Isaac Haxton is now a two-time Super High Roller Bowl champion after winning Super High Roller Bowl VIII for $2,760,000. Haxton took a commanding chip lead into the third and final day of play and ultimately topped Andrew Lichtenberger in heads-up play to win the title.
One of the most celebrated high rollers in poker, Haxton now has victories in Super High Roller Bowl V (2018) and Super High Roller Bowl VIII (2023). With the win, Haxton increased his career total to more than $42,700,000 in tournament earnings, jumping ahead of Phil Ivey and into 10th place on poker’s all-time money list.
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Super High Roller Bowl VIII had a $300,000 buy-in and a field of 20 entries, creating a $6,000,000 prize pool.
Entering the final day of play, Haxton held more than half of the chips with six players remaining. Bryn Kenney busted first on the day, then it was Chris Brewer who was knocked out on the money bubble in fifth place.
In the money with four players remaining, Jason Koon was first to the payout window to collect a fourth-place payday. Then it was Stephen Chidwick who busted in third place to set up the heads-up match between Haxton and Lichtenberger. Twice Haxton stretched out big chip leads only to see Lichtenberger double back into a slight lead.
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Finally, with the chip stacks just above even, Haxton scored an enormous double through Lichtenberger when his flush draw came in. Lichtenberger was left with only a handful of big blinds and was eliminated a couple of hands later.
Lichtenberger, who placed third in this event last year for $1,152,000, took home $1,680,000 for his runner-up performance.
The Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) is an ultra-high-stakes poker tournament known to attract some of the game’s biggest names in the game. The first-ever Super High Roller Bowl took place in 2015.
To date, Super High Roller Bowl events have awarded more than $168,000,000 in prize money. Super High Roller Bowl winners have earned more than $61,000,000 in prize money combined. The Super High Roller Bowl is part of the PokerGO Tour (PGT), with in-the-money finishers earning PGT leaderboard points.
PokerGo is the world’s largest poker content company delivering poker’s most premier live events around the world to consumers.
The platform delivers more than 100 days of live poker on an annual basis, streaming PokerGo owned and operated tournaments such as the Super High Roller Bowl, Poker Masters, U.S. Poker Open, and PokerGO Cup, along with select World Series of Poker final tables and more.
PokerGo’s video-on-demand library includes original content that provides unmatched access to the world of poker, including High Stakes Poker, No Gamble, No Future, and High Stakes Duel.
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