2018 Super High Roller Bowl V won by Isaac Haxton for $3,672,000
Amongst the 36 players who entered the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl V, it was American poker pro Isaac Haxton who managed to outlast all his opponents to win a festive $3,672,000 cash prize - the biggest payout of his tournament career.
The $300,000 buy-in to this event makes the SHRB V one of the most prestigious tourneys in the history of poker, so it is understandable that one has to outlast and defeat every player that comes his way in the final table.
The third and final day saw seven players left in contention for the title and top prize. The 33-year-old partypoker ambassador entered the final day quite tied for the chip lead position with Stephen Chidwick.
Haxton said, "I came in with nearly a quarter of the chips in play, maybe 23 percent or so, I had good position on the other chip leader, and it was a table where I felt confident. Obviously, I had 23 percent of the chips in play, so maybe if I'm the best player in the world I'd win 26 percent of the time... so I feel pretty lucky that things ended up the way they did."
Going into three-handed play, Alex Foxen got a solid chip lead, but Haxton tried to significantly keep up and managed to knock out Stephen Chidwick in 3rd place.
By the time the final hand was up, Haxton had already extended his chip stack to a 7-to-1 advantage.
Haxton got K-J
Foxen had A-8
The board ran 6-A-Q-K-J, thus giving Haxton a two pair and declaring him as the winner.
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He said after he won, "It's easy, in the moment, to fall into putting too much significance into one tournament. It's a 36-player tournament, I was the luckiest guy in there this time and I won. I don't think that really changes anything about the poker player that I am and my legacy or anything like that. But, damn it feels good to win a tournament."
He added, "There is no feeling like ending up with all the chips. I'm not that fixated on winning tournaments and collecting bracelets and titles or whatever. I just want to be a top poker player and show up to high stakes tournaments and cash games and have a big edge, put the hours in and make a lot of money; That's how I define success in poker."
SHRB V Final Table Results
|
Player |
Country |
Prize (USD) |
|
|
1 |
Isaac Haxton |
United States |
$3,672,000 |
|
2 |
Alex Foxen |
United States |
$2,160,000 |
|
3 |
Stephen Chidwick |
United Kingdom |
$1,512,000 |
|
4 |
Talal Shakerchi |
United Kingdom |
$1,188,000 |
|
5 |
Adrian Mateos |
Spain |
$972,000 |
|
6 |
Igor Kurganov |
Russia |
$756,000 |
|
7 |
Ali Imsirovic |
United States |
$540,000 |
Source:
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from BankrollMob News - Poker / Casino / Betting
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