Chad Eveslage Wins First-Ever Super High Roller Bowl: Mixed Games

Three-time bracelet winner and two-time World Poker Tour champion Chad Eveslage emerged victorious in the first-ever Super High Roller Bowl: Mixed Games event, earning $1,200,000. This new tournament sported a $100,000 buy-in, making it the highest-stakes mixed game tournament in poker history.

Eveslage defeated 29 entries in the 10-game event on his way to securing the SHRB championship ring and the second-largest score of his tournament career. His top score remains the $1.4 million he earned for winning a $25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller at the 2022 World Series of Poker. The Indiana native now has more than $9.8 million in lifetime earnings.

The victory also came with 360 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was Eveslage’s first POY-qualified score of 2025.

This event featured a combination of the classic H.O.R.S.E. rotation (limit hold’em, Omaha eight-or-better, razz, stud, and stud eight-or-better) and a selection of five other highly popular games with triple-draw deuce-to-seven lowball, badugi, no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, and no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball.

The prize pool swelled to $2,900,000 thanks to the impressive turnout for the debut of this tournament, which ran from March 6-8 inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. Notables who entered the tournament included Poker Hall of Famers such as Brian Rast and John Hennigan as well as top mixed-game standouts like Scott Seiver, Matt Ashton, Jason Mercier, John Racener, Ray Dehkharghani, and Philip Sternheimer, who helped to organize the event and narrowly missed the money in seventh place.

Only the top five finishers earned a payout, with the $225,000 bubble bursting late on day 2 when six-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman was unable to beat the seven-five low of two-time bracelet winner Michael Moncek in razz.

The final day began with five players remaining and Moncek out in front. Five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser was hoping for a big result, but ended up being the first to fall. He lost a big pot early during a round of no-limit hold’em, with his bluff attempt with a missed draw being picked off by the two pair of fellow five-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski.

SThe UK pro was never able to rebuild any momentum after that and was ultimately eliminated during no-limit single draw deuce-to-seven lowball. He three-bet shoved over Dzivielevski’s cutoff raise. Dzivielevski called the jam with his pat 10-9-7-5-2 and held against Glaser’s 8-5-3-2 draw. Glaser picked up a jack on the end to end his run in fifth place for $225,000.

It was another close call for Glaser, who also cashed four times during the PGT Mixed Games Series while making two final tables at the WSOP Paradise series in December. He now has nearly $9 million in career earnings.

Seven-time bracelet winner and Super High Roller Bowl VII champion Daniel Negreanu’s run in this event ended in brutal fashion. He got the last of his short stack in playing badugi after picking up a pat 9 5 3 2. He three-bet over Moncek’s cutoff raise and Moncek four-bet with 10 8 4 A. Negreanu had less than a full raise left and committed himself right there.

Moncek drew two and picked up the 3 in the process to give himself a three-card four. He was unable to improve after the second draw, but did catch the 6 the second time around to make the winning hand.

Negreanu earned $300,000 as the fourth-place finisher, bringing his career haul to nearly $54.3 million. The 50-year-old Canadian remains the eighth-ranked player on poker’s all-time money list after adding this latest score, which was his 515th recorded cash.

Eveslage was the shortest stack heading into the final three, but he was able to hang around for a bit with some timely doubles on the short stack before winning a huge pot during a round of no-limit hold’em to essentially triple up.

Moncek kicked off the action raising three times the big blind from the button with Q Q. Eveslage three-bet shoved with A J out of the small blind. Dzivielevski called the shove for about half of his stack with 9 9 out of the big blind, only to have Moncek move all-in behind him.

Dzivielevski folded his pocket nines fairly quickly and the board came down A 8 5 A 6 to give Eveslage trip aces and catapult him to the lead.

Three-handed play lasted more than three hours. There was plenty of movement around the leaderboard along the way, but stacks were relatively close when the next knockout finally took place in no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball. Dzivielevski was the shortest stack with 36 big blinds, with Moncek in second on 38 big blinds and Eveslage up top with 42 big blinds.

Moncek was dealt J 10 5 4 2 and raised from the button. Dzivielevski three-bet with J 8 8 5 5 from the big blind. Moncek called and drew one after Dzivielevski patted. Moncek picked up the 4 to give him a pair, and Dzivielevski moved all in with his snow.

It would have been a quick fold for most of the planet, but Moncek smelled something fishy. He pointed out that his hand was unblocking some key cards and that Dzivielevski was suspicious for shoving into a one-card draw.

“I’m going to make the dumbest call of all time… or like the sickest,” Moncek said to himself while pondering the huge hero call. “I paired,” he admitted.

He spent some more time in the tank before thrusting forth chips to indicate a call. Dzivielevski showed his bluff and was eliminated from the tournament in third place, earning $450,000 after getting picked off. The Brazilian now has more than $9 million in career cashes to his name.

Heads-up play began with Moncek holding a nearly 2:1 advantage after winning that wild clash, but Eveslage won a sizable pot in limit hold’em when his flopped pair and backdoor flush draw became a flush on the river. Moncek made nines and sevens on the end and called Eveslage’s check-raise to see the lead change hands.

The lead swapped back again when Moncek made an 8-7-5 to beat Eveslage’s 8-7-6 in triple draw deuce-to-seven lowball, but Eveslage was able to battle back ahead by the time the next game arrived.

Not much changed during the final razz round, but the arrival of no-limit hold’em helped bring the tournament to an end. Eveslage limped in from the button with K J on the final hand and Moncek checked with J 8. The flop came down A Q 10 to give Eveslage the nut straight. Moncek check-called a stab of one big blind with his double gutter and the turn brought the Q. Moncek check-called again, this time for four big blinds.

The river was the 2 on the end and prompted a third check from Moncek. Eveslage moved all-in, barely covering Moncek’s last 11 big blinds. ‘Texas Mike’ thought about it for a bit with his jack high, and even inquired as to which games were up next in the rotation. He eventually found the call, only to be shown the bad news.

Moncek earned $725,000 as the runner-up, the second-largest score of his tournament career. He now has more than $5.2 million in total earnings on the circuit, including a win and two more podium finishes during the recent PokerGO Cup. With 1,824 POY points earned across these four deep runs, Moncek is up to 19th on the POY leaderboard.