Max Altergott, Germany (559,000)
The second year the EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller was held, in 2013, it was won by a relatively unknown German player who was recording the first live tournament result of his poker career. That player was Max Altergott, an online high-stakes cash-game player, and he won that event for nearly €1.75 million after defeating Jason Mercier in heads-up play.
Since then, Altergott has become a regular in big buy-in poker tournaments, racking up over $4.7 million in live cashes. In fact, he almost won the €100,000 Super High Roller for a second time this year, ultimately finishing third for €940,300 behind Erik Seidel and Dzmitry Urbanovich.
Also of note, he scored a victory in the 2013 World Poker Tour Paris €15,000 High Roller for €181,440 and won the 2014 Aussie Millions $25,000 Challenge for AU$241,785. Furthermore, Altergott took second in a WPT Alpha8 event for £350,000 in London and has cashed in a couple of ARIA high roller events.
You can regularly find Altergott hanging around with several other members of "Team Germany," such as Tobias Reinkemeier, Philipp Gruissem, Igor Kurganov, and Fabian Quoss.
He came into Day 3 of this event with 559,000 in chips.