Seth Davies Wins His Second Super High Roller Bowl Title Of 2024

Coming into 2024, Seth Davies’ two largest excessive curler scores each got here in occasions during which he fell simply wanting securing the title. In the previous two months, although, Davies has emerged victorious in two Super High Roller Bowl occasions to set two new private information.

In late August he took down the SHRB IX $300,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion for a career-best payday of $3,206,000. He backed up that marquee win by popping out on prime on this 12 months’s SHRB: Pot-Limit Omaha $100,000 buy-in, besting a subject of 42 entries to earn $1,500,000.

This newest victory is now the second-largest rating on Davies’ spectacular resume. The World Poker Tour champion’s profession earnings now sit at greater than $32.2 million.

Davies has made the cash 27 instances to this point in 2024, accumulating almost $8.7 million alongside the way in which. From these cashes, he has gone on to make 15 remaining tables and win three titles. This newest win got here with 600 Card Player Player of the Year factors, bringing his complete to 4,774. He now sits in 14th place within the POY standings introduced by Global Poker.

Davies additionally picked up 450 PokerGO Tour factors because the champion, rising his complete to 1,855. As a end result, he now sits in third place within the season-long standings for that high-stakes-centric factors race. He trails solely six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus (2,789 factors) and seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (2,054 factors) on the leaderboard.

The $4,200,000 prize pool for this occasion was break up up amongst the highest eight finishers. The cash bubble burst on day 2 when none aside from Ausmus was despatched packing by Artem Maksimov’s queen-high flush. Recent PGT PLO Series II finale champion Ben Tollerene then bowed out in seventh place ($170,000), whereas two-time bracelet winner Sam Soverel completed sixth ($250,000) to carry day 2 to a detailed.

The remaining day started with 5 gamers remaining and defending champion Jared Bleznick within the lead. Sean Winter surged up the leaderboard early due to taking down a giant pot with quad fives.

Winter overtook the lead by eliminating six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh in fifth place. Arieh obtained the final of his quick stack in after the flop with backside pair going through the highest pair, flush draw, and open-ended straight draw of Winter, who made sixes and fives by the top to attain the knockout. Arieh earned $330,000 for his efforts, rising his lifetime match earnings to over $13.4 within the course of.

Davies was quick for a lot of the early four-handed motion, even falling to simply a few large blinds after one failed bluff try. He was capable of hold his composure, although, and chipped up a bit forward of the following knockout. The elimination was arrange by one other hand, which noticed Bleznick lose a giant all-in in opposition to Maksimov after calling a flip shove with three pair, the nut flush draw and a gutshot to broadway. He was up in opposition to the made ace-high straight for Maksimov, who additionally had a gutshot straight flush draw. The river modified nothing and Bleznick was left quick.

He quickly obtained all-in wafter a A98 flop with AQ77 trailing the QJ99 of Davies. The Okay flip made issues attention-grabbing, however the 4 on the top meant that Davies’ set of nines would earn the pot. Bleznick walked away with $450,000 after his spectacular try at a title protection.

Davies pulled right into a digital tie with Maksimov for the lead forward of the following large showdown. Davies raised from the button with Q1087 and Winter three-bet to 700,000 out of the large blind with AA93. Davies referred to as and made two pair on the Okay107 flop. Winter led out for 400,000 and Davies referred to as. The 10 flip improved him to a full home. Winter fired one other 575,000 and Davies referred to as. The 10 on the top noticed Winter hearth 2,495,000, leaving himself simply 5,000. Davies moved all-in along with his quads and Winter referred to as along with his tens stuffed with aces to complete third ($600,000). Winter now has greater than $32.4 million in profession earnings after his sturdy exhibiting on this occasion.

Heads-up play started with Davies holding 8,695,000 to the three,905,000 of Maksimov. The hole between the 2 contenders was narrowed within the early going, however Davies finally gained a giant pot with a set of sixes to drag away once more.

In the ultimate hand of the match, Davies raised to 300,000 on the button with AJ64 and Maksimov three-bet to 900,000 from the large blind with AOkay87. The flop got here down Q43 and Maksimov moved all-in for 1,500,000. Davies thought it over earlier than making the decision with center pair, which was greatest on the time. The 5 flip gave Maksimov a gutshot to go along with his stay pair outs, however the 4 on the top improved Davies to journeys to safe him the pot and the title.

Maksimov was awarded $900,000 because the runner-up, his largest recorded match rating to this point.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded the ultimate desk:

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