Dan Cates Doubles Through Rick Salomon
On the turn with the board reading [kd][qc][7d][3c], Dan Cates checked from the big blind and Rick Salomon bet 10,000 from under the gun. Dan Smith called from early position and Cates check-raised to 52,000. Salomon and Smith both called.
The river was the [6h] and Cates moved all in for 130,000. Salomon called and Smith folded. Cates showed [kc][7h] and Salomon mucked his hand.
The Hand of the Day: Daniel Negreanu vs Mikita Badziakouski
The style Negreanu played on Day 1 contradicted his approach during the Super High Roller Bowl in which he finished second to Justin Bonomo, as his focus back then seemed to be largely on GTO optimal decisions. The Canadian Poker Hall of Fame member, however, thinks that the talking doesn’t take away from his decision making.
In the hand he played on the PokerGO stream during yesterday’s action, Negreanu pulled an old-school fold out of his that will be talked about for many years to come. Negreanu himself called it, “Perhaps the best fold I’ve ever made,” so watch the video below to hear his full analysis of the action.
After play ended, Negreanu said the following on how it felt to get back to his old talkative ways after a finishing second in the Super High Roller Bowl earlier this year during which he was largely quiet.
“Things worked way better than I could’ve possibly expected,” Negreanu said with a big smile.
“I think I put people in a lot of uncomfortable spots by talking to them while they’re trying to think and figure out what to do. They were trying to read the information that I was giving them, but what I was giving them was all very conflicting.”
Relive the entire Day 1 of Super High Roller Bowl V right here on PokerGO as Day 2 coverage is set to get underway at 6:00 pm ET.
Day 1 in Photos
Poker Central’s photographer Drew Amato provides the event with photos, and every day in Through the Lens of Drew you get to relive the biggest moments of the day. Click the link to see his favorite images, of which the picture below is one.
Delayed Updates
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Day 2: Shuffle Up and Deal
The cards are now in the air for Day 2 of Super High Roller Bowl V.
There will be one level remaining for players to use their remaining add on chips. After the level, there will be a break so that the add on’s can be completed and the time banks can be reset. There will be a re-draw too to coincide with tournament parameters originally outlined on the structure sheet.
While You Wait: Phil Galfond on Heads Up with Remko
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The final 27 players on Day 2 of Super High Roller Bowl V will return today at 5 p.m. ET to play down to the final table. Poker Central will have live updates right here and you can watch the action using your PokerGO subscription.
Rick Salomon Headlines Day 2 of Super High Roller Bowl V; Imsirovic, Negreanu, Chidwick Contending
Welcome back to the ARIA Resort & Casino and the PokerGO Studio for Day 2 of the $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl V.
The fifth edition of the Super High Roll Bowl saw a 36-player field take a seat on Monday where the prize pool eclipsed $10 million and first prize would be set at $3,672,000 along with the coveted Super High Roller Bowl ring and title of Super High Roller Bowl V Champion joining previous winners Brian Rast (2015), Rainer Kempe (2016), Christoph Vogelsang (2017), and Justin Bonomo (2018).
Unfortunately Kempe and Vogelsang found themselves on the rail along with 2017 Poker Masters Purple Jacket winner Steffen Sontheimer, 2017 Super High Roller Bowl runner-up Jake Schindler, Super High Roller Bowl V Satellite winner Dominik Nitsche, Poker Central founder Cary Katz, and high roller regulars Bill Klein and Ben Yu. With just 27 players bagging their chips in the early hours of Tuesday morning, it would be Rick Salomon collecting the chip lead as he finished with 806,000 in chips; more then double the average stack. Salomon was the only player to instantly use his two add on chips at the start of the day. That decision and some aggressive play has him in the drivers seat heading into Day 2.
On Salomon’s heels include three players that have had immense success in these high roller tournaments. Ali Imsirovic won the 2018 Poker Masters Purple Jacket and is looking to add a ring to his trophy case as he finished with 661,000. Behind him is 2018 Super High Roller Bowl runner-up Daniel Negreanu who ended with 623,000 and can easily attribute a huge river fold to Mikita Badziakouski as a potential catapult to his end-of-day finish. Sitting in fourth overall is U.S. Poker Open Champion Stephen Chidwick who was the shortest stack in the final level, but after winning two big hands against aces, he ended with 553,000.
Super High Roller Bowl V Top Ten Chip Counts
1. Rick Salomon – 806,000
2. Ali Imsirovic – 661,000
3. Daniel Negreanu – 623,000
4. Stephen Chidwick – 553,000
5. Nick Petrangelo – 460,000
6. Seth Davies – 445,000
7. Adrian Mateos – 378,000
8. Bryn Kenney – 371,000
9. David Peters – 344,000
10. Sean Winter – 339,000
Following a tweak in the structure on Day 1, players will have one more level to use their add on chips. Following this level, time banks will also be reset as Tournament Director Paul Campbell made the decision to alter the plan for the day, but not the tournament parameters.
Day 2 will be nine 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break after two levels or until the final table of seven players is reached.
The cards are expected to be in the air for the Super High Roller Bowl V at 5 p.m. ET with the Poker Central team providing continuous live updates to coincide with the exclusive live stream available on PokerGO which will begin at 6 p.m. ET.
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Rick Salomon Leads 27 Day 1 Super High Roller Bowl Survivors
Rick Salomon was a last-minute addition to the Super High Roller Bowl V field. The prominent Hollywood figure turned high-stakes poker player was the 36th and final player to enter, as well as the only player to use his two add-on chips at the start of the day to start with 300,000. His decisions worked out perfectly for him as he finished Day 1 of the Super High Roller Bowl with the chip lead.
Salomon finished the day with 806,000 in chips and leads the 27 players that made it through the eight, 60-minute levels. The day was scheduled for nine levels of play, but after cards got in the air an hour late, the staff decided to cut the day short by one level. The structure of the tournament will not change, however, as the players will keep all of their time extensions and add-on chips until the end of level 9.
Ali Imsirovic (661,000), Daniel Negreanu (623,000) and Stephen Chidwick (553,000) round out the day’s top chip counts. Imsirovic used a late surge and a courageous bluff with queen-high against Chidwick to move up the counts. Both Imsirovic and Negreanu both have two more add-on chips remaining, while Chidwick and Salomon have used both of their extra add-on chips already and will have no do-overs for the one level that players are still eligible to use them tomorrow.
Negreanu finished third in chips, but nobody will be talking about how he got them. The day’s highlight was centered around Negreanu’s amazing fold against Mikita Badziakouski on the featured table, which was streamed on PokerGO. Negreanu turned the nut straight, which gave Badziakouski top set. Badziakouski filled up on the river and Negreanu check-folded to a single bet. Negreanu will look to use the momentum from his strong Day 1 finish to use Day 2 to propel him towards another deep run in the event after a runner-up finish in this same event last May.
Heading into the last level of the night, Chidwick was one of the shorter stacks remaining in the field, but after cracking aces twice in the final level, he was contending with Salomon for the chip lead. He was all in for his last 60,000 with no add-on chips remaining with [qd][jd] against Dan Cates’ pocket aces. Chidwick flopped a queen and rivered a jack to stay double up and stay alive.
The British pro continued to chip up and nearly doubled his stack again when he was all in against Alex Foxen. He was up against pocket aces again, but this time he was holding pocket jacks. Chidwick spiked a jack and was immediately near the top of the counts.
The 36-player field was trimmed down to just 27 over the course of the day, which meant nine players were not going to be able to take a piece of the $10.8 million prize pool home.
Steffen Sontheimer, one of the world’s best no-limit hold’em players got off to a very slow start and was one of the shortest stacks early on. After using both of his add-on chips, he was all in with king-queen against Justin Bonomo’s ace-deuce. Bonomo flopped an ace and gave Sontheimer an early exit.
Giuseppe Iadisernia followed Sontheimer out the door soon after. He was all in with the nut flush draw against Bryn Kenney’s top pair. There was no heart on the turn or the river and Iadisernia was out shortly after Sontheimer.
Jake Schindler had one of poker’s most unfortunate coolers when he ran his pocket kings into Dan Smith’s pocket aces. Schindler was the first American casualty of the day’s action and was out in level 4.
Christoph Vogelsang, the 2017 champion of this event, won’t be making an appearance on Day 2. It’s almost entirely because of his clashes with David Peters. Vogelsang ran a bluff with queen-eight suited against Peters’ pocket aces. That cost him his second add-on and then Peters got the rest of the chips when Vogelsang flopped a pair and a flush draw with the same queen-eight of spades. He couldn’t improve against Peters’ top pair and he was eliminated.
Ben Yu and Dominik Nitsche busted in level 7. Yu was all in with ace-10 against Seth Davies’ king-queen. A queen on the flop cemented Yu’s fate and he was out. Nitsche shoved blind vs. blind on Dan Smith with 10-six of diamonds but ran into Smith’s ace-10.
In the final level of the day, Bill Klein and Cary Katz busted. Klein lost a flip to Salomon and Katz moved all in with a straight draw against Fedor Holz’s top set. They were both eliminated with just a few minutes left in the day.
The final 27 players will return on Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET to play down to the final table. Poker Central will have live updates right here and you can watch the action using your PokerGO subscription.
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