2016 Super High Roller Bowl

$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl
Day: 3
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

Level: 18

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

Berkey's Limp Gets Lamb

Level 17 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Ben Lamb
Ben Lamb

Matt Berkey limped in from the cutoff seat, and then Ben Lamb raised all in for 424,000 from the small blind. Play folded back to Berkey, he took a little bit of time, then called with the {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}.

"That's what I thought you had," commented Lamb with the {A-Spades}{6-Hearts}.

The flop, turn, and river ran out {7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, and Berkey won the pot to eliminate Lamb.

Interestingly enough, this isn't the first time Lamb has seen someone employ the limp strategy. When he reached the World Series of Poker Main Event final table in 2011, Phil Collins began limping in a few spots and his decision to do so drew a lot of attention. Berkey has been limping a fair amount on Day 3 of the Super High Roller Bowl, and we'll see if it continues.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
2,750,000 550,000
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Ben LambMatt BerkeyPhil Collins

Lamb Won't Lay Down

Level 17 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

"I bet you I have the record for the most all ins in this tournament," said Ben Lamb, after successfully pushing in for the third time in the last two orbits.

Over the past level, no one has called a Lamb shove and he's climbed back up to 400,000, and counting.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
400,000

Tags: Ben Lamb

What To Do with Nine Left?

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

With this event being played in a seven-handed format, it raises the question of what to do when the field gets down to nine players left. When there are eight remaining, the plan will be to combine around one table. At nine, the field will play with one table of five players and another table of four.

To make up for the difference in play that this will allow for, Sean McCormack, the Director of Poker Operations at ARIA Resort & Casino, informed the players that once nine-handed play is reached every 20 minutes a random draw will occur that will transfer one player from the five-handed table to the four-handed table.

Tags: Sean McCormack

Kempe Doesn't Bite

Level 17 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Erik Seidel raised to 53,000 from the hijack seat, Rainer Kempe called on the button, and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind.

The flop was {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, and Kenney checked. Seidel bet 65,000, Kempe called, and Kenney folded.

The turn was the {8-Spades}, and Seidel bet 130,000. Kempe called, and the river was the {J-Spades}. Seidel checked, and Kempe checked behind.

Seidel showed the {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for a full house, and Kempe mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
1,460,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
1,375,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
1,200,000

Tags: Bryn KenneyErik SeidelRainer Kempe

Level: 17

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000