The Super High Roller Bowl is a recurring high stakes No-Limit Hold'em poker tournament that takes place at venues across the world.
The first edition of the event was held in July 2015 and featured a $500,000 buy-in, drawing a field of 43 players.
Brian Rast
Brian Rast (born November 8, 1981) is a professional poker player living in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Early personal life
Rast was born in Denver, Colorado but raised in Poway, California, where he graduated as valedictorian from Poway High School in ...
won the inaugural tournament, earning $7,525,000. For its second year, the tournament was moved to May and the buy-in was lowered to $300,000. Entries increased to 49 and
Rainer Kempe captured the first prize of $5,000,000. The third year would attract 56 entrants as
Christoph Vogelsang defeated
Jake Schindler to win the $6,000,000 first-place prize, and ensure back-to-back titles for Germany.
There would be three Super High Roller Bowls held during 2018, and in March, the first international stop of the series would take in place at the Babylon Casino in
Macau, China
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Justin Bonomo
Justin Bonomo (born September 30, 1985) (known online as ZeeJustin) is an American high-stakes professional poker player, and a former ''Magic the Gathering'' competitor. He became the youngest player to be featured at a televised final table on ...
defeated
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Patrik Antonius (born 13 December 1980) is a Finnish professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo. Antonius was mentored by poker pro Marcel Lüske as a member of ...
and the 75-entrant field to win the HK$37,830,000 (~$4,823,077) first-place prize. In May, 48-entrants would play Super High Roller Bowl 2018, and Bonomo would become the first back-to-back champion when he defeated
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu (; born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles. In 2014, independent poker ranking service Global Poker Ind ...
heads-up to win the $5 million first-place prize. The fifth installment of the Super High Roller Bowl would take place in December as
Isaac Haxton topped the 36-entrant field, and
Alex Foxen
William Alex Foxen (born February 1, 1991) is an American poker player from Huntington, New York.
Foxen attended Boston College, where he played tight end on the school's football team. In 2012, at the age of 21, he won the first World Series ...
heads-up, to win the $3,672,000 first-place prize.
The Super High Roller Bowl expanded to four new countries beginning in 2019 with the Aspers Casino in Stratford, England hosting Super High Roller Bowl London.
Cary Katz
Cary Steven Katz (born January 29, 1970) is an American businessman and poker player.
Career
Katz graduated from University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. In 1999, he founded the College Loan Corporation, where ...
topped the 12-entrant field to win the £2,100,000 (~$2,610,317) first-place prize. In November,
Baha Mar Casino in
The Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
hosted Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas, and attracted 51 entrants.
Daniel Dvoress defeated Wai Leong Chan to win the $4,080,000 first-place prize.
In February 2020,
The Star Gold Coast
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hosted 16 entrants for Super High Roller Bowl Australia as
Timothy Adams captured the AU$2,150,000 (~$1,446,112) first-place prize. Adams would become the second player to win back-to-back Super High Roller Bowl titles when in March 2020 he won Super High Roller Bowl Russia for $3,600,000 after defeating Vogelsang heads-up to top the 40-entrant field.
In June 2020, the first online Super High Roller Bowl would be held on partypoker and be a $102,000 buy-in. Justin Bonomo won his third Super High Roller Bowl title after he defeated Michael Addamo heads-up, and topped the 50-entrant field to win the $1,775,000 first-place prize.
The Super High Roller Bowl made its debut at the Merit Royal Hotel Casino & Spa in
North Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recog ...
in August 2021. The buy-in was $250,000 and it attracted 41 entrants as
Wiktor Malinowski
Wiktor Malinowski (born 2 August 1994) is a Polish professional poker player who focuses on mid to high stakes online no limit hold 'em (NLHE) cash games. He transitioned to the live poker tournament scene in 2019. He formerly played handball ...
defeated Ivan Leow heads-up to win the $3,690,000 first-place prize. In September, Super High Roller Bowl VI was held inside the
PokerGO Studio and attracted 21 players as Michael Addamo denied
Justin Bonomo
Justin Bonomo (born September 30, 1985) (known online as ZeeJustin) is an American high-stakes professional poker player, and a former ''Magic the Gathering'' competitor. He became the youngest player to be featured at a televised final table on ...
his fourth Super High Roller Bowl title to collect the $3,402,000 first-place prize.
The Super High Roller Bowl returned to the Merit Royal Hotel Casino & Spa in
North Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recog ...
in April 2022 with a 32-entrant field creating a prize pool of $8,000,000.
Jake Schindler defeated
Paul Phua
Wei Seng "Paul" Phua (born 29 April 1964) is a Malaysian businessman and poker player. Phua is a casino VIP junket operator who regularly hosts high stakes gambling in Macau. Phua has been called "A Legend in the Gambling World" and the "World's ...
heads-up to win the $3,200,000 first-place prize. Super High Roller Bowl VII was held from inside the PokerGO Studio from October 5-7, 2022, with the 24 player field creating a prize pool of $7,200,000.
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu (; born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles. In 2014, independent poker ranking service Global Poker Ind ...
defeated
Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo (born January 2, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. He has won two World Series of Poker bracelets.
Poker career
Petrangelo plays online under the nickname caecilius. In December 2 ...
heads-up to win the $3,312,000 first-place prize; the largest win of his career and second biggest lifetime tournament score.
Footage from the tournaments including live streams and episodes can be found on
PokerGO
PokerGO is an over-the-top content platform based in Las Vegas, Nevada. PokerGO was launched in 2017 as a subscription-based streaming service offering poker centric online streaming.
The content offered on PokerGO includes poker tournaments, ...
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Tournaments
Results
Super High Roller Bowl I (2015)
* 3-Day Event: July 2–4
* Buy-in: $500,000
* Number of Entries: 43
* Total Prize Pool: $21,500,000
* Number of Payouts: 7
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl II (2016)
* 4-Day Event: May 29-June 1
* Buy-in: $300,000
* Number of Entries: 49
* Total Prize Pool: $15,000,000
* Number of Payouts: 7
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl III (2017)
* 5-Day Event: May 28-June 1
* Buy-in: $300,000
* Number of Entries: 56
* Total Prize Pool: $16,800,000
* Number of Payouts: 7
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl China (March 2018)
* 3-Day Event: March 20–22
* Buy-in: $267,637
* Number of Entries: 75
* Total Prize Pool: $18,542,370
* Number of Payouts: 11
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl IV (May 2018)
* 4-Day Event: May 27-30
* Buy-in: $300,000
* Number of Entries: 48
* Total Prize Pool: $14,400,000
* Number of Payouts: 7
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl V (December 2018)
* 3-Day Event: December 17-19
* Buy-in: $300,000
* Number of Entries: 36
* Total Prize Pool: $10,800,000
* Number of Payouts: 7
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl London (September 2019)
* 2-Day Event: September 13-14
* Buy-in: $312,650
* Number of Entries: 12
* Total Prize Pool: $3,729,024
* Number of Payouts: 2
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas (November 2019)
* 3-Day Event: November 16-18
* Buy-in: $250,000
* Number of Entries: 51
* Total Prize Pool: $12,750,000
* Number of Payouts: 8
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl Australia (February 2020)
* 2-Day Event: February 2-3
* Buy-in: $167,230
* Number of Entries: 16
* Total Prize Pool: $2,677,986
* Number of Payouts: 3
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl Russia (March 2020)
* 3-Day Event: March 13 - 15
* Buy-in: $250,000
* Number of Entries: 40
* Total Prize Pool: $10,000,000
* Number of Payouts: 6
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl Online (June 2020)
* 2-Day Event: June 1 - 2
* Buy-in: $102,000
* Number of Entries: 50
* Total Prize Pool: $5,000,000
* Number of Payouts: 7
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl Europe (August 2021)
* 3-Day Event: August 30-September 1
* Buy-in: $250,000
* Number of Entries: 41
* Total Prize Pool: $10,250,000
* Number of Payouts: 6
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl VI (September 2021)
* 3-Day Event: September 27-29
* Buy-in: $300,000
* Number of Entries: 21
* Total Prize Pool: $6,300,000
* Number of Payouts: 5
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl Europe (April 2022)
* 3-Day Event: April 13-15
* Buy-in: $250,000
* Number of Entries: 32
* Total Prize Pool: $8,000,000
* Number of Payouts: 5
* Winning Hand:
Super High Roller Bowl VII (October 2022)
* 3-Day Event: October 5-7
* Buy-in: $300,000
* Number of Entries: 24
* Total Prize Pool: $7,200,000
* Number of Payouts: 4
* Winning Hand:
References
External links
Official website
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Poker in Las Vegas
Poker television shows
Recurring events established in 2015