Leonard Maue Leads Day 1 of Super High Roller Bowl IX

The marquee event of the 2024 Super High Roller Series kicked off from the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Spa in North Cyprus, with Day 1 of the $306,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl IX attracting 24 entrants.

The 24-entrant field was tied for 12th largest in Super High Roller Bowl history, and created a $7,056,000 prize pool that will pay the final four players. A min-cash will be $750,000 in prize money, while third place will be $1,200,000 in prize money. Reaching heads-up play guarantees the final two players $1,900,000 in prize money, while the winner will take home the $3,206,000 first-place prize, 600 PGT points, and the Super High Roller Bowl championship ring.

Only eight levels of play were on the schedule for Day 1 of Super High Roller Bowl IX, as several players made their Super High Roller Bowl debuts. Artur Martirosyan, Leon Tsoukernik, and Masashi Oya were early casualties, while Phil Ivey made his exit from the feature table when his two pair was outdrawn by Alex Kulev's pair and flush draw on the river.

2019 Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas champion Daniel Dvoress was eliminated in 20th place, while Nick Petrangelo, Mikita Badziakouski, and Brian Kim all fell next. After dominating the lead-up events with four cashes and a victory, Adrian Mateos' luck would run out in 16th place before Matthias Eibinger was the final elimination of the day before the final 14 redrew to two tables.

The last entrant of the tournament, Leonard Maue, leads the remaining 14 players into Day 2. Maue ended with 1,245,000 in chips and holds a slender lead over Juan Pardo, who bagged 1,132,000 in chips. Next on the leaderboard is Dejan Kaladjurdjevic with 845,000 in chips, followed by Seth Davies with 828,000 in chips. 

Other players still in contention include Jeremy Ausmus, Sam Greenwood, Bryn Kenney, Patrik Antonius, Martin Kabrhel, and Santhosh Suvarna.

Super High Roller Bowl IX Day 2 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
Feature	1	Alex Kulev	Bulgaria	42,000
Feature	2	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	505,000
Feature	3	Santhosh Suvarna	India	117,000
Feature	4	Thomas Santerne	France	415,000
Feature	5	Sam Greenwood	Canada	376,000
Feature	6	Benjamin Heath	United Kingdom	334,000
Feature	7	Leonard Maue	Germany	1,245,000
Outer	1	Dejan Kaladjurdjevic	Montenegro	845,000
Outer	2	Bryn Kenney	United States	273,000
Outer	3	Seth Davies	United States	828,000
Outer	4	Juan Pardo	Spain	1,132,000
Outer	5	Lewis Spencer	United Kingdom	647,000
Outer	6	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	191,000
Outer	7	Patrik Antonius	Finland	250,000

Day 2 of Super High Roller Bowl IX is scheduled for Saturday, August 24, at 12 p.m. local time, while a feature table will be livestreamed on PokerGO.com from 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET.

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