Onyx Super High Roller Series motion wrapped up over the weekend at Merit Royal Hotel in Cyprus. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau took down a $50,000 excessive curler occasion on the ultimate day, becoming a member of Raoul Kanme and a person recognized solely by the nomme de guerre of ‘Goofy’ as the most important winners of the pageant.
But two different gamers cashed in and claimed Onyx trophies by the point all was mentioned and completed. World Series of Poker bracelet winner and excessive curler fixture David Coleman took down a six-max no-limit maintain’em occasion. Boris Kolev additionally gained himself a trophy, because the two-time bracelet winner and 2025 Merit Millions champion took down a $10,400 thriller bounty occasion and many of the main bounty prizes within the course of.
The excessive curler motion might be over, however earlier than the eye in Cyprus turns totally in direction of the upcoming World Poker Tour Cyprus championship that kicks off on Aug. 19, right here’s how Coleman and Kolev every claimed their Onyx titles.
Coleman Adds Onyx Trophy To Growing Collection
David Coleman made essentially the most of a protracted day’s price of labor, taking down a $15,300 six-max no-limit maintain’em occasion for a $270,000 first-place prize. The lengthy, single-day occasion drew 62 entrants and created a prize pool of $892,800.
Nine gamers cashed in whole. When the sphere lastly reached its six-handed last desk, it included Triton Super High Roller champion Artsiom Lasouki, in addition to WSOP and WPT champion Nicholas Seward.
Lasouki was the primary last desk participant to fall, operating two pair into Italo Modena’s rivered spade flush. Coleman outflopped Seward with Okay♥9♠, taking out Seward in fifth place ($67,400) as his A♦Okay♥ couldn’t beat a pair of nines. It finally received right down to Coleman and Modena, heads up for the title. Coleman began out with a lead of greater than 2:1, however Modena managed a double to even the rating.
Eventually Coleman regained the lead, and on the ultimate hand his Okay♥6♣ beat Modena’s Q♥9♦ with a rivered pair of kings.
Along along with his payday and the trophy, Coleman earned 432 Card Player Player of the Year factors. Following this collection, Coleman is in thirty sixth place within the yearlong race offered by CoinPoker. Seward sits in 61st.
Final Table Results – $15,300 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | David Coleman | $270,000 | 432 |
| 2 | Italo Modena | $181,000 | 360 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | $128,000 | 288 |
| 4 | Ravi Sheth | $94,000 | 216 |
| 5 | Nicholas Seward | $67,400 | 180 |
| 6 | Artsiom Lasouski | $52,400 | 144 |
Kolev Hits Big In Mystery Bounty
Mystery bounty tournaments can typically come right down to the luck of the draw. One option to keep away from that type of variance is to scoop up the vast majority of the bounties for your self. Boris Kolev proved himself fairly adept at doing so, choosing up eight thriller bounties on the way in which to profitable a $10,400 no-limit maintain’em thriller bounty occasion.
A SERIOUS HAUL FOR BORIS 🏆
Boris Kolev got here to play Mystery Bounty – and left with fairly a catch.
After taking down the occasion, Boris additionally managed to tug a number of of the larger bounties alongside the way in which, turning a couple of journeys to the envelope desk into a really worthwhile hunt!
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In addition to his $127,400 first-place payout, Kolev collected $300,000 in bounty prizes. The two-time bracelet winner from Bulgaria, who additionally took down the 2025 Merit Millions Poker Classic, earned 600 POY factors for his victory, pushing his whole for 2026 to 915 POY factors.
The two-day thriller bounty drew 114 entries, with the $1,094,000 prize pool cut up between the first prize pool and the thriller bounty pool. The cash bubble burst on the finish of day 1, and the 17 gamers all had a thriller bounty prize in play.
Kolev wasn’t in a very robust place early on within the day, sitting in the midst of the pack when the ultimate 14 gamers redrew to 2 tables. From that time on, he picked up eight bounties, eliminating the final 5 gamers in his means on the trail to victory.
Kolev’s profession earnings now sit at $7,633,108.
Final Table Results – $10,400 Mystery Bounty
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Boris Kolev | $127,400 (+$300,000 in bounties) | 600 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | $92,000 | 500 |
| 3 | Felipe Ketzer | $62,000 | 400 |
| 4 | Geoffrey Mooney | $44,000 | 300 |
| 5 | Fabian Schmidt | $34,000 | 250 |
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