks, Koon flashed as he mucked and Lamb collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	755,000 175,000	175,000

Jason Koon	555,000 -207,000	-207,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Jason Koon

07-02-2015 19:32 UTC-7

Table 5 Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	705,000 15,000	15,000

Connor Drinan	640,000 75,000	75,000

Dan Smith	465,000 12,000	12,000

Talal Shakerchi	450,000 -90,000	-90,000
Phil Ivey	445,000 25,000	25,000

Isaac Haxton	365,000 90,000	90,000

Fedor Holz	165,000 -190,000	-190,000

07-02-2015 19:33 UTC-7

Caviar for Baldwin; Beans for Schemion

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Players playing the $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl at the ARIA Resort & Casino don't just play a rake-free event, but they also get food and drinks for free. Almost every player is making use of this, as plenty of little side tables have been rolled into the room with food on them.

The strategy with picking what food to order seems to vary, but Mexican is definitely the most popular option. Numerous players chow down on steak and chicken fajitas, while Tobias Reinkemeier opted to go for the super-high-roller burrito bowl, with steak.

Two of the highest of rollers in this event, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu, had their own prepared food brought in and they were spotted scarfing down meals from plastic containers.

Lastly, the two most interesting food choices belonged to Bobby Baldwin and Ole Schemion, two players that could not be more different.

Baldwin, former World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Chief Design & Construction Officer and Director, MGM Resorts International, opted for some caviar and salmon sashimi, while Schemion, the laid back German poker phenom, scooped white beans out of a soup bowl.

Tags: Bobby Baldwin Daniel Negreanu Ole Schemion Phil Ivey Tobias Reinkemeier

07-02-2015 19:39 UTC-7

Colman and Kuznetsov Chop

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Dan Colman raised from the button, Timofey Kuznetsov three-bet to effectively 100,000-ish from the big blind and Colman called all in.

Colman:
Kuznetsov:

The board ran out , giving both players a wheel to chop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timofey Kuznetsov	710,000 37,000	37,000
Dan Colman	110,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Dan Colman Timofey Kuznetsov

07-02-2015 19:49 UTC-7

Rast the First to Cross Seven Figures

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Picking up the action in the midst of the river action with the board reading , Tobias Reinkemeier (with 75,000 committed on the river) was in the tank from early position after Brian Rast raised to 195,000 from the hijack.

Reinkemeier used up his remaining two timebank cards before he called.

Rast tabled , Reinkemeier mucked and Rast collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	1,035,000 140,000	140,000

Tobias Reinkemeier	126,500 -303,500	-303,500

Tags: Brian Rast Tobias Reinkemeier

07-02-2015 19:49 UTC-7

Drinan Takes a Big One From Smith

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Fedor Holz raised to 12,000 from middle position and Connor Drinan called from the cutoff before Dan Smith three-bet from the big blind to 33,000. Holz folded and Drinan made the call.

The flop came down and Smith bet 45,000, which was called by Drinan.

On the turn the hit and Smith bet another 100,000, and Drinan called once more.

The river brought the and after checking his cards again Smith checked to Drinan. Drinan bet 150,000 and Smith released his hand after pondering for a while.