Timothy Adams and Dan Smith Share Main Event High Roller Club Spoils

The Main Event High Roller Club tournament, held on June 11, attracted 58 players, each paying $10,300 for a million chips and a shot at glory. The prize pool, initially guaranteed at $500,000, swelled to $580,000 and was divided among the eight finalists, with each taking home at least $21,000.

Rok Gostisa was the first to exit the final table, finishing in eighth place with $21,750. Following him were Vyacheslav Buldygin, a Russian who lost to Timothy Adams with KK against AK and a river ace, earning $27,550, and Canadian Daniel Dvoress, who finished with $33,350.

Aleksey Ponakov, a Latvian, turned his $10,300 buy-in into $42,050, securing fifth place. Preben Stokkan earned $53,650 for fourth place. George Wolf finished third, earning $85,550, leaving Timothy Adams and Dan Smith as the final two players. The professionals agreed to a deal, with Smith taking second place and $146,503, while Adams won $169,596. Victor Malinovsky was the bubble boy of the event, winning a $25,500 event on the first day of High Roller Club.