World Series of Poker high roller tournaments

This article covers tournaments that are played under the sole name of High Roller at the World Series of Poker . For other WSOP tournaments see High Roller for One Drop and Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller .

In the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and their expansions are Since 2013 high rollers - tournaments in the variant No-Limit Hold'em played. These events have buy-ins of the equivalent of at least 25,000 US dollars .

Previous events

Overview

Tournament start	city	Buy-in	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money
Oct 21, 2013	Enghien-les-Bains	0€ 25,600A.	080	Daniel Negreanu		0.€ 725,000A.
Oct 25, 2014	Melbourne	0A $ 25,000	068	Mike Leah		0.A $ 600,000
Oct 21, 2015	Berlin	0€ 25,600A.	064	Jonathan Duhamel		0.€ 554,395A.
Nov 1, 2017	Rozvadov	0€ 25,000A.	113	Niall Farrell		0.€ 745,287A.
June 1, 2018	Las Vegas	$ 100,000A.	105	Nick Petrangelo		$ 2,910,227A.
13th July 2018		0$ 50,000A.	128	Ben Yu		$ 1,650,773A.
Oct. 24, 2018	Rozvadov	0€ 25,000A.	133	Michael Addamo		0.€ 848,702A.
Oct. 26, 2018		€ 100,000A.	095	Martin Kabrhel		€ 2,624,340A.
May 31, 2019	Las Vegas	0$ 50,000A.	110	Ben Heath		$ 1,484,085A.
11th July 2019		$ 100,000A.	099	Keith Tilston		$ 2,792,406A.
Oct 16, 2019	Rozvadov	€ 250,000A.	030th	James Chen		€ 2,844,215A.
Oct 18, 2019		0€ 25,500A.	111	Siamak Tooran		0.€ 740,996A.
Oct. 20, 2019		0€ 25,500A.	083	Bald Burns		0.€ 596,883A.
23 Oct 2019		€ 100,000A.	072	Chin Lim		€ 2,172,104A.
postponed	Las Vegas	0$ 25,000A.
		0$ 50,000A.
		$ 250,000A.
		0$ 50,000A.
		$ 100,000A.

World Series of Poker Europe 2013

Daniel Negreanu won his sixth bracelet

The eighth and final event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2013 in Enghien-les-Bains was High Roller No-Limit Hold'em and cost 25,600 euros . It started on October 21, 2013 and was won by Daniel Negreanu . The tournament attracted 80 players, for whom there were 9 paid places:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in € )
1		Daniel Negreanu	725,000
2		Nicolau Villa-Lobos	450,000
3		Philipp Gruissem	250,000
4th		David Peters	150,500
5		Timothy Adams	100,600
6th		Scott Seiver	074,600
7th		Jason Koon	063,500
8th		Erik Seidel	055,400
9		Joni Jouhkimainen	050,400

World Series of Poker Asia Pacific 2014

Mike Leah won his first bracelet

The tenth and final event of the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific 2014 in Melbourne was High Roller No-Limit Hold'em and cost 25,000 Australian dollars . It started on October 15, 2014 and was won by Mike Leah . The tournament attracted 68 players, for whom there were 8 paid places:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in A $ )
1		Mike Leah	600,000
2		David Yan	360.025
3		Jesse Sylvia	216,811
4th		Jonathan Duhamel	145.003
5		Sam Khoueis	110,078
6th		Brian Roberts	085,027
7th		Sam Higgs	065,035
8th		Andrew Hinrichsen	050,021

World Series of Poker Europe 2015

Jonathan Duhamel won his third bracelet

The tenth and final event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2015 in Berlin was High Roller No-Limit Hold'em and cost 25,600 euros. It started on October 21, 2015 and was won by Jonathan Duhamel . The tournament attracted 64 players for whom there were 7 paid places:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in €)
1		Jonathan Duhamel	554.395
2		Davidi Kitai	342,620
3		Mustapha Kanit	227.145
4th		Samuel Chartier	160,775
5		Christoph Vogelsang	121.020
6th		Fedor wood	096,625
7th		Timothy Adams	081,420

World Series of Poker Europe 2017

Niall Farrell completed the Triple Crown

The ninth event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2017 in Rozvadov was the No-Limit Hold'em High Roller and cost 25,000 euros. It started on November 1, 2017 and was won by Niall Farrell , who completed the Triple Crown with it . The tournament attracted 113 players, for whom there were 17 paid places:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in €)
1		Niall Farrell	745.287
2		Benjamin Pollak	460,622
3		Claas Segebrecht	321,863
4th		Ryan Riess	230.071
5		Sylvain Loosli	168,323
6th		Andrew Leathem	126.113
7th		Stefan Schillhabel	096,819
8th		Antoine Saout	076.209
9		Ole Schemion	061,544
10		Bryn Kenney
11		Thomas Mühlöcker	051,024
12		Rainer Kempe
13		Dario Sammartino	043,461
14th		Martin Kabrhel
15th		Nick Petrangelo	038,060
16		Timothy Adams
17th		Philipp Gruissem

World Series of Poker 2018

Nick Petrangelo won his second bracelet

Two high rollers were played at the World Series of Poker 2018 in Las Vegas . The fifth event in the series cost $ 100,000 and began on June 1, 2018, with Nick Petrangelo winning his second bracelet. There were 16 paid places for the 105 players:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Nick Petrangelo	2,910,227
2		Elio Fox	1,798,658
3		Aymon Hata	1,247,230
4th		Andreas Eiler	0.886.793
5		Bryn Kenney	0.646.927
6th		Stephen Chidwick	0.484,551
7th		Jason Koon	0.372.894
8th		Adrian Mateos	0.295.066
9		Fedor wood	0.240.265
10		Chris Moore
11		Christoph Vogelsang	0.201.494
12		Thomas Mühlöcker
13		Michael Rosenfeld	0.174.190
14th		Jason Mercier
15th		Paul Volpe	0.155,378
16		Steffen Sontheimer

Ben Yu won his third bracelet

The second high roller kicked off July 13, 2018 and cost $ 50,000. Ben Yu secured his third bracelet. There were 20 paid places for the 128 players:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)
1		Ben Yu	1,650,773
2		Sean Winter	1,020,253
3		Nick Petrangelo	0.720.103
4th		Isaac Haxton	0.518,882
5		Igor Kurganov	0.381,874
6th		Manig solver	0.287.174
7th		John Racener	0.220,777
8th		Jake Schindler	0.173.604
9		Elio Fox	0.139,699
10		Benjamin Pollak
11		Jason Koon	0.115.102
12		Ryan Riess
13		Mustapha Kanit	0.097.160
14th		Matthias Eibinger
15th		Ramin Hajiyev	0.084,073
16		Chris Hunichen
17th		Stefan Schillhabel	0.074,623
18th		Brian Green
19th		Vitaliy Rizkhov
20th		Ognjen Šekularac

World Series of Poker Europe 2018

Two high rollers were played at the World Series of Poker Europe 2018 in Rozvadov . The eighth event in the series started on October 24, 2018 and cost € 25,000 buy-in plus € 500 tournament fee. The Australian Michael Addamo won his second bracelet. There were 20 paid places for the 133 participants:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in €)
1		Michael Addamo	848.702
2		Christian Rudolph	524,532
3		Benjamin Pollak	370.219
4th		Mikita Badsjakouski	266,767
5		Dominik Nitsche	196.328
6th		Winfred Yu	147,642
7th		James Romero	113.505
8th		Manig solver	089,253
9		Matthias Eibinger	071,821
10		Timothy Adams
11		Jean-Noël Thorel	059.176
12		Vladimir Trojanowski
13		Rainer Kempe	049,951
14th		Asaf Berman
15th		Joni Jouhkimainen	043,223
16		Martin Kabrhel
17th		Pavel Binar	038,365
18th		Sylvain Loosli
19th		Jun Yap
20th		Gianluca Speranza

The Super High Roller with a buy-in of 100,000 euros began on October 26, 2018. Martin Kabrhel won his second bracelet. 95 players registered, 15 places were paid for:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in €)
1		Martin Kabrhel	2,624,340
2		David Peters	1,621,960
3		Julian Thomas	1,116,308
4th		Mikita Badsjakouski	0.789.612
5		Dominik Nitsche	0.574.466
6th		Jan Schwippert	0.430.217
7th		Adrian Mateos	0.331.943
8th		Michael Addamo	0.264.110
9		Timothy Adams	0.216.908
10		Christoph Vogelsang
11		Örpen Kısacıkoğlu	0.184,073
12		Vladimir Trojanowski
13		Steve O'Dwyer	0.161,587
14th		Richard Yong
15th		Steffen Sontheimer	0.146.907

World Series of Poker 2019

Two high rollers were played at the World Series of Poker 2019 in Las Vegas . The fifth event in the series cost $ 50,000 and began on May 31, 2019, and was won by British Ben Heath . There were 17 paid places for the 110 players:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)
1		Ben Heath	1,484,085
2		Andrew Lichtenberger	0.917.232
3		Sam Soverel	0.640.924
4th		Dmitry Jurasov	0.458.138
5		Nick Petrangelo	0.335.181
6th		Chance Kornuth	0.251.128
7th		Elio Fox	0.192.794
8th		Cary Katz	0.151,755
9		David Unicorn	0.122,551
10		Manig solver
11		Sam Grafton	0.101,604
12		Matthew Gonzales
13		Elias Talvitie	0.086,543
14th		Bryn Kenney
15th		Johannes Becker	0.075,789
16		Eric Wasserson
17th		Markus Gonsalves

The 83rd tournament, with a buy-in of US $ 100,000, was the most expensive event in the series and started on July 11, 2019, with Keith Tilston prevailing as the winner. There were 15 paid places for the 99 players:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)
1		Keith Tilston	2,792,406
2		Daniel Negreanu	1,725,838
3		Nick Schulman	1,187,802
4th		Igor Kurganov	0.840.183
5		Brandon Adams	0.611.258
6th		Dominik Nitsche	0.457.772
7th		Sergi Reixach	0.353.202
8th		Christoph Vogelsang	0.281.025
9		James Chen	0.230.801
10		Daniel Tang
11		Steffen Sontheimer	0.195,862
12		Kainalu McCue-Unciano
13		Sam Grafton	0.171,936
14th		Jeremy Ausmus
15th		Steven Miranda	0.156.316

World Series of Poker Europe 2019

Four high rollers were played at the World Series of Poker Europe 2019 in Rozvadov . The fourth event in the series started on October 16, 2019 and cost 250,000 euros and was won by Taiwanese James Chen . There were 5 paid places for the 30 players:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in €)
1		James Chen	2,844,215
2		Chin Lim	1,757,857
3		Christoph Vogelsang	1,185,161
4th		Tony g	0.799.045
5		Cary Katz	0.538.722

The sixth event of the tournament series was played with a short deck from October 18, 2019 and cost 25,500 euros, the German Siamak Tooran prevailed as the winner. There were 17 paid places for the 111 players:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in €)
1		Siamak Tooran	740.996
2		Thai Ha	457.964
3		Örpen Kısacıkoğlu	323,553
4th		Netanel Amedi	230.807
5		Besim Hot	166.258
6th		Robert Yong	120,946
7th		Jonathan Depa	088,861
8th		Dario Sammartino
9		Phil Ivey	065,947
10		Massimiliano Zanasi
11		Loris Fidanzia	049,440
12		Duc Tran
13		Renato Nowak	037,446
14th		Leon Tsoukernik
15th		Hans Thumann
16		Daniel Negreanu
17th		Antonio Smeraglia

The eighth event was called the Platinum High Roller and cost 25,500 euros. It was played from October 20, 2019 and was won by Australian Kahle Burns . There were 13 paid places for the 83 players:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in €)
1		Bald Burns	596,883
2		Sam Trickett	368,899
3		Hossein Ensan	251,837
4th		Hakim Zoufri	177.062
5		Timothy Adams	128,326
6th		Alex Foxen	095,962
7th		Anton Morgenstern	074.117
8th		Robert Campbell	059,189
9		László Bujtás	048,929
10		Daniel Negreanu
11		Anthony Zinno	041,921
12		Christopher Frank
13		Cary Katz	037,275

The twelfth tournament in the series, the Diamond High Roller , started on October 23, 2019 and had a buy-in of 100,000 euros. The Malaysian Chin Lim emerged as the winner . There were 11 paid places for the 72 players:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in €)
1		Chin Lim	2.172.104
2		Jean-Noël Thorel	1,342,459
3		Anatoly Filatov	0.907.301
4th		Christoph Vogelsang	0.633.336
5		Matthias Eibinger	0.457.107
6th		Ole Schemion	0.341.510
7th		Daniel Tang	0.264,440
8th		Phil Ivey	0.212.504
9		Daniel Pidun	0.177,477
10		Paul Phua
11		Ryan Riess	0.154.285

World Series of Poker 2020

Five high rollers are to be played at the World Series of Poker 2020 in Las Vegas . The buy-ins range from $ 25,000 to $ 250,000. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the tournament series has been postponed indefinitely.

Web links

• Official World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Event # 8: € 25,600 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 2, 2019.
2. ↑ Event # 10: A $ 25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 2, 2019.
3. ↑ Event # 10: € 25,600 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 2, 2019.
4. ↑ Event # 9: € 25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 2, 2019.
5. ↑ Event # 5: $ 100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 2, 2019.
6. ↑ Event # 77: $ 50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller (Big Blind Antes) on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 2, 2019.
7. ↑ Event # 8: € 25,500 Super Highroller Series 25K on the World Series of Poker website, accessed October 26, 2018.
8. ↑ Event # 9: € 100,000 King's Super High Roller on the World Series of Poker website, accessed October 28, 2018.
9. ↑ High Roller - $ 50,000 No-Limit Hold'em for the 50th Annual (Event # 5) on the World Series of Poker website, accessed June 2, 2019.
10. ↑ $ 100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller (Event # 83) on the World Series of Poker website, accessed February 28, 2019.
11. ↑ Event # 4: € 250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em on the World Series of Poker website, accessed October 18, 2019.
12. ↑ Event # 6: € 25,500 Short Deck High Roller No-Limit Hold'em on the World Series of Poker website, accessed October 20, 2019.
13. ↑ Event # 8: € 25,500 Platinum High Roller No-Limit Hold'em on the World Series of Poker website, accessed on October 22, 2019.
14. ↑ Event # 12: € 100,000 Diamond High Roller No-Limit Hold'em on the World Series of Poker website, accessed October 24, 2019.
15. ↑ Now it's final - no WSOP in summer 2020! on hochgepokert.com on April 20, 2020, accessed on April 20, 2020.