One of the most controversial poker players of today, Martin Kabrhel, does the unthinkable at WTC Sheraton, where he won $30,000 Super High Roller, which was part of the 2025 BSOP Super High Roller Series in Sao Paulo.
This win raises Kabrhel’s total live earnings to $16,756,376, moving him up from 89th place to 86th in Hendon Mob’s all-time money list. Kabrhel is also ranked as the number one player in the Czech Republic.
The event had a $30,000 buy-in and attracted 44 entries, generating a prize pool of $1,320,000. Some of the names we could have seen at the event were: Yuri Dzivielevski, Ottomar Ladva, Rodrigo Seiji, Andre Akkari, Brian Rast, and others..
$30,000 Super High Roller Result
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | $422,000 |
| 2 | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | $292,000 |
| 3 | Rodrigo Seiji | Brazil | $186,000 |
| 4 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | $142,800 |
| 5 | Thiago Crema | Brazil | $111,860 |
| 6 | Rafael Moraes | Brazil | $86,800 |
With only six players in the money, Ivan Luca managed to reach the final table, but ended up being a bubble boy as he busted in seventh place. Luca was eliminated by none other than the champion Martin Kabrhel himself.
The Final Table (ITM)
Once the remaining finalists were all in the money, Martin Kabrhel continued in the same rhythm, and his next victim was Rafael Morales, who 3-bet jammed into Kabrhel, who found pocket tens, which held against A7s of Morales, who was eliminated in sixth place for $86,800.
After the elimination of Morales, Kabrhel stepped on the gas pedal, and Thiago Crema was eliminated next. All the money went in preflop, and it was a flip, which went into Kabrhel’s favor, and Crema was eliminated in fifth place for $111,860.
Ottomar Ladva was guilty for the next two eliminations. First, he eliminated Andre Akkari in fourth place for $142,800, and then Rodrigo Seiji in third place for $186,000, launching heads-up play.
The Heads-Up
Entering the heads-up battle, Ladva had a slight chip lead over Kabrhel, and there was still a lot of play ahead for the $422,000 and the BSOP trophy.
In one of the pots, all the money went in, and Ladva was ahead with trips against Kabrhel’s flush draw. Trips held, and Kabrhel was left with just six big blinds, and Ladva has a 14:1 chip lead already holding one hand on the trophy.
But then, something unexpected happened, even to Kabrhel. Kabrhel got the double, then shoved and got the fold, another double up, and voilà, the stacks were even, and Kabrhel had a god-like run that nothing could stop.
Slowly but surely, Kabrhel was gaining chips, and Ladva was finding it difficult to fight back. The last hand happened when Ladva called with Qc7h against Kabrhel’s pocket threes, and the board ran 6dTcAc4c4d. With so many outs on the river, it just wasn’t meant to be for Ladva, who was eliminated in second place for $292,000.
