Lee Davy provides an update on the biggest buy-in event of the year: the $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl at the Aria Resort & Casino, as Day 1 comes to a close.

The most expensive buy-in of the year has begun, and with it launches the meat that will be piped into the Poker Central pastry. The $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl has kicked off in style, and David Peters leads the way, at the end of Day 1, with 2.1m chips.

It was envisaged that the event would attract 50 players. It was advertised as a $25m prize pool, with an expected first prize of $8.2m. The forecast wasn’t that far out of alignment. 43 players entered to create a $21.5m prize pool and $7.5m awaits the winner, making it the biggest tournament of the year, with only the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event having any chance of topping it.

Here is a quick fire run down of all the Day 1 action courtesy of live reporting from PokerNews.