Fabian Quoss Wins Extended EPT Grand Final €50K High Roller

Dan · May 2, 2016

Fabian Quoss defeated Ole Schemion in the €50,000 High Roller during the EPT Grand Final (photo credit Danny Maxwell)

It took extra innings, but Fabian Quoss won the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final €50,000 Single-Day Super High Roller. The Single-Day High Roller, which started at on Sunday, drew 70 total entries. It was scheduled to last just one day, but due to casino limitations, Quoss and Ole Schemion had to finish the tournament on Monday.

As soon as the final river was dealt, Quoss and fellow German Schemion clasped hands, hugged, and went to a unified German rail.

“I’m very excited to win,” Quoss said. “I’m also super tired.”

A half-hour earlier, Quoss and Schemion agreed to a deal in which the latter got €857,241, while Quoss earned €799,059. Left on the table to play for was €50,000 in cash and a gold trophy. Schemion was fresh off winning the Super High Roller on Saturday.

Fedor Holz held a massive chip lead when the final table began on Sunday. His 4.5 million in chips were almost twice what the next closest player had.

Steve O’Dwyer was eliminated in ninth place for €98,480. Just after blind levels increased to 50,000/100,000, O’Dwyer shoved for 470,000 with and Aidyn Auyezkanov called all-in with two queens. Auyezkanov flopped top set and ducked a straight draw on the river to cripple O’Dwyer, who was eliminated on the next hand holding less than one small blind.

O’Dwyer won January’s $50,000 High Roller Event at the PCA for almost $1 million. His ninth place finish in the Grand Final High Roller should put him in the lead for EPT Player of the Year.

Next to go was David Peters, who hit the rail in eighth place for €129,050. In the very last hand of Level 22, Peters called all in before the flop after a shove from Holz. Peters showed , while Holz was ahead with . Neither player improved and Peters exited stage right. Prior to Sunday, Peters’ last nine in the money finishes in live events were top-five finishes.

Just after the new blind level started, Michael Bonzon, who won his seat into the event via a qualifier on Saturday, was eliminated in seventh place for €166,400. After a raise pre-flop by Fabian Quoss to 250,000, Bonzon shoved over the top for 720,000. Quoss called with and Bonzon flipped over . Despite being behind, Quoss hit a queen on the flop and a king on the river for good measure to trim the field to six.

Seven minutes after Bonzon was eliminated, Mikita Badziakouskifollowed him out the door in sixth place for €210,530. Badziakouski shoved for his last five big blinds from the big blind and Quoss looked him up with . Badziakouski tabled , but watched as no ace, no queen, and four red cards hit the board. That hand propelled Quoss into the chip lead. It was the fourth elimination in an hour time span.

After leading much of the final table, Holz was sent packing in fifth place for €271,670. Holz pushed for his last 790,000 – four big blinds – and Quoss and Schemion called. Holz’s opponents checked down every street and he flipped over . Unfortunately for Holz, Quoss, holding just , hit a four on the river to trim the field once more.

An all in-fest then ensued, with Murad Akhundov, the short stack, eventually becoming the next casualty. Akhundov open-shoved for 1.4 million with pocket fives, but ended up in a race against Aidyn Auyezkanov, who had . No set was in store for Akhundov, who was sent packing in fourth place for €349,760.

Following Akhundov’s elimination, Schemion, who won the €100,000 Super High Roller on Saturday, officially became Germany’s all-time money leader at well over $10 million. He passed Tobias Reinkemeier, who has $10.5 million.

Auyezkanov, playing his first live event, went out in third place for €463,510, setting up a heads-up battle between Quoss and Schemion. Auyezkanov raised to 700,000 from the button with red tens and got a call from Quoss, who had a . Auyezkanov was ahead the entire way until the river, when a king ended his tournament life. He then went straight to the airport for a flight at 7:00 am, just about two hours after he busted.

Entering heads-up play as the sun was getting ready to rise, Quoss was up 9.6 million in chips to 4.1 million. A deal was briefly discussed, but Schemion opted not to agree, sending play onward towards a champion. It didn’t take long for the fireworks to go off, as Schemion doubled with against to essentially swap places with Quoss. Schemion flopped his kicker and ducked a flush draw to move ahead.

Quoss then made an ill-timed bluff with 8-3 of clubs after whiffing on a straight draw. He bet 1.6 million on the river and Schemion called, showing for the win with a pair of sevens. That hand crippled Quoss to just a dozen big blinds.

Not long after that play was paused as the Monte Carlo Bay’s Le Sporting venue closes at 5:30 am. Play resumed at 9:00 pm on Monday night in the main tournament room following the conclusion of the EPT Grand Final Main Event’s Day 2.

On Monday night, Quoss doubled up with A-7 against K-3 in the first hand back from the only level increase of the night. And in the tournament’s final hand, Schemion shoved pre-flop for 4.8 million with and Quoss insta-called with . The flop had an ace and the turn was a queen, leaving Schemion drawing dead, his dreams of a second straight High Roller win dashed.

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