Sean Perry Eliminated from Super High Roller Bowl XI After Two $100,000 Entries on Las Vegas Day 1

Controversial poker player Sean Perry is out of the Super High Roller Bowl XI after burning through two $100,000 bullets on Day 1 of the PokerGO Tour event at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The format permits only one reentry, which Perry used before joining Ben Tollerene and Vinny Lingham on the rail.

Perry began the day among 17 starters with a 300,000 chip stack. An early pot against Nick Petrangelo and Adrian Mateos grew it to 360,000, but by Level 4 he sat on just 23,000. Two double-ups through Kristen Foxen provided temporary relief before his first stack was lost. The reentry fared no better, largely due to clashes with Alex Foxen.

In the final hand of Perry’s tournament, he raised to 13,000 from the button holding J ♦ 9 ♠. Foxen called from the small blind with 3 ♠ 3 ♦. The J ♣ 7 ♠ 3 ♣ flop gave Perry top pair and Foxen bottom set. Foxen check-raised Perry’s 10,000 continuation bet to 29,000; Perry called. On the 4 ♦ turn Foxen bet 32,000 and was called again. The 9 ♦ river improved Perry to top two pair, but Foxen bet 150,000—putting Perry all-in for his last 114,000. Perry called and was shown the set.

23 entries were recorded on Day 1, with 12 players advancing. Seth Davies leads with 882,000 chips (110 big blinds). Davies already owns two Super High Roller Bowl titles from 2024: $3.2 million for the $300,000 buy-in SHRB IX in Cyprus and $1.5 million for the $100,000 PLO event in Las Vegas. Alex Foxen sits second with 768,000. Defending champion Joao Simao holds 548,000.

Other advancing players include Igor Yaroshevskyy, Talal Shakerchi, Jeremy Ausmus, and Jason Koon. Late registration stays open until the start of Day 2. As reported by PokerNews, play resumes at 1 p.m. PT on Friday, October 9, with streaming on PokerGO from 4 p.m. PT.

Perry’s Path and the Foxen Matchup

Perry’s Day 1 trajectory showed the swing inherent in these fields. Early gains evaporated quickly, and his second bullet ended in the detailed cooler against Foxen, who now sits in strong contention while also remaining in the conversation for the 2026 WSOP Player of the Year award.

Field Strength Heading into Day 2

The 12 survivors face a deep lineup that includes multiple bracelet winners and prior SHRB champions. With registration still open, the final field size and prize pool implications remain to be determined, but the early exits of Perry, Tollerene, and Lingham already condense the competition among the remaining high-stakes regulars.

Reporting: PokerNews

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