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Isaac Haxton Defeats Alex Foxen to Win Super High Roller Bowl V
Super High Roller Bowl V is officially int he books and what a final table we had. This event boasted a superstar final table with the majority of players earning their largest live tournament cashes of their careers. In the end, it was 33-year old Isaac Haxton that managed to take down the event and the $3.67 million top prize.
Final Table Stacked With Talent
While the final table didn’t include any celebrity names like Daniel Negreanu or Phil Hellmuth, it still included some amazing talent. Amateur Talal Shakerchi was looking to make his mark with his first major high stakes tournament win. Alex Foxen entered the Super High Roller Bowl for the first time and is one of the game’s hottest players at the moment.
The #SHRBV final table is set!@ikepoker leads, Stephen Chidwick is second, with @WAFoxen, @kurganovigor, @aliImsirovic, Talal Shakerchi and @amadi_17 in contention.
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Stephen Chidwick is one of the best high rollers in the world and looked to add this title to his impressive 2018 resume. Isaac Haxton was looking to win his largest score in this event and prove he’s still as relevant in the high stakes realm as he ever was. Other players making the final included Adrian Mateos, Igor Kurganov, and Ali Imsirovic.
The Non-Millionaire’s Club
Four of the seven players at the final table would become poker millionaires, but three other players received mid to high six-figures. Ali Imsirovic hit the rail in seventh place when his pocket jacks were outdrawn by the A-5 of Isaac Haxton. Imsirovic went home with $540,000.
A bit later, Igor Kurganov hit the rail when his pocket sevens ran into the pocket tens of Talal Shakerchi. The board was inconsequential and Kurganov went home with $756,000. Adrian Mateos later fell in fifth place when his pocket nines were outdrawn by the A-K of Alex Foxen. Mateos still went home with $972,000.
Isaac Haxton Wins Super High Roller Bowl V
We went form four players to two in short order. Talal Shakerchi decided to shove with Ac-10c and ran into pocket nines from Isaac Haxton. Haxton’s nines held and Shakerchi was our first poker millionaire of the event, earning $1.18 million. This was Shakerchi’s largest live tournament cash to date and solidified his standing as one of the best amateur high stakes players in the game.
Stephen Chidwick has enjoyed numerous seven-figure scores, including three others in 2018. This time though, he earned the largest of his career when he finished in third place of this event. He ran A-Q into pocket jacks against Isaac Haxton and earned a solid $1.51 million payday.
Alex Foxen came into heads-up play with a slight chip lead over Isaac Haxton. Haxton quickly jumped into the lead and then extended it into a massive chip lead when Foxen picked the worst time to run a bluff. Haxton turned a flush and Foxen fired into him on both the turn and river. Haxton’s shove on the river ended the hand, but Foxen now found himself in a 9:1 chip deficit.
Later, Foxen was all-in with A-8 and facing K-J from Haxton. An ace on the flop made it seem like this heads-up match would continue. However, Haxton spiked both a king and a jack to take the hand and the title.
Foxen’s second-place finish is the largest score of his career at $2.16 million. Foxen has enjoyed an insane 2018 and has come into his own as a pro. He’s ascended to the top spot on the GPI 300, won five tournaments, and earned over $6.6 million.
Isaac Haxton also earned the largest score of his live poker career after taking down this event. He won $3.67 million in prize money and the SHRB Championship Ring. This victory gives him over $8.1 million in earnings for 2018.
After winning the event, he told Poker Central, “It’s easy, in the moment, to fall into putting too much significance into one tournament. It’s a 36-player event and I was the luckiest guy this time and won. I don’t think it changes anything about the player I am or my legacy, but damn does it feel good to win a tournament.”
