Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck Hold’em Day 1 | 2021 Super High Roller Bowl Europe

08-23-2021 23:48 UTC+3

PokerGO Live Stream Available

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 0/0, 12,000 ante

Right now, Daniel Cates is playing a $50/$100 PLO cash game on the PokerGO live stream here at the Merit Royal Premium Hotel so make sure to check the stream out!

08-23-2021 23:49 UTC+3

Chris Brewer Transitions from Collegiate Runner to High-Stakes Poker Pro

Yori Epskamp

Level 11 : 0/0, 12,000 ante

The current and overwhelming chip leader in Event #1 is Chris Brewer, out of California. Brewer, a former collegiate runner with the Oregon Ducks, has been making a splash in the high-stakes poker world as of late with some big results.

PokerNews' Matt Hansen spoke with Brewer at the US Poker Open back in June to discover more about his journey to the highest stakes. Learn all about the high-stakes poker pro in the interview below.

Read the interview with Chris Brewer

Level: 12

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 15,000

08-23-2021 23:59 UTC+3

Latest Batch of Pictures

Shirley Ang

08-24-2021 00:05 UTC+3

Down to Nine Players

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 0/0, 15,000 ante

With the elimination of Paul Phua and Wai Kiat Lee, the tournament is down to the final nine players. One more player needs to bust before hand-for-hand play starts. But no matter how many players are left, the players only have around 55 minutes left in the day if the official final table of 6 players hasn't been reached yet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Phua	Busted

Wai Kiat Lee	Busted

08-24-2021 00:13 UTC+3

Brewers Scoops Another Pot

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 0/0, 15,000 ante

Chris Brewer raised to 130,000 when both Phil Ivey and Mikita Badziakouski had made the call. Ivey considered it for a bit ut opted to fold while Badziakouski made the call.

The flop came , Brewer check-called the 100,000 bet of Badziakouski.

They then proceeded by checking through the on the turn and the on the river for Brewer to pick up the pot with the for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Brewer	3,400,000 340,000	340,000

Phil Ivey	1,600,000 -50,000	-50,000

Mikita Badziakouski	1,450,000 -70,000	-70,000

08-24-2021 00:27 UTC+3

Bubble Time

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 0/0, 15,000 ante

Danny Tang just busted to get the tournament down to the hand-for-hand stage as this is the bubble now. The tournament clock has been paused with just over 7 minutes left in this level. Two minutes will be taken off the clock for each hand of hand-for-hand play.