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

Matt Berkey Flying High with the Lead Into Day 3 of the Super High Roller Bowl

Matt Berkey
Matt Berkey

Welcome back for Day 3 of the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl from ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Just 16 players remain from the original starting field of 49, all having put up a $300,000 buy-in and competing for a $15 million prize pool.

Heading into this event, the name Matt Berkey might not have been on your radar. While he's a player who has had plenty of success in poker, both in tournaments and cash games, Berkey certainly flies under the radar of most poker fans. But, that looks like it's all going to change here.

Berkey finished out Day 2 with a commanding chip lead of well over double his closest competitor. Berkey's 2.816 million in chips and more than 1.5 million clear of Erik Seidel's 1.299 million. Rounding out the podium of the top three stacks was Dan Shak with 1.243 million.

It was towards the end of Day 2 on Monday that Berkey really took over, calling down a three-barrel bluff from Tom Marchese with top pair, top kicker.

Others still in the mix for Day 3 were Jason Mercier (1.208 million), Phil Hellmuth (936,000), Fedor Holz (751,000), and Phil Galfond (436,000). The shortest stack returning was Marchese with 321,000.

Here's how the players will stack up heading into Day 3:

TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
11Dan ShakUS1,243,000
12Dan PerperUS344,000
13Phil GalfondUS436,000
14--empty------
15Ben LambUS415,000
16Fedor HolzGermany751,000
17--empty------
     
21Bryn KenneyUS1,097,000
22Jason MercierUS1,208,000
23Tom MarcheseUS321,000
24--empty------
25Matt BerkeyUS2,816,000
26Rainer KemperGermany740,000
27--empty------
     
31Dan SmithUS1,152,000
32Phil HellmuthUS936,000
33Phil LaakUS509,000
34Andrew RoblUS1,075,000
35Erik SeidelUS1,299,000
36Bill PerkinsUS367,000
37--empty------

The cards will be in the air at 1 p.m. PT with PokerNews' coverage operating on a one-hour delay to coincide with the television production. The goal will be to reach a final table of eight, where the top seven spots will be paid, or play seven more levels, whichever comes first.

Top prize is set at $5 million and a min-cash is worth $600,000, so buckle up because this is an event you won't want to turn away from.

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