Lichtenberger, who is coming off a win at the Poker Masters on his 36th birthday, picked up a large chunk of his chips in a hand with Alex Foxen. Jager bounced back after losing early pots against Justin Bonomo and Daniel Negreanu, with whom he shared time on the featured table. Other early movers were Paul Jager and Lichtenberger, who had an opening clash with Alex Foxen. Foxen stayed steady outside of the small setback, but she couldn't pick up any ground on Day 1 and she finished with 251,000. Jason Koon methodically added big blinds to his 300,000 starting stack before he broke through and neared the 600,000 mark when he got a shove through Kristen Foxen. Jonathan Jaffe Koon Gets Traction, Negreanu Busts Kisacikoglu Jaffe mucked the losing hand and nursed his dwindling stack before Dan Smith finally knocked him out with a flopped straight. Jaffe called each of his bets from the small blind - including one for 210,000 on the river.

Haxton flopped a set of fives after he three-bet from the small blind and he improved to a full house when the board paired on the turn. Jaffe and Foxen traded bets and time extensions on a board of 2 ♦ Q ♣ K ♦ J ♥ A ♣ before Jaffe turned over pocket tens for a straight to take a big pot and an early chip lead.īefore long, Jaffe’s early ascension was cut off by Haxton in a clash that gave the former a mid-day chip lead. Haxton and Jonathan Jaffe were among those that chipped up early - Jaffe in a clash with Alex Foxen. 2023 Super High Roller Bowl Day 2 Seat Draw Jason Koon and Cary Katz round out the top five. Petrangelo leads Super High Roller Bowl VIII and Andrew Lichtenberger trails in second place, while Isaac Haxton bagged the third-highest stack after holding the lead throughout the early levels. The runner up will make out with $1,680,000 and third place receives $960,000. The top-four finishers will pay out and each of them are guaranteed to double their bet with a min-cash of $600,000. The outsized buy-in attracted a field of 20 players, with $2,760,000 set aside for first place from a prize pool of $6,000,000. The prestigious Super High Roller Bowl VIII kicked off at Aria Resort & Casino on Thursday and Nick Petrangelo is the leader of a field of 12 players that will return to the PokerGO Studio on Friday for Day 2.

Petrangelo Takes Control on the Home Stretch.

Brewer and Petrangelo Move Up in the Late Levels.

Koon Gets Traction, Negreanu Busts Kisacikoglu.

2023 Super High Roller Bowl Day 2 Seat Draw.

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