Brian Rast from Poway, California has just won the first-ever $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl to add $7,525,000 to his poker bankroll. The three-day event was held at Aria Resort & Casino and drew 43 entries, with some of the world’s best and most popular poker pros being among those.
A prize pool of $21.5 million was created and it took three days before it was distributed among the top 7 finishers who made it to the final table. It was played on July 4 and lasted more than 10 hours. Eventually, Rast defeated poker pro Scott Seiver to collect the greater portion of the money and a custom-made championship ring.
Rast is not a stranger to the world of poker and this has not been his first seven-figure tournament cash since the beginning of his career. Previously, he won the 2011 WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $1,720,328. A year later, the player finished 6th in the The BIG ONE for ONE DROP event to capture the amount of $1,621,333. In 2013, he topped the field of the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for $1,083,500. And last night, the player collected his biggest live cash so far.
Following his latest victory, Rast has more than $15 million in live tournament earnings, which instantly places him in 11th position in the all-time money list.
As mentioned above, the event lasted three days and Day 3 saw 7 players returning for the final table and their share of the huge prize pool. It took more than 10 hours, a total of 23 levels, and 173 hands before the name of the champion was announced. And here are the rest of the players who were seated at the final table.
Erik Seidel, who won the EPT Season 11 Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller event in May, was the first to leave the final table, as he could not stand a chance against Scott Seiver. His 7th place in the inaugural Super High Roller Bowl secured him with $860,000 of the prize pool.
Tom Marchese was the next to go. He collected $1,075,000 for his 6th place. David Peters was then eliminated by Connor Drinan. He took home $1,505,000 for finishing 5th in the tournament.
Timofey Kuznetsov took 4th place for $2,150,000. Connor Drinan was eliminated in 3rd place to collect the amount of $3,225,000.
The heads-up play between Seiver and Rast started with the first holding two times more chips than his opponent. However, Rast managed to catch up and eventually grab all the chips in play and the title.
As mentioned above, Hand #173 was the last one in play. Seiver moved all in pre-flop and Rast called. The first tabled [5s][5d] against the latter’s [As][9s]. The board ran out [Qh][9d][2c][Kd][6d] and it became clear that Seiver would have to settle for the runner-up finish and the amount of $5,160,000.
