button in SafariBiggest Buy-In of the Summer Starts Today With Event #41: $250,000 Super High Roller
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Today sees the start of the biggest buy-in of the year with Event #41: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. The quarter-of-a-million buy-in event should draw poker's elite and a few members of the business world.
📌 Event Snapshot
- Event: #41 – $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
- Date(s): June 13–15, 2026
- Time: 12:00 p.m. local time
- Buy-In: $250,000
- Format: No-Limit Hold’em
- Late Registration: Open until the end of Level 10 (approx. 2:15 p.m. on Day 2)
- Reentry: One reentry
- Starting Stack: 1,500,000 chips
- Levels: 60 minutes
- 2025 Winner: Seth Davies ($4,752,551)
- 2025 Field Size: 63 entries
- 2025 Prize Pool: $15,584,625
Action will kick off today at noon local time and will play eight levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Blinds will begin at 3,000/5,000/5,000 with starting stacks of 1,500,000.
Levels will last for 60 minutes in duration throughout the event and late registration will remain open through Level 10 and will close around 2:15 p.m. on Day 2.
The three-day event will play to a winner on June 15 at a to-be-determined time.
The defending champion of this event is American high-stakes pro Seth Davies, who had a career year in 2025 that he used to launch a social media channel.
Other winners of this event include India's Santhosh Suvarna, American pros Chris Brewer and Alex Foxen and Spanish end-boss Adrian Mateos.
$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Winners
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | Seth Davies | United States | $4,752,551 |
| 2024 | 75 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | $5,415,152 |
| 2023 | 69 | Chris Brewer | United States | $5,293,556 |
| 2022 | 56 | Alex Foxen | United States | $4,563,700 |
| 2021 | 33 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | $3,265,362 |
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