Onyx Super High Roller Series Wraps in Cyprus

The Onyx Super High Roller Series concluded its run at the Merit Royal Hotel in Cyprus over the weekend, closing out a festival that saw Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, Raoul Kanme, and a player known only as ‘Goofy’ headline the biggest scores of the series. But two additional champions emerged from the side events, each adding fresh hardware to already decorated resumes. World Series of Poker bracelet winner David Coleman claimed a six-max no-limit hold’em title, while two-time bracelet winner and reigning Merit Millions champion Boris Kolev bulldozed his way through a mystery bounty field to scoop up the majority of the tournament’s biggest prizes.

David Coleman Grinds Out $270,000 Six-Max Title

David Coleman turned a marathon single-day grind into the largest side-event score of his Cyprus trip, outlasting a 62-entry field in the $15,300 six-max no-limit hold’em event. The tournament built a $892,800 prize pool, with nine players eventually cashing before the action reached a stacked six-handed final table.

That unofficial final table featured Triton Super High Roller champion Artsiom Lasouski and multi-title winner Nicholas Seward, giving Coleman no shortage of tough competition on his way to the title.

Key Final-Table Eliminations

Lasouski was the first casualty at the money-bubble final table, running two pair into an opponent’s rivered spade flush to exit in sixth. Coleman then delivered a decisive blow to Seward, flopping top pair with king-nine to send Seward’s ace-king to the rail in fifth place for $67,400.

From there, the tournament narrowed to a heads-up battle between Coleman and Italo Modena. Coleman built an advantage of more than two-to-one in chips, only for Modena to claw back with a timely double-up that flattened the counts. Coleman regrouped and eventually sealed the win on the final hand, pairing kings on the river with king-six to outlast Modena’s queen-nine.

The victory was worth $270,000 to Coleman and came with 432 Card Player Player of the Year points, moving him up to 36th in the yearlong standings presented by CoinPoker. Seward’s fifth-place finish left him sitting at 61st on the same leaderboard.

$15,300 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em Final Table

Boris Kolev Sweeps the Bounties in $10,400 Mystery Event

Mystery bounty tournaments typically reward a bit of luck alongside skill, since bounty envelopes are drawn at random rather than tied to a set value. Boris Kolev found a way around that variance almost entirely, claiming eight separate mystery bounties on his way to winning the $10,400 no-limit hold’em mystery bounty event outright.

Kolev’s haul meant he not only walked away with the tournament title but also collected the lion’s share of the event’s headline bounty prizes, turning what is usually an unpredictable format into a personal showcase. The win added another trophy to a resume that already includes two WSOP bracelets and last year’s Merit Millions championship, cementing Kolev as one of the standout performers of the entire Onyx festival.

Attention Turns to WPT Cyprus

With the high roller portion of the Cyprus stop now in the books, focus at Merit Royal Hotel shifts to the World Poker Tour Cyprus championship, which got underway on Aug. 19. Both Coleman and Kolev leave the Onyx series with fresh titles and a reminder that the region’s felt continues to produce marquee results for the game’s established stars.

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FAQ

What did David Coleman win at the Onyx Super High Roller Series?

David Coleman won a $15,300 six-max no-limit hold’em event, defeating a 62-entry field for a first-place prize of $270,000.

How did Boris Kolev win his Onyx trophy?

Boris Kolev won a $10,400 no-limit hold’em mystery bounty event, collecting eight mystery bounties along the way to claim both the title and most of the event’s top bounty prizes.

Where was the Onyx Super High Roller Series held?

The series took place at the Merit Royal Hotel in Cyprus, running through the weekend before the World Poker Tour Cyprus championship began on Aug. 19.

Who else won big at the Onyx series?

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau won a $50,000 high roller event, joining Raoul Kanme and a player known as ‘Goofy’ among the festival’s largest overall winners.

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