Organisers for the third Super High Roller Bowl have increased the field size to 56 players after registration balls-up.

The organisation of the Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) has been shambolic, hardly befitting of an event many call the High Roller World Championship.

After two successful events had pulled in a combined prize pool of $36.5m, I don’t think anyone doubted the game would become a mainstay. A team comprising of ARIA Resort & Casino, Poker Central and POKER Productions peeps announced the third tournament on Jan 16, 2017.

The press release explained that the event would be a rake free $300,000 buy-in rake with a player cap of 50. The projected prize pool was $15m with an estimated $5m for the winner. It also stipulated it was an ‘open event’ with ‘ARIA reserving 15 seats for non-professional high rollers, including one celebrity.’