2016 Super High Roller Bowl

$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl
Day: 4
Event Info

2016 Super High Roller Bowl

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$5,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$300,000
Prize Pool
$15,000,000
Entries
49
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Matt Berkey Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,100,000)

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Matthew Berkey - 5th Place
Matthew Berkey - 5th Place

Matt Berkey limped from the button, and Rainer Kempe made it 205,000 on his left. Berkey came back with an all-in shove for 1.3 million, and Kempe called.

Kempe: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}
Berkey: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}

The sweat looked like it would be a short one as the {4-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop gave Kempe a set, but the {8-Spades} turn opened up runner-runner possibilities. A {4-Diamonds} river improved Kempe to a boat though, and Berkey was done in fifth.

Player Chips Progress
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
8,370,000 1,675,000
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
Busted

Tags: Matt BerkeyRainer Kempe

Bryn Kenney Eliminated in 6th Place ($800,000)

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Bryn Kenney
Bryn Kenney

Bryn Kenney open-jammed the button for 1.3 million and Fedor Holz called from the small blind.

Kenney had a pair, but his {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} was well behind Holz' {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. Kenney turned a gutshot on the {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} board, but the {8-Diamonds} was no good and he was eliminated in sixth, as Holz climbed up to second on the leader board.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
3,100,000 1,070,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Bryn KenneyFedor Holz

Berkey Doubles Through Kenney

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Matthew Berkey
Matthew Berkey

Matt Berkey defended his big blind from a raise to 135,000 from Bryn Kenney, who was second to act preflop. The flop came {7-Spades}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, and Berkey checked. Kenney bet 145,000 and then snap-called when Berkey moved in for 695,000.

Berkey: {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Kenney: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Berkey's club draw got there right away on the {6-Clubs} turn, and the {5-Spades} fell on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
1,685,000 715,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
1,250,000 -835,000

Tags: Bryn KenneyMatt Berkey

Seidel Gets Active

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Erik Seidel currently sits at the bottom of the leader board, but he's doing everything he can to get out of the cellar.

First, he open-shoved under the gun and picked up the blinds and antes. Then, after folding his big blind to a Bryn Kenney raise, he shoved the small blind over the top of a Fedor Holz open to 140,000 on the button.

Holz folded and Seidel continued to tread water, now on

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
985,000 -135,000

Tags: Bryn KenneyErik SeidelFedor Holz

Berkey Uses a Time Extension Preflop

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded to Matt Berkey on the button, and he tanked awhile, counting his stack in the process. Eventually, he threw a time extension in and then decided to just limp in for 60,000. Rainer Kempe completed the blind, and Bryn Kenney checked. Action checked to Berkey on the {6-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} flop, and he moved all in, getting two quick folds.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
970,000 45,000

Tags: Bryn KenneyMatt BerkeyRainer Kempe

Dan Shak Eliminated in 7th Place ($600,000)

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Dan Shak
Dan Shak

One hand after he and Phil Hellmuth lost a pot to chip leader Rainer Kempe, shaking things up on the leader board once again, Dan Shak got his last 530,000 in the middle over the top of a Fedor Holz 140,000-chip open.

Holz made what appeared to be a reluctant call with the {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and was actually ahead of Shak's {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}.

Holz held the lead through the {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{8-Spades} board to the turn, and even thought the {j-Diamonds} river made Shak a pair, it wasn't the pair he wanted. Holz made a straight to take the pot and eliminate Shak from the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl in seventh place.

Player Chips Progress
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
7,020,000 1,120,000
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
2,030,000 320,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
1,870,000 -490,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted

Tags: Dan ShakFedor HolzPhil HellmuthRainer Kempe

Level: 21

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

Hellmuth Climbs The Counts

Level 20 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Dan Shak made it 150,000 and Phil Hellmuth called in position. The flop came {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Shak continued for 200,000.

Hellmuth almost beat him to the pot pushing all in for 775,000 more and Shak made the call.

It was Hellmuth on the {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and Shak holding the {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}. The turn came the {k-Hearts}, giving Hellmuth a set, but Shak still had four outs to a straight. The {4-Spades} river wasn't one of them, however, and as Hellmuth suddenly moved into second on the leader board, Shak fell near the bottom.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
2,360,000 1,455,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
960,000 -905,000

Tags: Dan ShakPhil Hellmuth