Schemion and Quoss Left To Duel in 2016 EPT Grand Final €50,000 Super High Roller

One of the flagship events of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final festival was calling all high rollers in the land to the tournament tables with the €50,000 Single-Day Super High Roller. At 5.30 a.m. local time, Ole Schemion and fellow German star Fabian Quoss remained to play for the title and a first-place payday of €933,200.

Schemion’s run was extra special because he won the €100,000 Super High Roller the night before, topping a field of 61 entries in that event for nearly €1.6 million. He and Quoss are now guaranteed €713,100 in this event.

All players received 200,000 in chips to start, levels were 30 minutes each, and they had the option to reenter one time until the end of Level 15. Once the registration and reentry period was closed, the clock showed 70 entries, with 62 unique players and eight reentries. That generated a prize pool of just under €3.4 million, and the top nine spots would finish in the money with a guaranteed €98,480 waiting as a min-cash.

One year ago, the first-ever European Poker Tour single-day high roller tournament debuted at the Grand Final and it was Mustapha Kanit who emerged victorious after defeating a 66-entry field for a payday of €936,500. Kanit has been at it again here in Monaco, finishing second in the €100,000 Super High Roller to Schemion on Saturday night. But the magic of the Italian ran out just before the field was combined to the last three tables, paving the way for a new champion in this event.

John Juanda entered at the very last minute and didn’t last one level, while international soccer star Gerard Piqué was never able to run up a stack either. Salman Behbehani had an unfortunate setup with middle set against top set versus Aidyn Auyezkanov, and PokerStars team pro Jason Mercier lost a flip with pocket sixes against the ace-queen of Byron …

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