$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl | 2016 Super High Roller Bowl

06-01-2016 17:17 UTC-8

Matt Berkey Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,100,000)

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Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Matt Berkey limped from the button, and Rainer Kempe made it 205,000 on his left. Berkey came back with an all-in shove for 1.3 million, and Kempe called.

Kempe:
Berkey:

The sweat looked like it would be a short one as the flop gave Kempe a set, but the turn opened up runner-runner possibilities. A river improved Kempe to a boat though, and Berkey was done in fifth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	8,370,000 1,675,000	1,675,000
Matt Berkey	Busted

Tags: Matt Berkey Rainer Kempe

06-01-2016 17:11 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	6,695,000
Fedor Holz	3,250,000 150,000	150,000

Phil Hellmuth	2,180,000

Matt Berkey	1,605,000
Erik Seidel	1,120,000

Bryn Kenney Eliminated in 6th Place ($800,000)

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Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Bryn Kenney open-jammed the button for 1.3 million and Fedor Holz called from the small blind.

Kenney had a pair, but his was well behind Holz' . Kenney turned a gutshot on the board, but the was no good and he was eliminated in sixth, as Holz climbed up to second on the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	3,100,000 1,070,000	1,070,000

Bryn Kenney	Busted

Tags: Bryn Kenney Fedor Holz

06-01-2016 16:53 UTC-8

Berkey Doubles Through Kenney

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Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Matt Berkey defended his big blind from a raise to 135,000 from Bryn Kenney, who was second to act preflop. The flop came , and Berkey checked. Kenney bet 145,000 and then snap-called when Berkey moved in for 695,000.

Berkey:
Kenney:

Berkey's club draw got there right away on the turn, and the fell on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Berkey	1,685,000 715,000	715,000
Bryn Kenney	1,250,000 -835,000	-835,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Matt Berkey

06-01-2016 16:43 UTC-8

Seidel Gets Active

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Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Erik Seidel currently sits at the bottom of the leader board, but he's doing everything he can to get out of the cellar.

First, he open-shoved under the gun and picked up the blinds and antes. Then, after folding his big blind to a Bryn Kenney raise, he shoved the small blind over the top of a Fedor Holz open to 140,000 on the button.

Holz folded and Seidel continued to tread water, now on

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	985,000 -135,000	-135,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Erik Seidel Fedor Holz

06-01-2016 16:37 UTC-8

Berkey Uses a Time Extension Preflop

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Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded to Matt Berkey on the button, and he tanked awhile, counting his stack in the process. Eventually, he threw a time extension in and then decided to just limp in for 60,000. Rainer Kempe completed the blind, and Bryn Kenney checked. Action checked to Berkey on the flop, and he moved all in, getting two quick folds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Berkey	970,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Matt Berkey Rainer Kempe

06-01-2016 16:19 UTC-8

Dan Shak Eliminated in 7th Place ($600,000)

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Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

One hand after he and Phil Hellmuth lost a pot to chip leader Rainer Kempe, shaking things up on the leader board once again, Dan Shak got his last 530,000 in the middle over the top of a Fedor Holz 140,000-chip open.

Holz made what appeared to be a reluctant call with the and was actually ahead of Shak's .

Holz held the lead through the board to the turn, and even thought the river made Shak a pair, it wasn't the pair he wanted. Holz made a straight to take the pot and eliminate Shak from the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl in seventh place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	7,020,000 1,120,000	1,120,000
Fedor Holz	2,030,000 320,000	320,000

Phil Hellmuth	1,870,000 -490,000	-490,000

Dan Shak	Busted

Tags: Dan Shak Fedor Holz Phil Hellmuth Rainer Kempe

06-01-2016 16:08 UTC-8

Final Table Photos

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Take a look at some photos from the final table of the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl. Photos are credited to Joe Giron of PokerPhotoArchive.com.

Level: 21

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

06-01-2016 16:03 UTC-8

Hellmuth Climbs The Counts

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Level 20 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Dan Shak made it 150,000 and Phil Hellmuth called in position. The flop came and Shak continued for 200,000.

Hellmuth almost beat him to the pot pushing all in for 775,000 more and Shak made the call.

It was Hellmuth on the and Shak holding the . The turn came the , giving Hellmuth a set, but Shak still had four outs to a straight. The river wasn't one of them, however, and as Hellmuth suddenly moved into second on the leader board, Shak fell near the bottom.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	2,360,000 1,455,000	1,455,000

Dan Shak	960,000 -905,000	-905,000

Tags: Dan Shak Phil Hellmuth