Isaac Haxton Leads Final Table of Super High Roller Bowl V
After roughly 10 hours of play, Day 2 of the Super High Roller Bowl saw its field trimmed from 27 players down to its final table of seven. Those seven players are in the money, are guaranteed $540,000, and will come back on Wednesday at 1 p.m. to play down to a winner live on PokerGO.
Isaac Haxton is leading the pack and has the inside track to the $3.672 million first-place prize. The New York native who was featured on Pokerography on PokerGO dominated his table on the bubble to finish the day with 2,415,000. He won a ton of pots without showdown to steadily amass chips and pull away from the rest of the pack. When it was all said and done, Haxton just barely edged out his friend Stephen Chidwick for the chip lead.
The reigning U.S. Poker Open champion burst the bubble in the middle of level 15 to put a wrap on the second day of play. His pocket tens won a race against Mikita Badziakouski’s ace-king to eliminate the fellow pro on the bubble. Badziakouski’s elimination at the end of the day guaranteed the final seven players at least a $540,000 cash. Along with bursting the bubble, Chidwick eliminated Daniel Negreanu in ninth to send the tournament to hand-for-hand play. Chidwick three-bet bluff a six-high flop with nine-ten off-suit and turned a nine. They got all in on the turn and Negreanu showed pocket sevens to bust a couple spots shy of the money.
Chidwick is looking to score his second major high-roller title of the year after winning the U.S. Poker Open last February. Chidwick cashed in five of the eight events and won two of them.
The British pro isn’t the only player looking to score a second major title of the year. At just 23-years-old, Ali Imsirovic got his first taste of playing against the game’s best earlier this year when he won the Poker Masters Purple Jacket. He cashed for over $1.288 million over the seven events just a few months ago. He will start the final table of the Super High Roller Bowl as the short stack.
Igor Kurganov and Alex Foxen are bunched together in the middle of the counts, while Adrian Mateos and Talal Shakerchi join Imsirovic at the bottom of the counts.
Foxen jumped out to a huge chip lead in the middle of the day after eliminating Sean Winter, Nick Petrangelo, and Justin Bonomo in short succession. The hand versus Winter was crucial as Foxen hit a winning straight on the river versus the set of his opponent. Check out the hand and Foxen’s analysis in the player below.
During the following two eliminations, Foxen held pocket kings. Foxen flopped a full house, but Petrangelo rivered a smaller one. Bonomo four-bet shoved with ace-four of hearts and ran into Foxen’s cowboys. That gave Foxen a huge lead, but he fell back down into the middle of the pack as the day neared a close.
Here is a look at the seat draw for Wednesday’s final table:
| Super High Roller Bowl V Final Table | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Ali Imsirovic | United States | 875,000 |
| 2 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 2,405,000 |
| 3 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 2,415,000 |
| 4 | Igor Kurganov | Russia | 1,550,000 |
| 5 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 995,000 |
| 6 | Alex Foxen | United States | 1,590,000 |
| 7 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 975,000 |
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Super High Roller Bowl V Final Table Line-Up
Seat 1: Ali Imsirovic – 875,000
Seat 2: Stephen Chidwick – 2,405,000
Seat 3: Isaac Haxton – 2,415,000
Seat 4: Igor Kurganov – 1,550,000
Seat 5: Talal Shakerchi – 995,000
Seat 6: Alex Foxen – 1,590,000
Seat 7: Adrian Mateos – 975,000
Mikita Badziakouski Bubbles Super High Roller Bowl V Final Table
(from the PokerGO Live Stream)
From under the gun, Mikita Badziakouski raised to 40,000, and from the big blind, Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 150,000.
Badziakouski cut down his remaining chips, and then moved all in for 625,000. Chidwick looked back at his hole cards and then tossed in a chip to signify a call.
Chidwick: [ts][th]
Badziakouski: [ac][kd]
With Badziakouski at-risk and flipping for his tournament life, the dealer spread a [7c][8s][7h] flop to further Chidwick’s advantage.
The turn of the [3c] saw Badziakouski down to his last chance at finding an ace or king to stay alive, but when the dealer burned and turned the [2s] on the river, Badziakouski was eliminated on the bubble of the Super High Roller Bowl V final table.
Isaac Haxton Continues to Chip Up
Alex Foxen raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Ali Imsirovic called on the button. Isaac Haxton three-bet to 185,000 out of the small blind and only Foxen called.
They went heads-up to a flop of [8d][8s][6h]. Haxton checked and Foxen bet 135,000 and Haxton check-raised to 345,000. Foxen immediately folded and Haxton extended his chip lead.
Alex Foxen Wins Battle of the Blinds
Alex Foxen raised to 55,000 from the small blind and Ali Imsirovic called in the big.
The flop landed [ac][jh][4h] and Foxen continued for 45,000. Imsirovic popped it up to 130,000, and Foxen called.
The [tc] and [4s] checked through on the turn and river, and Foxen tabled his [qs][jc] and Imsirovic mucked.
Isaac Haxton Moves Into the Chip Lead
Isaac Haxton raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Ali Imsirovic defended his big blind. The flop was [qs][2c][2d] and Imsirovic checked.
Haxton bet 30,000 and Imsirovic check-raised to 80,000. Haxton three-bet to 150,000 and Imsirovic called.
The turn was the [kd] and Imsirovic checked. Haxton bet 300,000 and Imsirovic called. The river was the [ad] and both players checked.
Imsirovic turned over [ax][qx], but Haxton won the pot with [ah][kh]. Haxton won the pot and took over the chip lead.
Chip Counts on Break
The players are taking a quick break to conduct a color-up of the yellow 1,000-denomination chips.
Ali Imsirovic Gets More from Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos raised to 27,000 from under the gun and Ali Imsirovic three-bet to 100,000 out of the small blind. Mateos called and the flop was [9s][6d][4d].
Imsirovic checked and Mateos bet 115,000. Imsirovic called. The turn was the [4c] and Imsirovic checked again. Mateos bet 268,000 and Imsirovic called again.
The river was the [kd] and Imsirovic checked again. Mateos checked behind and Imsirovic tabled [js][jc]. Mateos mucked his hand and Imsirovic took the pot.
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