The $25,750 No-Limit Hold’em Event #1 marked the thrilling start of the 2024 Super High Roller Series at the stunning Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Spa in Cyprus. A total of 39 players reached deep into the pocket and entered the first (and cheapest) event of the series, and at the end of the battle, it was Czech poker pro Roman Hrabec who stood tall, claiming the $316,000 first-place prize and his first-ever PokerGO Tour title.
Hrabec has had a remarkable year in poker, continuing his ascent in the high-roller scene with incredible results throughout 2024. His live tournament breakthrough began in 2022 when he secured a runner-up spot in the £2,000 UKIPT High Roller and a fourth-place finish in the £5,000 EPT Main Event at EPT London, which earned him a combined £383,580. Earlier this year, he scored big by winning the record-breaking Triton Series Main Event in Jeju, pocketing a life-changing $4,330,000. He also added a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet to his name, winning the $333 Online Event for $100,228.
With this latest victory in Cyprus, Hrabec is closing in on $8.7 million in live tournament winnings and is edging closer to catching up with Martin Kabrhel, who leads the Czech All-Time Money List with $12.8 million in live earnings.
2024 Super High Roller Series Event #1 Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize Money |
| 1 |  Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | $316,000 |
| 2 |  Santhosh Suvarna | India | $220,000 |
| 3 |  Kayhan Mokri | Norway | $158,000 |
| 4 |  Leonard Maue | Germany | $116,500 |
| 5 |  Sam Greenwood | Canada | $83,000 |
| 6 |  Maksim Vaskresenski | Poland | $62,000 |
2024 Super High Roller Series Event #1 Final Table Recap
Eight players returned to the final table of the $25,750 No-Limit Hold’em Event #1 at the 2024 Super High Roller Series, with only six spots making it into the money. It was a colorful final table representing eight different nationalities. Kayhan Mokri was leading the charge as the runaway chip leader, holding close to 3 million chips—more than double that of the second-highest stack, Santhosh Suvarna, who had 1.3 million. The rest of the table trailed behind, with less than a million chips each.
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic was the first to be eliminated. After doubling up Sam Greenwood in a key hand, he soon fell victim to Suvarna’s ace-king, unable to improve with his queen-jack. Brian Kim, fresh off a seventh-place finish in the 2024 WSOP Main Event, was next to exit, running his pocket nines into Suvarna’s pocket tens, being the last player to leave empty-handed.
The short-stacked duo Maksim Vaskresenski and Roman Hrabec found relief as the tournament reached the bubble. However, Vaskresenski’s time was short-lived as he moved all-in with ace-king and was joined in the pot by Greenwood and Mokri. Greenwood’s six-five managed to flop a pair, and Vaskresenski left the tournament in sixth place.
Soon after, Sam Greenwood himself was eliminated. In a blind-versus-blind battle, Mokri put him all-in with ace-jack, and after a couple of minutes and several precious timebank cards, Greenwood called with jack-ten, only to see the bad news. The board offered no help, and he exited in fifth place, adding another impressive high-roller cash to his resume.
Leonard Maue, who once held the chip lead, lost a critical pot to Hrabec when the Czech player doubled through him with pocket aces. Maue’s final hand saw him shove with queen-jack suited over Suvarna’s pocket fives, but despite having 17 outs on the flop, he couldn’t hit, and he bowed out in fourth place.
As the final three remained, each player held the chip lead at one point, making it anybody’s game, and everyone was waiting for someone to misstep. And the first to make a slip was Mokri, who bet big with a pair of nines on a K♠7♠9♣8♠7♣ board, only to run into Hrabec’s pocket tens. Mokri’s tournament ended shortly after when he called Suvarna’s raise with an eight-deuce, facing Suvarna’s ace-king. With no luck from the board, Mokri was eliminated in third.
Hrabec began the heads-up battle against Suvarna with a 2:1 chip lead. Despite 45 minutes of play, Suvarna never managed to break past that gap. The tournament ended when Suvarna moved all-in with ace-deuce, and Hrabec snap-called with pocket kings. A deuce on the flop gave Suvarna two additional outs, but the turn and river blanked as Hrabec claimed victory and his first-ever PGT title.
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