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 for the win. This new tournament sported a $100,000 buy-in, making it the highest-stakes mixed game tournament in poker history.

Eveslage defeated a field of 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. He 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 selection of five other highly popular games in 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 Mar. 6-8 inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. Only the top five finishers earned a share, 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 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. He 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 for 760,000 over Dzivielevski’s cutoff raise to 80,000. Dzivielevski called the jam with his pat 10-9-7-5-2 and held against Glaser’s draw 8-5-3-2. The British poker pro picked up a jack on the end to end his run in fifth place ($225,000).

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 9532. He three-bet over Moncek’s cutoff raise and Moncek four-bet with 1084A. 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 drawing one initially, 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. He hung around for a bit before winning a huge pot during a round of no-limit hold’em to essentially triple up. Moncek kicked off the action raising to 150,000 (3x the big blind) from the button with QQ. Eveslage three-bet shoved for 1,450,000 with AJ out of the small blind. Dzivielevski called the shove with 99 out of the big blind, only to have Moncek move all-in. Dzivielevski folded his pocket nines fairly quickly and the board came down A85A6 and Eveslage spiked trip aces to surge into the lead. Dzivielevski fell to the short stack after correctly getting away from his hand, while Moncek dropped to second after failing to hold.

Chad Eveslage TRIPLES into the chip lead!

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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.

With blinds of 50,000-75,000 and a big blind ante of 125,000 Moncek was dealt J10542 and raised to 200,000 from the button. Dzivielevski three-bet to 800,000 with J8855 from the big blind. Moncek called and drew one after Dzivielevski patted. Moncek picked up the 4 to give him a pair. Dzivielevski moved all-in for 1,750,000.

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

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.

That's a BIG HERO CALL from TexasMike2014</a> to eliminate <a href="https://twitter.com/YuriNerdguy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">YuriNerdguy in third place! Dzivielevski cashes for $450,000.

Heads up now! "Texas Mike" versus Chad Eveslage for $1,200,000.https://t.co/Ca0s5xzkaZ pic.twitter.com/T0G8acN1ET

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) March 9, 2025

Heads-up play began with Moncek holding 5,575,000 to Eveslages’ 3,125,000 after winning that wild clash.

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 no-limit hold’em’s arrival helped bring the tournament to an end. Eveslage limped in from the button with KJ on the final hand and Moncek checked with J8. The flop came down AQ10 to give Eveslage the nut straight. Moncek check-called a stab of one big blind on the flop and the turn brought the Q. Moncek check-called again, this time for 400,000 (four big blinds). The river was the 2 on the end prompted a third check from Moncek. Eveslage moved all-in 1,100,000 effective. Moncek thought about another hero call for a bit, and even inquired as to which games were next up the rotation. He eventually found the call, only to be shown the winner by Eveslage.

Moncek earned $725,000 as the runner-up, the second-largest score of his tournament career. The player known to many as ‘Texas Mike’ now has more than $5.2 million in total earnings on the circuit.

IT'S ALL OVER! Chad Eveslage wins the historic first-ever $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games, taking home $1,200,000. @TexasMike2014 finishes second for $725,000.

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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) March 9, 2025

Final Table Results

Photo credits: PokerGO.

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