Seth Davies Defeats Juan Pardo to Win Super High Roller Bowl IX

Professional poker player Seth Davies has made history by winning the Super High Roller Bowl IX. Now, the poker pro has added $3.2 million to his winnings track record.

Davies Defeated His Opponents

The Super High Roller Bowl IX was a high-roller tournament with a buy-in of $300,000. It welcomed 24 seasoned professionals, including Davies. The finals saw Davies face off against Juan Pardo, a Spanish poker powerhouse. With a lead of 4.26 million chips against Pardo’s 2.94 million, Davies had a clear advantage.

In just two hands, Davies secured the top spot and some $3.2 million to add to his lifetime poker tournament winnings.

On the second hand of the finals, Davies performed spectacularly, raising pre-flop with 8-7 while Pardo called with 4-3. The two players then revealed the flop of 5-K-9 which was very much in Davies’ favor, providing him with the perfect 6. He called a bluff to bring on the river, which was even more exciting and it made Pardo overconfident.

Pardo bet big, assured of his win. Davies, however, moved all-in. Pardo ended up calling, only to see Davies win with a straight over straight. 

Thanks to this win, Davies was crowned champion of the Super High Roller Bowl IX and, as mentioned, took $3.2 million back home. In addition to that, he moved up to 13^th place on the PokerGo Tour leaderboard. The top spot, meanwhile is occupied by Jeremy Ausmus who finished third in the Super High Roller Bowl IX.

ACR Poker Hands out Millions in Prizes to Players

Speaking of professional poker, ACR Poker’s Mystery Bounty and PLO tournaments just finished, awarding over $10 million to players in total. The Mystery Bounty Venom tournament attracted some $3,234 players, who shared a total prize pool of over $8 million. The title was secured by the Brazilian player Ivan “chickenpastry” Limeira.

Poker coach and WSOP bracelet winner Faraz “The-Toilet 0” Jaka, meanwhile, reigned over the first Mystery Bounty tourney he ever attended, claiming the top bounty prize of $500,000. The win came just in time for his wife’s birthday, the player said afterward.

Speaking of ACR Poker, the organization just announced the launch of the Supersized Tourney Week featuring $5 million in guaranteed prizes across 20 events just ahead of the $40 Million GTD OSS XL.