The Day 2 livestream of the WSOP $250K Super High Roller, the biggest buy-in event of the summer by far, was one of the most entertaining we’ve ever seen.
Both Daniel Negreanu and Martin Kabrhel added to the drama — the biggest player in the world in terms of star power and the livewire character who added the soundtrack to the normally studious high-roller scene.
Negreanu fell at the end, making the money but going out in 9th. Kabrhel made it to the official final table of eight but came in today with one of the shorter stacks.
It could have been so different. Negreanu could have won the 11 million flip with Alex Foxen and started today with one of the biggest stacks. Kabrhel might have chosen not to bet the river against David Peters in one of the hands of the summer and done the same. Instead, Peters pulled off a stunning bluff on the stone bubble and showed why these players can afford to drop $250,000 on a single tournament.
If you haven’t seen that hand, treat yourself before moving on.
$250K Super High Roller final table stacks
- Thomas Boivin: 28M
- Ben Tollerene: 15.5M
- Alex Foxen: 14.5M
- Seth Davies: 10.5M
- Bryn Kenney: 9.9M
- David Peters: 9.7M
- Martin Kabrhel: 3.7M
- Chris Brewer: 2.7M
The Kabrhel Show resumes
Today started off with a lot of noise from Kabrhel. He was wearing shades and didn’t seem in the best of moods. But, five minutes later, he was giving ‘Brynius’ as he calls Bryn Kenney — the all-time leading money winner — a shoulder massage. Welcome to Martin’s world.
That seemed to perk him up.
He asked the dealer to give him aces and promised to dance if he obliged. “I will dance on the table,” he said with a big smile. “How much penalty will they give me? If it’s just one round, I’ll do it. If you all give me a timebank, I’ll dance naked on the table. Oh yes, that’s got Brynius interested.”
Foxen had the timebank in his hand.
The decision had been made not to stream the first 90 minutes of play, which seemed odd as Kabrhel was so short. But all eight players were still in when they moved to the main feature table, and then the real fireworks started.
Livestream fireworks
The very first hand, Kabrhel shoved with 
and ran into Kenney’s aces. Would Kabrhel last just one hand on the livestream? Incredibly, the board ran out 
for a chop. “Anybody surprised?” Kabrhel shouted. “Don’t play with me like this Bryn… This is so easy this game. Who is not happy? Mr Brewer, I’m sorry.”
The second hand saw Ben Tollerene run kings into aces with the two short stacks watching on.
Kabrhel told the table a king was coming on the flop and an ace on the turn. The flop came down 
. “Oh, so it’s the opposite," he continued. "King of diamonds coming, sorry. But this is a set-up, I made it. Chris [Brewer], are you happy? Look how happy Chris is,” Kabrhel laughed.
It was a wild start to the final table.
Ride over as Kabrhel eliminated
On the third hand, Kabrhel shoved from UTG+1 with 
and Brewer called with 
. The flop paired both players — Brewer’s ace and Kabrhel’s eight — but there was no miracle runout this time. “Good luck, guys,” Kabrhel said as he left to a round of applause from the rail. His certain brand of entertainment had come to an end.
Talking to the WSOP afterwards, Kabrhel said, “I’m trying to have fun when I’m playing poker. I think people are too serious at the poker table; it should be fun, and I’m trying to do that.”
After playing one of the hands of the summer on Monday night, Peters was only rewarded with a fifth-place finish today. Foxen had the best of it with 
and held against Peters’ 
on the 
runout.
The payjumps were starting to get really chunky now. Peters took $826,348. The next player out would get $1,066,731. The winner would get $4,752,551.
Brewer gets Brewered
With just over 30 million chips, Foxen was now hot on the heels of chip leader Boivin with 33 million.
And he was running hot. Brewer was his next victim, and he’s a player who’s had way more than his fair share of traumatic beats in big-money situations. He’s getting a bit sick of it.
In his latest demise, Foxen rivered a set and shoved, and when Brewer called to see what had happened, he bolted up and out of his seat, exclaiming, “Holy f**k, what the f**k? I mean, how does it happen every time? Alright, good game. What the f**k?”
Watch it play out below.
Foxen was now chip leader and had a stack that was reminiscent of the WSOP of old.
Seth Davies takes control
Davies found the sun next, starting with a full double up through Boivin. Then he picked up 
after Kenney opened with 
. Boivin had three-bet with , Davies four-bet and Kenney didn’t believe him.
The 
flop made them both reach forward to check their hands. Hearts were covered, and the turn and river improved them both to a flush and sent Kenney to the rail in third. Davies took the chip lead with three players remaining.
- Seth Davies: 35.9M
- Alex Foxen: 31.5M
- Thomas Boivin: 27M
It had gone quickly to this point, but these stacks gave them all around 50BBs, and things slowed down. The rail had started to drift away after the elimination of Kabrhel, and it was definitely far less fun without him.
Davies was enjoying himself. He ran his stack up to 52M, more than Foxen and Boivin combined. Boivin was the shortest stack with 20BBs.
However, Davies doubled up Foxen in a big flip, with jacks beating AK. And when Foxen eliminated Boivin with A7 beating KQ, he took a small lead into heads-up.
Over in a flash
Heads-up was quick and brutal. The chips went in first hand with Foxen's AQ leading against Davies' AJ. The 
flop flipped the script, and the 
runout left Foxen with 7 big blinds.
And then it was all over. Foxen shoved with and Davies found aces. Foxen turned two pair, but the river paired deuces to give Davies the win, his biggest career score, and his first WSOP bracelet.
WSOP $250K Super High Roller results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth Davies | $4,752,551 |
| 2 | Alex Foxen | $3,060,314 |
| 3 | Thomas Boivin | $2,057,430 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney | $1,446,929 |
| 5 | Chris Brewer | $1,066,731 |
| 6 | David Peters | $826,348 |
| 7 | Martin Kabrhel | $674,359 |
| 8 | Ben Tollerene | $581,411 |
