The World Poker Tour Online Series began on May 14 and this week is the final days of tournament action. Players still have plenty of time to compete in major events, even though a few highlights have already finished up. Three High Roller events just finished up including the Super High Roller, featuring a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.
The event had a $25,000 buy-in and the field was full of top competitors. A total of 43 players bought into the event, which pushed the prize pool to $1,075,000. In the end, it was online poker pro Benjamin Rolle who earned the first-place win. Rolle plays via the handle “bencb789” online and he won the event after defeating Artur Martirosian in heads-up play.
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Final Table Recap
Addamo came into the final table as chip leader after doing the same in Event #5 where he eventually finished third.
Sergi Reixach started sixth in chips, but fell first taking home $53,915.
Duco Ten Haven was then eliminated in sixth place for $62,645.
Despite sitting second in chips at the start of play,
Matthias Eibinger was eliminated in fifth for $74,774 before
Pascal Hartmann followed him out the door, taking home $100,993.
Day 2 Recap
Day 2 began with 17 hopefuls each guaranteed a $21,277 min-cash for more than double the $10,500 buy-in.
Michael Addamo, entered the day with the chip lead with Brewer starting off in the middle of the pack in eighth place.
Tamas Adamszki, Dusk Til Dawn owner
Rob Yong, and
Artur Martirosian got no further than a min-cash as they became the first three players on the rail. A few more players hit the rail and not before long the seven-max final table was reach when David Peters was eliminated in eighth place for $30,476.
The final table was a who s who in the poker with big names in every seat with Addamo (third - $116,183),