Monday December 4, 2017 at 4:51 pm
Breaking News

The Bellagio poker room in Las Vegas has been very active this week. Not only was it the scene of a daylight robbery, but the annual Five Diamond Classic is underway. The staff added a high roller event to the series and the $100,000 buy-in event attracted 39 runners. Dan Smith defeated Daniel Negreanu heads-up for the victory. Smith won $1.4 million and Kid Poker banked $936K. Negreanu re-took first place on the All Time Money list with the runner-up finish.

Dan Smith Wins
Pic courtesy of PokerStars

High ball action at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. The annual Five Diamond Poker Classic is underway at the Bellagio. The $10K Main Event is also a World Poker Tour event, and the last major stop on the 2017 calendar year. This year's Five Diamond Classic included a pair of added events... both high rollers. Jason Koon won the $25K High Roller and Dan Smith took down the $100K Super High Roller.

The $100K at the Bellagio attracted 39 runners. The total prize pool was $3.9 million with only the top 6 places paying out. First place would earn the bulk of the pool with a $1.4M payday.

The final table included notable players such as Daniel Negreanu, Bryn Kenney, Ike Haxton, Sergio Aido, Stefan Schillhabel and Dan Smith. Yeah, it would be unusual to not see a German pro at the final table of a High Roller event. Stefan Schillhabel was the lone German at the table and he'd bust in third place during an insane hand.

Kid Poker tweeted about that insane cooler of a hand, "Holy moly!!! Dan Smith AA all in against Schillhabel JT flop JTT!!!!! TURN ACE!!!! Heads up now guaranteed $936k playing for the title and $1.4 mill!"

Yup, like poker is rigged.

The German's exit meant that Negreanu was heads up with Dan Smith. Smith held a slight lead with two to go. Kid Poker would have to wait another day to ship a SHR crown. Instead, Dan Smith took down the SHR title and a dope-ass prize worth $1.4 million.

The win vaulted Smith into the Top 18 on the all-time money list with $19.2M. That's quite an honor considering some of the names ahead of him. Smith is approaching the $20M mark. Meanwhile, Daniel Negreanu moved back into first place in the all-time money list. Negreanu overtook Erik Seidel ($33.2M) and Kid Poker now has over $34.1 million (USD) in career tournament earnings.

2017 Bellagio Super High Roller

Buy-in: $100,000

Prize Pool: $3,900,000

Payouts: 6

 

Final Table Result:

1. Dan Smith $1,404,000

2. Daniel Negreanu $936,000

3. Stefan Schillhabel $624,000

4. Isaac Haxton $390,000

5. Sergio Aido $312,000

6. Bryn Kenney $234,000

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