Max Altergott Wins €100,000 Super High Roller at EPT Grand Final 2013
German online high-stakes cash game player Max Altergott had never cashed in a live poker event before, but today he took down the prestigious €100,000 Super High Roller event at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final for a massive €1,746,400 first prize.
The other six players to make the money were Canadian Sorel Mizzi, Altergott’s roommate here in Monaco, who finished third, WSOP bracelet winner Timothy Adams, PCA High Roller runner-up Vladimir Troyanovskiy, PCA Super High Roller winner Scott Seiver and WSOP-E High Roller champion Mike Watson.
As well as his cash prize, Altergott also received a stunning bracelet worth €10,000 from Shamballa Jewels, the Official Bracelet Sponsor for EPT9 High Roller and Super High Roller Events.
1, Max Altergott, Germany, € 1,746,400 2, Jason Mercier, USA, Team PokerStars Pro, € 1,115,700 3, Sorel Mizzi, Canada, € 679,100 4, Timothy Adams, Canada, € 485,100 5, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Russia, , € 339,500 6, Scott Seiver, USA, € 266,900 7, Mike Watson, Canada, € 218,300
A total of 42 players entered the €100k Super High Roller which, with eight re-loads created a total prize pool of €4,851,000.
The €100,000 Super High Roller was one of 50 tournaments taking place at Le Sporting Casino in Monaco as part of the ninth EPT Grand Final “Festival of Poker” running from May 6-16.
The Main Event was won by Ireland’s Steve O’Dwyer for €1,224,000. It was the 31-year-old’s fourth appearance on an EPT Main Event final table in 18 months. Steve Silverman won the €25,000 High Roller event for €775,400 while German player Ole Schemion won three side events – the €1k Win the Button, the €5k Pot-Limit Omaha and the €10k High Roller Turbo.
More than 1,200 players took part in this season’s Grand Final and there were more than 4,200 total entries creating an overall prize pool of more than €18 million. Season 9 of the EPT was one of the most spectacular so far, with seven stops in Europe plus the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. In all, there have been more than 44,000 tournament entries this season and nearly €95,000,000 awarded in prizes.
EPT Season 10 will kick off with the EPT Barcelona Festival running August 28-September 7, 2013, and will be followed by six further major events in Europe as well as the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas in January 2014. Each event will be a spectacular “can’t-miss” Festival of Poker featuring a massive range of events for players of all kinds.
Source: www.pokerstars.com
