'Texas Mike' Moncek and Daniel Negreanu are at the top of the chip counts after the $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl: Mixed Games tallied up 25 entries on Day 1.
The three-day, 10-game tournament will close registration at the beginning of Day 2, where 17 players will return after eight 60-minute levels on Day 2.
Moncek has a big lead over Negreanu in the second spot after both players chipped up big late in the evening. Negreanu doubled through Yuri Dzvielevski in a hand of Pot-Limit Omaha near the end of the night to find a healthy chip stack and then surged again to finish with the second-most chips. Meanwhile, Moncek jumped to the top of the leaderboard after a three-way hand took from Albert Daher and sent Talal Shakerchi to the rebuy window.
Other top counts include Benny Glaser, John Racener, and Scott Seiver — all in the top six of 17. They'll return on Friday with a full field and a fresh table draw for Day 2. Dzvielevski, Daher, Samuel Sternfield, and Nick Schulman all failed to bag and they will have to pony up another $100K in the morning.
$100K SHRB: Mixed Games top 10 chip counts
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Moncek | 1,438,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Negreanu | 819,000 |
| 3 | Matthew Ashton | 781,000 |
| 4 | Benny Glaser | 780,000 |
| 5 | John Racener | 554,000 |
| 6 | Scott Seiver | 523,000 |
| 7 | Chad Eveslage | 422,000 |
| 8 | Philip Sternheimer | 407,000 |
| 9 | Jason Mercier | 305,000 |
| 10 | Eric Wasserson | 302,000 |
Hand of the day
According to PGT live reporting, Moncek found a big rush of chips in the final level of the night, first with the elimination of Schulman and then in a three-way hand where he more than doubled his chip stack to over 1.5 million.
PLO was up in the rotation with blinds at 3K/5K/5K when Albert Daher raised to 15,000 from under the gun with 
. Moncek fired 52,500 from the cutoff with 
and Talal Shakerchi called in the small blind with 
. Daher tossed in the chips to come along and the flop was 
.
Shakerchi bet pot on the Maher repotted before Moncek was all in for 571,500. The two players called, Daher with enough to cover everyone, and the board finished up with 
and 
. Moncek caught the straight and scooped the giant pot for what is now a commanding chip lead.
Day 2 on Friday
The remaining 17 players will return on Friday at 1 pm PT and late registration will remain open until the beginning of play. Tables will be redrawn once the field is set and the plan is to play down to the final five players for Saturday's final table. The PokerGO livestream will kick off at 2 pm PT.
Photos courtesy of PokerGO/Antonio Abrego
