Super High Roller Bowl Sells Out 35 Seats in a Day
The 2017 Super High Roller Bowl sold out in one day, according to an announcement from Poker Central and ARIA Resort & Casino.
As of Feb. 2, there were 35 seats available, along with the 15 reserved for ARIA (one for a celebrity player), a total of 50 seats. The bowl actually oversold. Fifty-four players placed deposits and ARIA held a randomized drawing, which aired on Poker Central’s Facebook as a Facebook Live video, on Feb. 3 to choose the players. The remaining 15 players will be chosen by ARIA.
“The lightning speed of The Super High Roller Bowl’s sellout confirms it’s now THE world championship of high-stakes poker,” said Joe Kakaty, president of Poker Central. “Every player wants to play in The Super High Roller Bowl.”
The prize pool is $15 million with a buy-in of $300,000, featuring seven-handed tables and capping it at 50 seats. The Bowl runs May 28-31 and has a $5 million first-place prize and zero rake.
Here are the confirmed players for the tournament:
| Christian Christner | Antonio Esfandiari | Igor Kurganov |
| Matt Berkey | Connor Drinan | Steffen Sontheimer |
| Jake Schindler | Pratyush Buddiga | Rainer Kempe |
| Sean Winter | John Juanda | Dominik Nitsche |
| Christoph Vogelsang | Stefan Schillhabel | Andrew Robl |
| Brian Rast | Bryn Kenney | Fedor Holz |
| David Peters | Jason Les | Ben Tollerene |
| Tom Marchese | Erik Seidel | Sam Soverel |
| Scott Seiver | Ankush Mandavia | David Einhorn |
| Nick Petrangelo | Haralabos Voulgaris | Isaac Haxton |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | Doug Polk | Ben Sulsky |
| Byron Kaverman | Koray Aldemir |
