Play folded to Brian Roberts on the button, and he raised to 9,000. Dani Stern was in the small blind and reraised to 26,500. Roberts called, and the flop came down . Stern bet 30,000, and Roberts folded.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and Tudor Purice looked down at a completed board of . The Romanian had first action and he checked over to Mercier.
Mercier cut out one final bet of 53,000, sending Purice deep into the tank. After a few moments passed, the clock was called on Purice by another member of the table. Floor staff came to the table and gave Purice 60 seconds to act on his hand before it was declared dead. With just about 20 seconds left on his clock, Purice flung out calling chips.
Mercier rolled over for a straight to the ten. Purice mucked his hand and was left with just about 25,000 in chips. Mercier, on the other hand, now sits on about 230,000.
With registration closed, the prize pool information has been officially tabulated and released. This record-setting €10,300 High Roller event drew a grand total of 506 entries with 401 unique players and 105 re-entries. This allowed for a total prize pool of €4,908,200. The top 71 players will make the money with a min-cash being worth €18,650. From there, each player will have their eyes on the top prize of an astounding €947,300.
Here's a look at the payouts for the official final table of eight:
Place
Prize
1
€947,300
2
€596,800
3
€427,500
4
€336,700
5
€265,600
6
€206,600
7
€155,600
8
€108,500
For more information on the prize pool, see the "Payouts" tab above.
Picking up with the action on a board of , Mustapha Kanit checked over to Vanessa Selbst on the button. The Team PokerStars Pro bet 21,000 only to have Kanit come over the top with an all-in check-raise. Selbst was left to ponder for her tournament life of approximately 55,000.
In the end, Selbst chose to let it go and Kanit was awarded the pot. He now has crossed the 400,000-chip mark.