It only took one day of play to determine a winner of the €50,000 Super High Roller at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo EPT Grand Final.
The tournament kicked off at 12:30 pm local time on Sunday, and the final hand was dealt just before 3:30 am on Monday morning. A total of 66 entries created a prize pool €3.2 million, of which Mustapha Kanit received €936,500!
The Italian pro defeated Mike Watson, from Canada, heads-up. Watson had a big lead but lost it already on the first hand. Kanit opened with A
K
, Watson went all in with K
Q
, and Kanit snap called.
The board ran out 2
A
4
J
8
and Kanit took down the pot with a pair of aces. Besides, he now had a small chip lead over Watson.
Then it didn't take long before Kanit rivered a straight and got paid off. Watson was left short stacked, he managed to double up once but not a second time. Watson had K
5
vs Kanit's K
7
, which made many believe that they would chop the pot. However, things came to an end after the board rolled out 7
7
6
3
T
and gave Kanit the win.
EPT One-Day €50,000 Results:
Entrants: 66 (54 uniques and 12 rebuys
Prizepool: €3,201,660
Places paid: 9
1st. Mustapha Kanit, Italy, €936,500
2nd. Mike Watson, Canada, €672,300
3rd. Martin Finger, Germany, €437,000
4th. Fedor Holz, Germany, €329,800
5th. Fabian Quoss, Germany, €256,100
6th. Andrei Streltsou, Belarus, €198,500
7th. Mark Teltscher, UK, €156,900
8th. Ivan Luca, Argentina, €121,700
9th. Scott Seiver, USA, €92,860
source: pokerstarsblog