The high-roller crusher doesn’t seem to stop, takes down the $100,000 SHR this time.
As the big high-roller series’ have ended for a while, many of the regulars returned to their place of residence, Las Vegas. However, many didn’t lay back in their comfortable couch and played ARIA’s Fall Madness instead. The festival offered 7 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $10,000 all the way up to $100,000. Pot Limit Omaha, No Limit Hold’em and Short Deck events could also be found on the schedule.
The first event, the $10,000 PLO tournament generated 28 entries, with for a $280,000 prize pool with $128,800 for the winner. It was US pro, Anthony Alberto, who came out on top, after beating Jonathan Depa heads-up.
Final results
Place | Country |
Name | Prize |
1st | United States | Anthony Alberto | $128,800 |
2nd | United States | Jonathan Depa | $78,400 |
3rd | United States | Craig Varnell | $44,800 |
4th | United States | Sean Winter | $28,000 |
The second event, the $10K NLH generated 33 entries and it was Jared Jaffee, who triumphed and took home the $132,000. Jaffee beat high-roller regular, Stephen Chidwick in the duel. Chidwick picked up $85,800.
Final results
Place | Country |
Name | Prize | |
1st | United States | Jared Jaffee | $132,000 | |
2nd | England | Stephen Chidwick | $85,800 | |
3rd | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Almedin Imsirovic | $52,800 | |
4th | United States | Brian Rast | $33,000 | |
5th | United States | Byron Kaverman | $26,400 |
The new kid on the block, Short Deck Hold’em enjoys widespread popularity amongst the high-stakes players and is seen getting more and more place on the high-roller festival schedules. Fall Madness was no different, as their third event was played in the format with a buy-in of $10,000. The 15 entrants created a $150,000 prize pool, with a $81,000 top prize. Sam Soverel took down the event, with Jonathan Depaolo and Cary Katz on the second and third step on the podium.
Final results
Place | Country | Name | Prize | |
1st | United States | Sam Soverel | $81,000 | |
2nd | United States | Jonathan Depaolo | $45,000 | |
3rd | United States | Cary Katz | $24,000 |
The only event with a $25,000 buy-in was another NLH event. This tournament saw 21 entries emerging, and Stephen Chidwick made no mistake this time, taking down the event after busting, billionaire Bill Klein, heads-up. Chidwick added $283,500 to his bankroll, while Klein’s charity received $157,500. Jared Jaffee also finished ITM, walking away with a nice $84,000 to his name.
Final results
Place | Country |
Name | Prize | |
1st | England | Stephen Chidwick | $283,500 | |
2nd | United States | Bill Klein | $157,500 | |
3rd | United States | Jared Jaffee | $84,000 |
It looks like Sam Soverel knows a thing or two about the Short Deck format, as the second event of this variant was also taken down by him. This time he outlasted a field of 19 and won $102,600. His final opponent was German high-roller wunderkind, Koray Aldemir.
Final results
Place | Country | Name | Prize | |
1st | United States | Sam Soverel | $102,600 | |
2nd | Germany | Koray Aldemir | $57,000 | |
3rd | United States | Sampson Simmons | $30,400 |
A drop in the ocean for Bonomo
The $50,000 NLH event kicked off on November 5th, with 25 entrants. The $1.25 million prize pool was shared between the top four finishers. Austria’s Matthias Eibinger was the last man standing, which earned him $575,000. Sam Soverel made another deep run, coming out as the runner-up finisher in this event. David Peters took third place, while Justin Bonomo fourth.
Final results
Place | Country |
Name | Prize | |
1st | Austria | Matthias Eibinger | $575,000 | |
2nd | United States | Sam Soverel | $350,000 | |
3rd | United States | David Peters | $200,000 | |
4th | United States | Justin Bonomo | $125,000 |
The good result in the $50K set the tone for Peters, as he managed to take down the biggest event of the series’, the $100K NLH event. The event, which generated 24 entries for a $2.4 million prize pool also rewarded four players. The final four was made of three real heavyweights and a celebrity – Rick Solomon was battling it out against Jake Schindler and Ben Tollerene, in addition to Peters.
He has nothing to be ashamed of as he managed to outlast the former two, with only Peters being able to bust him.
Final results
Place | Country |
Name | Prize | |
1st | United States | David Peters | $1,104,000 | |
2nd | United States | Rick Salomon | $672,999 | |
3rd | United States | Jake Schindler | $384,000 | |
4th | United States | Benjamin Tollerene | $240,000 |
With this seven-figure score, David now has $27,815,921 in live tournament winnings and is currently 6th on the all-time money list.
The Fall Madness has ended at the ARIA Resort & Casino, but we don’t have to wait for too long for high-stakes action, as Partypoker‘s Caribbean Poker Party has already kicked off with the $25K MILLIONS World event at the Bahamas.