Timothy Adams Wins Back-to-Back Super High Roller Bowl Titles and $3,600,000

Timothy Adams has won his second Super High Roller Bowl ring and $3,600,000 in the $250,000 Main Event in Sochi, seeing off a 40-strong field replete with players at the top of their game. His last opponent, Christoph Vogelsang, was also gunning to become a two-time SHRB champion, but after

Mikita Badziakouski Gets His Sweat but Still Eliminated in 3rd ($1,600,000)

Three-handed play is over almost before it got going. Down to just 10 big blinds, Mikita Badziakouski picked up [AcQh] in the big blind. Timothy Adams folded, and small blind (chip leader) Christoph Vogelsang paused, still and silent, for around 20 seconds, before setting his opponent all in with [Jh3s].

Badziakouski Now the Short Stack

Having lost a pot of over a million chips to Timothy Adams (calling pre and on a [4sad7s] flop with [kh7h] before giving up on a [6c] turn when Adams bet 600,000 (with [As9d], as it happened)), Mikita Badziakouski has dropped in chips to 13 big blinds.

Final Table Still Four-Handed, Little Between the Stacks

The final four players are oscillating between being bunched tightly in chips and having one player stretch a slim lead; they're evenly matched in experience, skill and, so far, help from the deck. With the blinds creeping up, however, it would only take one big match-up to end the dreams

Vogelsang Check-Calls His Way to a Big Pot

First to act, Christoph Vogelsang raised to 175,000 with [Ahkd]. Button Mikita Badziakouski flatted with [Jd9d]. Heads up to a [KcTh4d] flop, though it was Vogelsang who'd hit top pair, it was Badziakouski who took over betting. Vogelsang called his 175,000 flop bet, and his 525,000 bet on the [7s] turn,

Adams Continues to Chip Up

Timothy Adams took a sizeable pot from Mikita Badziakouski (along with a few smaller pots), seeing a [4cAc6h] flop from the big blind with [Ah8h]; Badziakouski on the button had raised preflop with [Kc3c] to 130,000. Something for both of them: Adams check-called a 100,000 bet from Badziakouski here to

Vogelsang Wins Last Hand Pre Break

Christoph Vogelsang raised his button with [KdJs] to 130,000, called by both blinds. Small blind Ben Heath, with [thjh], and big blind Timothy Adams, with [4c4h], checked the [Kh6dad] flop to Vogelsang, who bet 120,000, Heath alone calling. The turn paired the board with the [6s], no bet. The [4s] on

Badziakouski Still Ahead (Flopping Full Houses Doesn’t Hurt)

Mikita Badziakouski raised in the cutoff to 135,000 with [7c7s], called by small blind Ben Heath with [Adts], flopping sevens full of eights. He led out for 125,000 and Heath made the call. After the turn, the board stood [7h8s8h3d]. Badziakouski bet out 375,000 and the hand went no further.

Vogelsang Gives Up to Badziakouski River Pressure

A big river move with ace-high from Mikita Badziakouski has stopped Christoph Vogelsang from running away with the lead (the German having added to his stack with some creative play recently, including setting Ben Heath all in on the river of a [9xjx9xjxjx] board for 2,000,000 with [8c6h], Heath folding

Adams Loses “Pair vs. Better Pair”

It seems that all four remaining finalists have now spent some time at both the top and the bottom of the chip counts, tested both as a short stack and with the power of chips behind them. It's Timothy Adams' turn to bring up the rear stackwise, after a pot against