46 players (plus 15 re-entries) participated in The 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller over the weekend. After eliminating Mustapha Kanit in second place with pocket queens vs pocket sevens, Ole Schemion was crowned the champion and received €1,547,800 in prize money.
"It's very sweet to win against Mustapha," Schemion said. "He's a very good friend of mine."
Schemion, a German poker pro with over $10 million in live tournament earnings, has taken a break from poker since the PokerStars Carribean Adventure (PCA) in January before entering and winning this massive buy-in tournament.
"I just wanted to take some time off and do something away from poker, so to come back and win the super high roller is really great," he said.
EPT Grand Final super high roller
Dates: April 28-30, 2016
Buy in: €100,000
Entries: 61 (46 players plus 15 re-entries)
Prize pool: €5,918,220
1 - Ole Schemion, Germany, €1,597,800*
2 - Mustapha Kanit, Italy, €1,462,000*
3 - Ali Reza Fatehi, Iran, €828,500
4 - Igor Kurganov, Russia, €627,300
5 - Paul Newey, United Kingdom, €485,300
6 - Stephen Chidwick, United Kingdom, €378,750
7 - Sam Greenwood, Canada, €301,820
8 - Ivan Luca, Argentina, €236,750
*denotes heads-up deal
