Level: 3
Blinds: 500/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2017 Super High Roller Bowl
$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Super High Roller Bowl
Buy-in
$300,000
Prize Pool
$16,800,000
Entries
56
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Break Time
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,500 ante
The remaining 55 players are heading on a 10-minute break.
Seiver Sniffs Out Esfandiari
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,500 ante
Scott Seiver bet 38,000 on a completed board of 
, and Antonio Esfandiari came out with a check-raise to 100,000 in the small blind. Seiver seemed pained and tanked awhile but ended up calling. Esfandiari turned over 
, but Seiver had 
for a flopped set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
||
|
165,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
||
Kempe and G.I. Chop
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,500 ante
Andrew Lichtenberger opened to 2,500 and Bill Perkins called on the button as Rainer Kempe called in the small blind. With the action on G.I. in the big blind, he three-bet to 13,000 and each player called.
The flop of 
saw G.I. lead out for 18,000 and both Lichtenberger and Perkins folded before Kempe check-called.
The turn landed the 
and Kempe checked before G.I. bet 40,000. Kempe called, and when the river landed the 
, Kempe bet out 29,000.
G.I. moved all in for 127,500 and Kempe immediately called tabling his 
as G.I. revealed his 
to see the pot chopped up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
465,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
205,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
Photos: $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl Day 1
Photos by Joe Giron and Jayne Furman.
Trips for Seiver
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,500 ante
On a board of 
with 39,500 in the middle, Scott Seiver checked from the small blind over to Antonio Esfandiari in the cutoff who bet out 26,000.
Seiver called, and when the completed the board on the river, Seiver checked again. Esfandiari quickly checked behind, and then mucked once Seiver tabled his 
for trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
185,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
|
||
"Are You Kidding Me?"
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,500 ante
Zach Hyman opened early and saw Dan Perper three-bet from the button to 8,500. Leon Tsoukernik called in the big blind, and Hyman came along. The flop came 
, and Perper bet 10,000. Both players called him. They checked to him again on the 
, and Perper bet bigger with 35,000. Again, both opponents called. On the 
, Tsoukernik came out betting with 54,000. Hyman mucked, but Perper announced a quick call.
Tsoukernik turned over 
for a backdoor straight.
"Are you kidding me?" Perper said in disbelief.
"That was your only out," Hyman remarked, saying he had the nut flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
303,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
205,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
King-High Bluff for Esfandiari
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,500 ante
Jake Schindler opened with a raise in the cutoff to 2,500 and Antonio Esfandiari called in the big blind.
The dealer spread a 
flop and Esfandiari checked to Schindler who opted to bet out 4,500.
"You got it?" asked Esfandiari before calling.
The turn of the 
went check, check as the landed on the river.
Esfandiari bet out 10,000, and after using the full extension of his shot clock, Schindler called.
Esfandiari tabled his 
, but it would be Schindler's 
that would see him pushed the pot as he climbed to roughly 480,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
||
|
|
335,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
Roberts Saved by Rivered Ace
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,500 ante
Lauren Roberts kicks off the action with a raise under the gun to 3,000. It folded round to David Peters in the small blind, and he three-bet as Christian Christner called in the big blind.
Roberts called also as both Peters and Christner checked the flop to Roberts who opted to bet out 12,000.
Peters folded, but Christner check-raised to 36,000 as Roberts went into the tank. Roberts then elected to use one of her time extension buttons before finally coming to a decision of a three-bet amounting to 88,000. Christner paused for a few moments and then moved all in as Roberts made the call for her tournament life.
Christner: 
Roberts:
With Roberts in desperate need to spike either an ace or running cards to make a flush or straight, the turn of the would leave her drawing to just an ace.
Fortunately for Roberts, the river landed the and ensured her of a double to 420,000 while Christner drops to 70,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
298,000
|
298,000 |
|
70,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
Smith Gets Some From G.I.
Level 2
: 500/1,000, 1,500 ante
Dan Smith bet 37,000 on a completed board of 
from the button. G.I. made the call out of the cutoff but mucked upon seeing .