Seth Davies SHRB IX At a final table featuring some of the world’s best poker players, Seth Davies triumphed heads-up against Spanish professional Juan Pardo after other such as Jeremy Ausmus and Leonard Maue also fell just short. With a prizepool of over $7 million, Davies’ victory came as he overtook players such as Antonio Esfandiari, Scott Seiver and Brian Rast on the All-Time Money List via The Hendon Mob . PGT $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl IX Final Table Results: Place Player Country Prize 1 st Seth Davies United States $3,206,000 2 nd Juan Pardo Spain $1,900,000 3 rd Jeremy Ausmus United States $1,200,000 4 th Leonard Maue Germany $750,000 Survivors Assemble
With 24 total entries each paying $300,000, the final four of the ninth Super High Roller Bowl was difficult to reach. Reaching the final six were French player Thomas Santerne and the Montenegran Dejan Kaladjurdjevic, who starred in last week’s $10,300-entry GG MILLION$ among other recent events.
Both those men missed out on the final table action, however, as with just four remaining, Spanish player Juan Pardo (3.5m) had the chip lead from the eventual winner Davies on 2m. Laladjurdjic lost with ace-deuce to Maue’s pocket fives to bubble and everyone still in the tournament got one more night’s sleep.
With four left, it was Davies who accumulated chips early, and crucially at the expense of fourth-placed finisher Leonard Maue. The German shoved for 11 big blinds with ace-jack but Davies called with pocket jacks and Maue failed to spike an ace, cashing instead for $750,000, a return of $450,000 profit on his $300,000 investment.
Soon, play was heads-up, but not until after a period where the chips changed hands with regularity. Pardo lost a chunk to Davies when the latter turned a straight and bet big enough for Pardo to get away from it, albeit not without losing chips in the process. Jeremy Ausmus was behind the pair of them and shoved with king-nine. It was a marginal call for Pardo with ace-six and a king did land on the flop but it was joined by an ace […]
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