HRW 18: $10,300 Super MILLION$ Main Event, $5M GTD
Dia 1 Começado
HRW 18: $10,300 Super MILLION$ Main Event, $5M GTD
Dia 1 Começado
Welcome to the Day 1 coverage of the HRW 18: $10,300 Super MILLION$ Main Event at GGPoker. The tournament kicks off at 6 p.m. GMT and boasts a massive $5 million guaranteed prize pool.
The GGPoker High Rollers Week, which featured a huge $22 million in guaranteed prizes across 20 events, is on its last legs with the final four events kicking off today including today's big Main Event.
The tournament will be played eight-handed throughout Day 1 with the eventual final table slated as a nine-max affair.
Players will begin the action with a 100,000 starting stack, good for 200 big blinds to begin the day. Blind levels will be 15-minutes long and there will be a six-minute break every 55-minutes past the hour.
All players will have until Level 20 to jump late register with unlimited re-entries available. Day 1 has no timeline set but will end once the final table of nine players has been hit. The final table will then kick off on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. GMT and play down to a winner.
Kyle Menard won the Super MILLION$ last week for $628,892 when the event guaranteed a $3 million guaranteed prize pool and is likely to be among the big names to enter today's action alongside GGPoker Ambassadors Fedor Holz and Felipe Ramos.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all of the action as the day unfolds, so stay tuned!
Nível: 1
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 60
The action has begun with 185 players to start things off.
Two-time heavyweight boxing champion Riddick Bowe is already battling out and is looking to prove he can also knock some players out in today's Main Event.
He has specifically called out Dan Bilzerian, who is also already in the field as well but currently sitting out.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Riddick Bowe
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Dan Bilzerian | 100,000 | 100,000 |
GGPoker Ambassadors Fedor Holz and Felipe Ramos are among those early in action along with the just mentioned Riddick Bowe and Dan Bilzerian.
Among the early entrants tagged as Influencers include 2013 WSOP Main Event Champion Ryan Riess, Mario Mosboeck, Rainer Kempe, Max Kruse, and Jason Quigley.
Meanwhile, poker streamers Stefan "S Schillhabel" Schillhabel and Ignacio "IgnaPoker" Molina are also in action.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Fedor Holz | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Felipe Ramos | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Ryan Riess
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Mario Mosboeck | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Rainer Kempe | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Max Kruse
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Jason Quigley
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Jinho "YellOw" Hong
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Riddick Bowe
|
100,000 | |
Stefan "S Schillhabel" Schillhabel
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Ignacio "IgnaPoker" Molina | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Amichai Barer opened the cutoff to 1,500 and was called by boxing legend Riddick Bowe in the big blind.
Bowe check-called the after Barer bet 2,875.
Bowe checked again after the came on the turn. Barer bet 6,890 before he called a raise to 13,780 by Bowe.
Bowe then fired out for 20,000 after the completed the board on the river and Barer called.
Bowe turned over and lost to Barer's flush who held .
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Amichai Barer
|
137,935 | 137,935 |
Riddick Bowe
|
70,175 | -29,825 |
The Main Event field has grown to 200 entrants. Late registration will open for a while (until 11:40 p.m. GMT) and players can re-enter an unlimited amount of times during this window.
The table closed fast but based on the chip stacks, Amichai Barer has ousted Riddick Bowe before the end of the first blind level.
We may see Bowe back later if he chooses to re-enter.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Amichai Barer
|
309,380 | 171,445 |
Riddick Bowe
|
Eliminado |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75