Phil Ivey Wins Super High Roller Bowl Europe Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck

Will Shillibier Managing Editor

Aug 24, 2021 3 min read

Phil Ivey Wins SHRB Europe Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck

Super High Roller Bowl Europe Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck Final Table Results
Final Table Recap
Still to Come at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe

Phil Ivey got his Super High Roller Bowl Europe festival off to the perfect start with victory in Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck for $408,000.

He topped a star-studded field of 48, and a final table featuring some of the biggest names in poker, before defeating Stephen Chidwick heads-up to secure victory and the $408,000 first prize.

It means that Ivey's last three tournament wins have now come in Short Deck events, after he won at the partypoker MILLIONS Sochi in March 2020, and at Triton SHRS Montenegro in Montenegro in May 2018.

Super High Roller Bowl Europe Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Country	Payout (USD)
1	Phil Ivey	United States	$408,000
2	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	$264,000
3	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	$180,000
4	Ihor Shkliaruk	Ukraine	$132,000
5	Chris Brewer	United States	$96,000
6	Santi	China	$72,000
7	Erik Seidel	United States	$48,000

Final Table Recap

Ivey came into the final table third in chips behind Chris Brewer and overnight chip leader Stephen Chidwick.

Erik Seidel was the table short stack, and he was eliminated by Ihor Shkliaruk when the nine-time bracelet winner ran queens into pocket aces.

Six-handed, it was Chidwick who remained in the lead, and he set the pace early as he shoved on and then eliminated Santi in sixth place.

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Play between the remaining five players would continue for around 90 minutes before the pivotal hand at this final table saw Ivey double into the chip lead. Mikita Badziakouski raised and Brewer shoved with ace-queen. Ivey re-shoved with pocket aces and Badziakouski eventually tank-folded and was left with fewer seven antes. Ivey doubled to leave Brewer short, and the former track star was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Badziakouski was also short with fewer than ten antes, but was the beneficiary of a pay jump as Shkliaruk was sent to the rail by Ivey. The partypoker Team Pro would double three more times in an attempt to get back into contention, but would be felled by the indomitable Ivey who took a 4:1 chip lead into heads-up play.

Ivey's chip lead never looked in doubt heads-up, and at the first time of asking he eliminated Chidwick to secure victory and the $408,000 first prize.

Still to Come at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe

There's still plenty of live coverage to come here on PokerNews from the Super High Roller Bowl Europe. Event #2: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em kicked off earlier today, and you can check out live updates by clicking here.

We will also be bringing you live updates on seven more events from the Merit Casino in Cyprus, including the $250,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Europe.

Date	Event
August 25-26, 2021	Event #3: $25,000 Short Deck Hold’em
August 26-27, 2021	Event #4: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em
August 27-28, 2021	Event #5: $50,000 Short Deck Hold’em
August 28-29, 2021	Event #6: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em
August 29-30, 2021	Event #7: $100,000 Short Deck Hold’em
August 30 - September 01, 2021	SHRB Europe $250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event
August 31 - September 01, 2021	Event #8: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em

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Will Shillibier Managing Editor

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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