With 505 entries and a massive $12,372,500 in the prizepool, the action in the WSOP Super Circuit High Roller Championship was on fire on Sunday night as the event played down to a winner. In the end, ‘800-522-4700 ‘ took the title, winning a massive $2.1 million in the process.
By the time the final table was reached, the last nine players were convening at the virtual felt with the sun coming up in Europe. The amusingly-named ‘800-522-4700’ was chip leader with just over 5 million chips, but they didn’t do the first damage.
The player who left the final table first was the unfortunate ‘Sub_Zero’, who endured the misery of a cold deck when all-in and at risk when Patrick Leonard a.k.a ‘Babu$hka’ moved all-in from the big blind and Sub_Zero called. The latter had the goods, with pocket nines ahead of Patrick Leonard’s ace-trey, but an ace on the flop, another on the turn and no nines or running cards across the board reduced the field to just eight hopefuls.
Busting in 8th place for $249,920 was ‘gaufreancienne’, who moved all-in pre-flop with pocket queens only to have run into a brick wall with ‘HotPot44’ calling it off with pocket aces. There was no drama over the nine-high board but shortly afterwards, HopPot44 lost a big hand with the better hand, ace-trey going down as ‘M0therLover’ holding king-ten. An ace and king on the flop saw HotPot44 remain in the lead, but another king on the river sent HotPot44 sliding down the counts.