After two third-place finishes in the PCA $100,000 Super High Roller, one in 2011 and the other in 2015, Bryn Kenney eventually topped the field of the prestigious tournament. Last night, the American poker pro emerged victorious over a star-studded field of 58 entries to collect the amount of $1,687,800 and the tournament trophy.
Day 3 of the Super High Roller event started with 6 players returning to play down to a champion. As mentioned above, this year’s edition of the tournament attracted a field of 58 entries who created an overall prize pool of $5,626,000. The top 8 finishers were paid, with lowest payouts worth $225,040.
Day 3 of the event saw 6 players return to play down to a champion. Six-handed action started with Kenney holding the majority of chips in play. The player had collected a total of 3,820,000 from the previous day. He was followed by Ankush Mandavia with 3,360,000 and 2015 WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen with 2,805,000.
The first elimination occurred after 53 hands of play. Isaac Haxton busted out in 6th place after he could not hold up against McKeehen. The player collected $360,060 for his efforts. It took 33 more hand before another player left the six-handed final table. On hand #86, David Peters was eliminated in 5th place by Kenney to scoop the amount of $461,340.
Mustapha Kanit was the next to go. Hand #98 was his last one in the tournament. Kanit could not make it against Mandavia and had to settle for a fourth-place finish in the tournament and the amount of $596,360 in prize money.
On Hand #116, Mandavia was eliminated in 3rd place by Kenney. The player received $787,640 for his performance in the prestigious event. Heads-up play between Kenney and McKeehen started with the first holding 7,945,000 in chips against the latter’s 6,550,000. And even though the eventual champion extended his chip lead to more than 10 million, he handed the greater portion of his chips to his opponent. At some point, Kenney had only 10 big blinds left but it took him several hands of play to regain the chip lead and defeat the 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion.
Hand #163 turned out to be the last one for the evening and the tournament as a whole. McKeehen raised to 480,000 and Kenney moved all in. His opponent called and tabled [5d][5h]. Kenney had [Kh][7c]. The [7d][4c][7h] appeared on the flop, thus putting Kenney in front. The [3s] came on the turn and the [Js] came on the river but those changed nothing.
McKeehen had to settle for the runner-up finish and the consolation prize of $1,220,480, while Kenney collected the first-place prize of $1,687,800 and the tournament trophy. This has been the player’s biggest victory since the beginning of his career. Including his triumph last night, Kenney’s live tournament earnings now amount to more than $8 million.
