Super High Roller Bowl 2016: The Elite Poker Showdown Before WSOP

The Super High Roller Bowl 2016, held before the World Series of Poker, featured a $300,000 buy-in with no rake, and sponsors added an additional $300,000 to the prize pool, attracting 49 participants. The first Super High Roller Bowl tournament was held in 2015 with a buy-in of $500,000, and 43 players participated. Bryan Rast won the first Super High Roller Bowl tournament, earning $7,525,000, while Scott Seiver finished second, earning $5,160,000. Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov, a Russian player, finished fourth in the first Super High Roller Bowl tournament.

Antonio Esfandiari, the winner of the first One Drop tournament, was the first to be eliminated from the Super High Roller Bowl 2016. Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov was the chip leader after the first day of the Super High Roller Bowl 2016 with a stack of 1,129,500. Matt Berkey became the first player to cross the two million chip mark during the Super High Roller Bowl 2016. Brin Kenney became the new chip leader after eliminating Jason Merseir during the Super High Roller Bowl 2016.