Isaac Haxton Wins the PokerStars EPT Prague €25,500 Single-Day High Roller for €559,200

‘Don’t worry, Isaac Haxton never wins tournaments’ Steve O’Dwyer said when Haxton grabbed the chiplead with still 13 players left in the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller at the last PokerStars EPT Prague.

A quick look at Haxton’s Hendonmob profile proved that statement wasn’t entirely accurate, but his two wins did look pale compared to the seven runner-up finishes he had.

Haxton would prove O’Dwyer even more wrong today, as the high-stakes online cash game player known as “Ike” won the PokerStars EPT Prague €25,000 Single-Day High Roller for €559,200!

The €25,000 Single-Day High Roller at the PokerStars EPT Prague started off with a big field already. Before the first seconds of the first level had passed, 40 players had already signed up. With registration open for the first eight 30-minute levels, that number would only grow more rapidly.

By the time registration had closed, 69 players had entered. A total of 14 reentries made for 83 entries total and a prize pool of €2,033,500. With 83 entries, three more than last year, 11 players were to cash. By the time that was announced, a bunch of players had already departed.

Among the early casualties were a bunch of players who had played the $100,000 Super High Roller in the Bellagio, Las Vegas only a couple of days ago. The champion there, Jan-Eric Schwippert from Germany who had won over $1.4 million just three days ago, wouldn’t be so lucky here in the Czech capital. His countryman, EPT Prague Single-Day High Roller title defender Rainer Kempe, would also hit the rail early on.

Familiar faces like Sam Greenwood, Igor Kurganov, Mustapha Kanit and Justin Bonomo all had already left by the time bubble was looming. Thomas Muehloecker got closer, but departed in 13th place and initiated hand-for-hand play.

With 12 players remaining, only one more player would go empty-handed. The others would be guaranteed a min-cash of €57,950. After just a couple of hands, action folded to PokerStars EPT Vienna champion Oleksii Khoroshenin. He pushed all in and big blind O’Dwyer only needed a short glance at his cards to make the call. It was a classic setup as short stack Khoroshenin had queens while big stack O’Dwyer had …

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