Yuri Dzivielevski Wins Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games For $1.3 Million

Yuri Dzivielevski completed one of the most incredible streaks of mixed game tournament history with a victory in the $100,000 buy-in 2026 Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. Dzivielevski secured the $1.3 million first-place prize to cap off a stretch in which, in rapid succession, he won a $15,000 event and finished second twice on his way to earning PGT Mixed Games player of the series honors.

In total, Dzivielevski pocketed $2,045,350 in the span of a single week inside the PokerGO Studio. The Brazilian poker pro now has nearly $13.1 million in career earnings, placing him second on his nation’s all-time money list. Only Joao Simao ($17.4 million) has accrued more on the circuit.

“It’s hard to explain, actually, how happy and how big it is for me,” said Dzivielevski. “I mean, of course, I gave my best, but the cards were just coming. Winning the Super High Roller Bowl was unbelievable. Finishing this week this way is just something that I could never imagine.”

Dzivielevski’s win over a field with 38 entries represents the second-largest live result of his career. His top score came two months prior, in a third-place finish in a $150,000 buy-in Triton event during World Series of Poker Paradise worth $1,409,000. This latest win is the largest career mixed game cash for the five-time WSOP bracelet winner, surpassing his 2022 WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship runner-up finish for $895,614.

“I’ve dedicated basically half of my life to poker,” Dzivielevski said. “Good things and bad things happen to everyone. Like during [the 2025] WSOP, I had basically the worst run of my life, completely opposite of this run right now. But it’s just part of variance. I’ve played for such a long time, and in 15 years, I’ve been through all types of runs. The worst runs in the world, and the best runs in the world. I think we just need to be like sailboats.

“When the good wind comes, you just have to take advantage of it.”

Slow And Steady

No matter how strong the winds at Dzivielevski’s back were ahead of the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games final table, there was a lot of work left to be done to close it out. He began seven-handed play with the narrowest of leads over eight-time WSOP bracelet winner Benny Glaser.

The final table also featured Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman, defending Super High Roller Mixed Games winner Chad Eveslage, and 2023 Super High Roller Bowl pot-limit Omaha winner Jared Bleznick.

Schulman started the day as one of three short stacks at the table, along with Eveslage and Robert Wells. He dodged some impossible spots, including a moment where he somehow found a fold with pocket jacks and very few chips in no-limit hold’em. He was right, as Eveslage had been dealt pocket kings.

The run ends in 7th place for @NickSchulman, picking up $155,000 and 47 PGT points.

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There was no reward for Schulman’s brilliant deduction, though. Schulman was eventually forced all-in in the big blind, with five players seeing a flop in Omaha eight-or-better. Schulman was drawing dead by the turn, as Glaser made an eight-five low and Dzivielevski rivered quad tens, sending Schulman out in seventh place ($155,000).

Six-handed play continued for hours. Dzivielevski steadily built upon his lead as the day progressed. Bleznick battled back from the brink on several different occasions, but an expensive round of stud eight-or-better left him with just a few chips heading into PLO.

Bleznick soon flopped top pair and a flush draw with A♠K♠7♥5♥ on a K♦Q♥4♥ board. He was up against Dzivielevski’s K♥Q♣10♦3♦, with two pair staying ahead on the 2♣ turn. Bleznick needed an ace or a heart on the river, but the Q♦ river further improved Dzivielevski to a full house, eliminating Bleznick in sixth place ($225,000).

Taking Control

Another extended stalemate eventually saw Tobias Leknes on the brink. The Norwegian mixed game specialist battled with Glaser in a deuce-to-seven triple draw hand, and Leknes made a 9-8 low on the second draw. Glaser made an 8-7 low on that same draw, though, and all but 50,000 of Leknes’ chips went in. Leknes broke his low drawing for an eight-six, but missed, making a pair of fives, and folded.

Leknes tripled up on the next hand, making an 8-7 low. Wells ultimately cut off the comeback, though, making a 6-4 low in Razz to eliminate Leknes in fifth place ($300,000).

Dzivielevski elevated his stack to more than 6 million during four-handed play, which was over three times as many chips as the closest competition. After another long stretch without an elimination, Dzivielevski brought down the hammer. In a hand of no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw, Dzivielevski opened on the button with Q♥5♥4♦3♦2♣. Wells, who picked up 10♠8♥7♣6♣2♦ in the small blind, shoved for 20 big blinds. With a wheel draw, Dzivielevski called.

Wells patted his 10-8, and Dzivielevski pitched his queen to draw to a wheel. If Wells’ hand held, he would’ve essentially pulled even with Dzivielevski in the counts. However, Dzivielevski caught the 9♥, and his 9-5 low sent Wells to the rail in fourth place ($415,000). Wells, a Welsh pro who won his first WSOP bracelet in 2025 in a nine-game mixed event, is a player Dzivielevski noted as a close friend. This was a new high score for Wells, topping the $228,115 that came with the aforementioned victory last summer.

Bringing Down The Hammer

It took less than 30 minutes in real time, with multiple quick breaks included, for Dzivielevski to take out two of the most accomplished mixed game tournament players in the world. A short-stacked Glaser got the last of his chips in good against a pot-committed Dzivielevski in limit hold’em. Glaser’s A♠6♣ held against Dzivielevski’s 10♣5♣ through a J♦3♣2♦ flop, but Dzivielevski turned the world with the 4♣. Glaser paired his ace on the A♦ river, but that gave Dzivielevski a winning wheel. Glaser settled for $570,000 as the third-place finisher, the third-largest score of his storied career.

.@YuriNerdguy is the king of mixed games! 👑🏆

Dzivielevski wins Super High Roller Bowl $100K Mixed Games for $1,300,000.

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Two badugi hands were all it took to bring the tournament to a close. On the pivotal deal, Dzivielevski looked down at 6♦5♦2♣A♠. Eveslage received 4♥3♥3♣A♣. Multiple bets went in before the first draw, and Dzivielevski immediately spiked his gin card, the 6♥, to make a six badugi. Eveslage bricked his two-card draw, but still got the last of his chips in. Eveslage drew two cards on each of the last two draws and failed to improve either time. Dzivielevski closed out his week for the ages by knocking off the defending Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games champion in second place.

Dzivielevski banked 480 Card Player Player of the Year points for this win. He now has 1,560 total points after his mixed-game spree in Las Vegas, enough to put him in fourth place in the 2026 POY race standings presented by CoinPoker. Additionally, Dzivielevski added 400 PGT points to his total towards the season-long leaderboard, giving him 934 points for a healthy 403-point advantage over the nearest competitor, Andrew Lichtenberger (531 points).

Eveslage earned $835,000 as the runner-up. The two-time World Poker Tour champion, four-time bracelet winner, and recent victor of the PGT Championship now has more than $13.1 million in lifetime earnings.

Final Table Results

Photo credits: PGT / Antonio Abrego.