Earlier this year, partypoker Ambassador Sam Trickett gave us some of his advice when it comes to play high stakes poker.
Trickett, who most notably finished second to Antonio Esfandiari in the inaugural $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop for $10,112,001, sits with more than $20m in lifetime earnings and has a handful of top tips when it comes to playing in these big buy-in tournaments and high stakes cash games.
The first time the Super High Roller Bowl was held outside of Las Vegas was in March 2018, with Justin Bonomo winning $4.8m after defeating Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius heads-up.
The tournament was held at the Babylon Casino, Macau and attracted a field of 75 players - the biggest to-date in a Super High Roller Bowl-branded tournament.
Read the full Super High Roller Bowl China Recap!
| Position | Player | Country | Prize in US$ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Bonomo | United States | $4,821,516 |
| 2 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | $3,152,434 |
| 3 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | $2,039,806 |
| 4 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | $1,668,932 |
| 5 | Bryn Kenney | United States | $1,483,495 |
| 6 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | $1,298,058 |
| 7 | David Peters | United States | $1,112,621 |
In June 2017, Christoph Vogelsang became the second German in two years to win the Super High Roller Bowl, winning $6,000,000 after topping a 56-player field.
He defeated Jake Schindler heads-up at a final table featuring Justin Bonomo and Leon Tsoukernik.
Click here for a full recap of the Super High Roller Bowl III
| Place | Player | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christoph Vogelsang | $6,000,000 |
| 2 | Jake Schindler | $3,600,000 |
| 3 | Stefan Schillhabel | $2,400,000 |
| 4 | Leon Tsoukernik | $1,800,000 |
| 5 | Byron Kaverman | $1,400,000 |
| 6 | Pratyush Buddiga | $1,000,000 |
| 7 | Justin Bonomo | $600,000 |
Viktor Blom was recently the subject of our "SHRB Player to Watch" feature and has just taken his seat in the SHRB Online.
Also joining is partypoker Ambassador Jason Koon who spoke to PokerNews about how excited he was about the tournament.
This brings the total number of entrants up to 11.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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Rainer Kempe defeated Fedor Holz heads-up in a star-studded second iteration of the Super High Roller Bowl in June 2016.
Kempe and Holz finished ahead of poker legends Erik Seidel and Phil Hellmuth.
Click here for a full recap of the second Super High Roller Bowl
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | $5,000,000 |
| 2 | Fedor Holz | Germany | $3,500,000 |
| 3 | Erik Seidel | USA | $2,400,000 |
| 4 | Phil Hellmuth | USA | $1,600,000 |
| 5 | Matt Berkey | USA | $1,100,000 |
| 6 | Bryn Kenney | USA | $800,000 |
| 7 | Dan Shak | USA | $600,000 |
The board was 
with 83,400 chips in the middle. Pavel Veksler checked to Hossein Ensan who bet 68,000.
Veksler went into his time bank but eventually called, only for Ensan to show a flush and scoop the pot, becoming the first player over 400,000 in chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
418,000
111,000
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111,000 |
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188,000
-112,000
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-112,000 |
The first Super High Roller Bowl saw the biggest first prize in its history as the $500,000 buy-in tournament first took place. Brian Rast was the inaugural champion after defeating Scott Seiver heads-up.
It took ten hours on the final day, but eventually the inaugural champion was crowned.
Click here for a full recap of the inaugural Super High Roller Bowl
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Rast | $7,525,000 |
| 2 | Scott Seiver | $5,160,000 |
| 3 | Connor Drinan | $3,225,000 |
| 4 | Timofey Kuznetsov | $2,150,000 |
| 5 | David Peters | $1,505,000 |
| 6 | Tom Marchese | $1,075,000 |
| 7 | Erik Seidel | $860,000 |
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There was already 130,000 chips in the middle as the turn was dealt on a 
board. David Peters checked and Mikita Badziakouski bet 67,000. Peters called.
The pair checked the 
river and Peters shows d
for trip tens and took down the pot.
He moved up above 570,000 in chips an into the overall chip lead ahead of Hossein Ensan.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
573,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
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358,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
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291,000
-24,000
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-24,000 |
|
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289,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
|
228,000
-79,000
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-79,000 |
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227,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
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124,000
-79,000
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-79,000 |
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A full board of 
was out between Sergi Reixach and Stephen Chidwick.
With 165,000 in the middle, Chidwick bet 123,000 leaving himself 70,000 in chips behind. Reixach shoved for 335,000 and Chidwick called it off.
The Brit showed 
for trip aces, but Reixach held for a full house and eliminated Chidwick.
This moves Reixach into the chip lead ahead of David Peters, Alex Foxen and Hossein Ensan.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
694,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
453,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
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|
323,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
290,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
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272,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
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|
83,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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