The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€25,000 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
€1,080,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€3,325,000
Entries
133
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Seat 1: Philipp Gruissem (Germany) -- 990,000

Philipp Gruissem
Philipp Gruissem

Philipp Gruissem is the resident high roller of the European Poker Tour. Every time there is a High Roller event being held, Gruissem's making some noise and he's here doing it again in this one.

Gruissem had an outstanding 2011 that all started back in April, just one year ago. Since then, he's racked up over $1.5 million in live tournament winnings and is only going to add to that today.

Things all started when Gruissem took third in last season's EPT Berlin €10,000 High Roller for €67,000. He then went on to finish 28th in the World Series of Poker Main Event for over $240,000, win the EPT Barcelona High Roller for €234,500 and beat Igor Kurganov in the EPT London High Roller to win the title £450,200.

Along with those impressive scores, Gruissem took fourth in the EPT San Remo High Roller, third in the EPT Prague High Roller and cashed in the EPT Berlin Main Event. Some would say, this guy is a stud, and we can't really argue.

Gruissem will enter the final table with just under a million in chips at 990,000. He has some tough competition on his left with Kurganov next to him followed by Daniel Negreanu and then the overwhelming chip leader Justin Bonomo, but Gruissem's proven his worth over the past year and will be a handful at this final table.

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