Jim “Pocket Bullets” Paris
These days seems like you just finish one poker tournament in time to get ready for the next one. Around the globe, the biggest tournament, of course, is the World Series of Poker; in second place comes the Aussie Millions – Australia, followed by the Latin America Poker Tour – Brazil, then the World Series of Poker Circuit event in New Orleans. There are way too many for us to give you a complete list, but we will do our very best to keep you informed with plenty of time for you to gather your $$$, your senses, and of course, giving you enough time to sit at any poker table and hone your skills.
For now, here’s one for you to keep your eye on; perhaps you can shoot for it next year as it has already sold out for this year. In fact, hard as it is to believe, it sold out on the very first day with a buy-in of $300,000! There are a total of 50 players which created a prize pool of $15 million with $5 million going to the winner.
The 2017 Super High Roller Bowl sold out so fast that it has been confirmed as the World Championship of High Stakes Poker. 35 seats were sold out the first day and the remaining 15 seats were held back and will be chosen by the Aria Resort and Casino.
Every player wants to play in The Super High Roller Bowl. Not everyone can get in. The following are the confirmed players for the tournament:
| Christian Christner | Antonio Esfandiari | Igor Kurganov |
| Matt Berkey | Connor Drinan | Steffen Sontheimer |
| Jake Schindler | Pratyush Buddiga | Rainer Kempe |
| Sean Winter | John Juanda | Dominik Nitsche |
| Christoph Vogelsang | Stefan Schillhabel | Andrew Robl |
| Brian Rast | Bryn Kenney | Fedor Holz |
| David Peters | Jason Les | Ben Tollerene |
| Tom Marchese | Erik Seidel | Sam Soverel |
| Scott Seiver | Ankush Mandavia | David Einhorn |
| Nick Petrangelo | Haralabos Voulgaris | Isaac Haxton |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | Doug Polk | Ben Sulsky |
| Byron Kaverman | Koray Aldemir |
The remaining 15 players will be announced by the Aria Resort and Casino. If your name is not on the list above, maybe you’ll be lucky enough to get in next year. Good luck to y’all.
Pocket Bullets Paris
We’re sure that a lot of the older warriors, like Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, and maybe even one of the oldest warriors, Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, will show up. Riess ‘The Beast” Ryan will most likely be there to try to make it two titles in a row. Who knows, it’s still to early to tell, but PokerNews has put out their annual “Watch Out For” list of rookies. They include some very serious newbie players that we would exercise caution with when sitting with them at the same 