Jan-Eric Schwippert has picked up $1.4m after chopping the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller with Tom Marchese at the Bellagio, and the German, Stefan Schillhabel, wins the €10,300 High Roller at the European Poker Tour in Prague.
Jan-Eric Schwippert has taken down the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller at The Bellagio after chopping with Aria High Roller reg, Tom Marchese.
The Austrian entered the heads-up phase with a 5:1 chip advantage, and had Marchese below the ten big blind point before the Global Poker League (GPL) New York Rounders star doubled up – a play that resulted in the eventual chop.
The first prize was $1,439,274. Back in the day when the only accessories allowed at the table were cigarettes, it would have been the biggest prize of the year. Today, it’s not big enough to crack the Top 25. For his part, Marchese earned $1,018,566. Schwippert is having a good month, finishing sixth and third in $25,000 buy-in Aria High Rollers, this month
Erik Seidel was once again in the thick of the action. The New Yorker recently surpassed the $30m in cashes mark, and his $335,160 fourth place finish puts his all-time live tournament earnings to $30,963,854, meaning he only needs to win another $1.6m to catch up with Daniel Negreanu.
I realise the absurdity of using the word ‘only’ in that sentence, but given Seidel’s form in these Aria High Rollers and Negreanu’s lack of appearances in them, I think he has every chance of becoming the top dog by the end of 2017.
Ankush Mandavia was another man feeling the heat. Mandavia finished sixth a few days after winning a $25,000 Aria High Roller for $403,532. UK Hedge Fund manager, Talal Shakerchi, was third and Christian Christner was fifth.
ITM Cashes
1. Jan-Eric Schwippert – $1,439,274
2. Tom Marchese – $1,018,566
3. Talal Shakerchi – $521,360
4. Erik Seidel – $335,160
5. Christian Christner – $223,440
6. Ankush Mandavia – $186,200
European Poker Tour Prague Update
Across the pond, the final European Poker Tour (EPT) festival is underway in Prague, and judging by the attendance figures, people are going to miss John Duthie’s baby.
The €1,100 buy-in Eureka 6 Prague Main Event attracted a record 2,031 players. That equates to a €1,970,070 prize pool with €254,750 going to the winner.
At the time of writing, 39 players remained with Piotr Romanczukiewicz from Poland at the head of the chip counts. Tom Hall, Brian Roberts and Kristen Bicknell were also in contention.
Stefan Schillhabel defeated a field of 133 entrants to win the €10,300 High Roller. The German picked up €248,046 for his victory after cutting a four-way deal. It’s his second big win of the year after winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Shooting Stars event for $1.3m in March. Sergio Aido, and Charlie Carrel continued their recent run of deep runs with second and third place finishes respectively.
Final Table Results
1. Stefan Schillhabel – €248,046
2. Sergio Aido – €177,965
3. Charlie Carrel – €159,545
4. Aliaksei Boika – €218,944
5. Brian Senie – €95,200
6. Francis-Nicolas Bouchard – €75,090
7. Konstantin Uspensky – €57,400
8. Francois Billard – €43,220
Thomas Muehloocker finished 9th, Sylvain Loosli 10th and Mustapha Kanit 12th.
Finally, 49 entrants have created a $2.3m prize pool in the €50,000 Super High Roller. There were 27 players left at the time of writing, and Charlie Carrel was in charge with Jean-Noel Thorel in second. The winner will pick up a check worth €741,100; six places are paid.
