The European Poker Tour has just concluded its sixth season with the High Roller Grand Final coming to a close. The High Roller event had 113 players who put up ?25,000 to play. The high buy in event attracted a smaller field, but it was lined with some of the best names in poker. Vanessa Rousso returned to defend her title from last year.
The final table had eight players battling for a first place prize of ?956,000. Out of 113 players the final nine included Allen Bari, Michael Friedrich, Luke Schwartz, Tobias Reinkemeier, Oliver Busquet, Tom Marchese, Paul Berenede, Sorel Mizzi, and Dori Yacoub. The chip lead belonged to Dori Yacoub as play started with the final nine.
Michael Friedrich moved in with Ad 4c in an attempt to double up, but he was called by the Ac Qh of Allen Bari. The board came out 3c 5c 6c 2h Tc to give Bari a higher flush, and eliminate Friedrich in 8th place. Friedrich took home ?81,300 for his final table finish.
Bari was the next to be eliminated when he pushed Ad Kh into Reinkemeier?s pocket kings. This pushed Reinkemeier into the chip lead, and he continued to push his opponents around with the big stack. Reinkemeier then took out Sorel Mizzi to eliminate him in 6th place.
Olivier Busquet stole some thunder away from Reinkemeier in the next few rounds as he doubled up through Tom Marchese and then eliminated Paul Berende in 5th place. Marchese lost the rest of his stack in a race with his pocket 9?s against the Ah Kc of Yacoub.
The three way action between Tobias Reinkemeier, Dori Yacoub, and Olivier Busquet was intense as big pots began to develop. However, Yacoub was unable to come out on top when he aggressively tried to get Reinkemeier off of his hand. Reinkemeier ended up calling Yacoub?s all in bet on the river to find himself ahead with a higher two pair. The call sent Yacoub to the rail in 3rd place.
Reinkemeier and Busquet were then heads up. Things were going back and forth, but the devastating blow came when Reinkemeier bluffed Busquet out of a major pot which left Busquet short in chips. Then Busquet made his all in move with As 2c, and Reinkemeier made the all in call with pocket queens. The queens were able to hold up to give Reinkemeier the title.
Tobias Reinkemeier, from Germany, took home ?956,000 for his title in this event. He also cashed for a respectable $108,045 for his 6th place finish at the Caribbean Adventure High Roller Event.
Here are the results and payouts for the Grand Final High Roller final table:
1st- Tobias Reinkemeier - ?956,000
2nd- Olivier Busquet - ?597,600
3rd- Dori Yacoub - ?358,500
4th- Tom Marchese - ?263,000
5th- Paul Berende - ?191,200
6th- Sorel Mizzi - ?143,400
7th- Allen Bari - ?109,900
8th- Michael Friedrich - ?81,300
Source: http://www.pokerblog.com/ept-high-roller-event-crowns-a-new-champion.html
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