Last week, King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik made a rather tough decision as he opted to forfeit his $50,000 deposit and skip the $1M Big One for One Drop at the WSOP, in exchange for participating instead in the €25,750 Super High Roller event at the EM European Poker Championship held at Casino Velden in Austria. However, the sacrifice was absolutely worth it for the controversial casino owner as he took down the event and won the top cash prize of €370,000!
It actually cost him a total of seven bullets, but it was not in vain as he managed to take down the event. The tournament had a total of 41 entries (27 players + 14 re-entries) and overall generated a prize pool of €1,025,000.
Tsoukernik said after he won, "I'm just a fan of this tournament. I have a very positive view on this casino which is an absolute jewel, a pearl, of the possibility how beautiful gaming could be in front of this fantastic lake."
€25,750 Super High Roller Final Table Results
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Place
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Player
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Country
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Prize
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1
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Leon Tsoukernik
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Czech Republic
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€370,000
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2
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Manig Loeser
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Germany
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€260,000
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3
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Maxi Lehmanski
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Germany
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€185,000
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4
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Tony G
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Lithuania
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€125,000
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5
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Niki Jedlicka
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Austria
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€85,000
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This is Tsoukernik's first victory since he won the EPT Prague Super High Roller event in December 2016. This win is now his third-biggest score in his poker career after the $782,453 prize that he won at the Prague tournament and $1.8 million for getting 4th place in the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl.
Source:
https://www.highstakesdb.com/8956-leon-tsoukernik-wins-the-poker-em-super-high-roller-for-370000.aspx
