Event #82: Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em

The opening day of the inaugural Event #82: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em has drawn to an end after a full 10 levels were completed, leaving just 15 players bagging chips. A total of 25 entries were recorded throughout the day and Michael Addamo has bagged the overall chip lead with 4,965,000.

Addamo already won his third World Series of Poker bracelet earlier this year when he captured the title in Event #38: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller for a first-place prize of over $1.1 million. The Australian poker pro has over $15.7 million in career earnings at the live felt and will be looking to add to that number in the coming days.

Imsirovic scooped a massive pot in the last 30 minutes of the night to eliminate Dan Smith to take over the chip lead from Addamo briefly and finished the night with 4,875,000 chips, just shy of Addamo's mark. The two players have been the hottest players in the last 12 months on the high roller circuit and they have finished one-two on the leaderboard after Day 1.

$250K Super High Roller Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Some other notables to bag chips after Day 1 include Adrian Mateos (3,420,000), Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov (2,890,000), Daniel Negreanu (2,305,000), and Justin Bonomo (2,285,000).

The tournament got off to a slow start with only a few players registered at the scheduled 3 p.m. start time. There was a slight delay until six players were at the table and ready to play but things eventually got rolling. With nearly 400 big blind starting stacks, the first couple levels were rather uneventful with just small chip-changed being passed around the table.

The first all-in occurred in level three when crypto businessman John Lilic shoved his stack in the middle against Addamo, who decided to lay his hand down. Unfortunately for Lilic, his luck didn't continue as he was eventually sent to the rail in the sixth level of the day.

GGPoker ambassador Jason Koon was the first player to be eliminated in level four when he ran a jack-high flush into Stephen Chidwick's ace-high flush. Koon used his one re-entry to hop back in the field but his second bullet went as well as his first one, eventually being eliminated from the tournament during Level 8.

Some others that were eliminated in the latter stages of the day include David Peters,Fedor Holz, Jake Schindler, Seth Davies, and Bonomo, with latter being the only one to use his re-entry before the day ended.

There will be 15 players returning to the felt tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time but late registration will remain open until the start of play. The blinds will resume at 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante. All new entries will receive a starting stack of 1,500,000 chips, good enough for 50 big blinds.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the updates throughout the day.

With ten minutes left in the last level of the night, the tournament director has paused the clock and announced that there will be two more hands played before players bag up for the evening.

Justin Bonomo raised to 60,000 from the cutoff and Ben Heath called from the button. Stanley Tang came along from the big blind and the flop was    .

Tang checked and Bonomo bet 55,000. Heath called and Tang folded.

The turn was   and both players checked. The river was   and Bonomo checked again before Tang checked behind.

Bonomo turned over    and the ace of spades gave him the ace-high flush. Tang tossed the losing hand into the muck.

Ben Heath	2,905,000	-305,000
Justin Bonomo	2,175,000	10,000
Stanley Tang	850,000	-180,000

Michael Addamo has been on a tear in these high roller tournaments as of late and it seems like nobody is able to stop him. However, there are still 15 others in this field currently that would like to have their say in that.

Addamo opened to 70,000 on the button and Sam Soverel three-bet him to 220,000 from the small blind. Addamo stuck in a four-bet to 480,000, showing aggression just like he has been doing all along. This time, Soverel countered with a five-bet shove which instantly got a fold from Addamo.

Michael Addamo	3,630,000	0
Sam Soverel	1,995,000	0

Dan Smith opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Mikita Badziakouski three-bet to 180,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Smith who called to see a flop of    .

Smith check-called a bet of 70,000 from Badziakouski and the   landed on the turn. Both players checked and the   paired the board on the river. Smith checked again and Badziakouski made a bet of 400,000 which finally got Smith to fold.

Meanwhile, Justin Bonomo was eliminated just moments ago but has used his one re-entry to get back in the mix.

Mikita Badziakouski	2,205,000	115,000
Dan Smith	1,835,000	-275,000
Justin Bonomo	1,500,000	1,050,000

David Peters raised it up from under the gun and was called by Mikita Badziakouski in the cutoff and Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind. The flop came     and the action checked to Badziakouski who bet 50,000. Vogelsang called and Peters pushed all in for 355,000 which both players called.

The turn was the   and both Vogelsang and Badziakouski checked to the   on the river. Vogelsang checked again and Badziakouski checked it back. Vogelsang showed    for the nut flush which meant Peters was forced to the rail with his   . Badziakouski flashed    before his cards also went to the muck.

Christoph Vogelsang	3,750,000	670,000
Mikita Badziakouski	2,090,000	-460,000
David Peters	0	-415,000

Johan Guilbert raised to 125,000 from early position and Jake Schindler three-bet shoved his last 578,000. Guilbert called.

Jake Schindler:   
Johan Guilbert:   

The board ran out       and the aces held to secure Schindler a double.

Johan Guilbert	1,345,000	-605,000
Jake Schindler	1,190,000	620,000