3 PM Start for the WSOPE €25,500 Super High Roller
At 3 PM local time, Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller with a guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000 will kick off in the beautiful King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The defending champion, Niall Farrell conquered a 113-strong field last year to claim his biggest live cash ever, worth €745,287!
The Scotsman went on another deep run after the win by finishing 5th in the WSOPE Main Event and has been racking up one cash after another and doesn’t look to be slowing down any time soon. Farrell defeated Benjamin Pollak last year and Pollak is expected to show up again to see if he can do one better this year.
The other players who made it to last year’s final table were Claas Segebrecht, Ryan Riess, Sylvain Loosli, Andrew Leathem, Stefan Schillhabel, Antoine Saout, Ole Schemion. Riess and Loosli have been spotted in the casino already, who knows if the others will show up again.
Rainer Kempe, Martin Kabrhel, Paul Phua, Will Givens, Chin Wei Lim, Anthony Zinno, Seng Yee Leow, Shaun Deeb, Richard Yong, Alex Foxen, Dietrich Fast, James Chen, Orpen Kisacikoglu, Adrian Mateos, Steffen Sontheimer, Wai Leong Chan, Aymon Hata, Mikita Badziakouski, Manig Loeser, and Julian Thomas are just some of the many well-known players that are expected to jump into the Super High Roller.
Players will receive 1,000,000 in chips for their buy-in and an unlimited amount of reentries can be done. The late registration and reentry period will remain open until the start of Day 2, 2 PM local time on Thursday, October 25. Fourteen levels of play of 40 minutes each are scheduled for today with a 20-minute break after every three levels. A 60-minute dinner break is going to take place after Level 6 at approximately 7:15 PM.
Day 1 Schedule
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 1,000 | 3,000 | - |
| 2 | 40 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 3 | 40 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 3,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 5 | 40 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 6 | 40 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Break | 60 | |||
| 7 | 40 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 8 | 40 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 9 | 40 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 10 | 40 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 11 | 40 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 |
| 12 | 40 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 13 | 40 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 14 | 40 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Make sure to follow all the Super High Roller action right here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the updates from the floor.
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was already spread across the table with Michael Soyza and Joao Vieira heads-up in the pot. Soyza checked from the blinds and Vieira shipped all in for a little over 400,000 in the cutoff. 
for a flush while Soyza held 
for only one pair. Vieira scored the double up and Soyza was left with a little over 30,000 after the hand.
with over 100,000 in the middle already. After a series of raises, the two players got all of the chips in the middle with Thorel being the player at risk for 925,000.
which changed nothing and the 
on the river only improved Thorel to a set of aces.
. Bicknell led out for 70,000 and only Becker called.
and Bicknell checked this time. Becker seized the opportunity to bet 125,000 but Bicknell still called. The river was the 
and Bicknell checked one more time. Becker reached back for a bet of 465,000 and Bicknell went into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Bicknell eventually made the call and Becker showed jack-high. Bicknell turned over 
and was awarded the pot.
while Desset turned over 
as he walked away from the table.
to give Chen a full house and Schillhabel was drawing dead. 
completed the board. 
and Sontheimer flopped a set of sixes against Aido's straight draw. The turn was the 
. Neither player held a spade in their hand and Sontheimer took down the pot.
landed on the turn and Bicknell checked from middle position. Tariq fired out a bet of 350,000 in the cutoff and Bicknell called.
against Manig Loeser with 
. Bicknell spiked a king on the flop and held on for a triple up.
with around 300,000 in the middle. 
on the river wasn't that as he was eliminated for now.