Tobias Reinkemeier proved strongest at the final event of EPT Season 6, the Grand Final 25k High Roller. First place prize at the 113 player event was a hefty €956,000.


At heads up stage it was Reinkemeier vs Olivier Busquet. Reinkemeier was in a 3.2m to 2.6m lead when he took down a giant pot with a gutsy bluff on the river: Reinkemeier opened for 80k, Busquet raised to 220k, call. Flop Qs 8h 2c, Busquet bet 240k, call. Turn As, Busquet kept up the pressure with a 450k bet, call. River 2h and there was approximately 1.8 million in the pot. Busquet bet 560k, Reinkemeier thought for a long time before shoving all-in. Busquet quickly folded and Reinkemeier couldn't resist showing a bluff with J9 suited. Busquet said he had folded JT.

After the hand Reinkemeier was in a 4.7m to 1.1m lead and the game ended quickly after that. In the last hand Busquet shoved only to get quickly called by Reinkemeier holding QQ. The board came T72 3 7 and Reinkemeier's win was settled.

Before this win, Reinkemeier's biggest cash was $108,045 for 6th place at the PCA High Roller event.

In the original prize structure only 8 players would have made the money with the winner getting 1 million, but when there were 14 players left it was agreed that the structure should be flattened to payout down to 11.

1. Tobias Reinkemeier, Germany, €956,000
2. Olivier Busquet, USA, €597,600
3. Dori Yacoub, Lebanon, €358,500
4. Tom Marchese, USA, €263,000
5. Paul Berende, Holland, €191,200
6. Sorel Mizzi, Canada, €143,400
7. Allen Bari, USA, €109,900
8. Michael Friedrich, Switzerland, €81,300

9. Luke Schwartz, UK, €49,550
10. Javier Garcia, Switzerland, €49,550
11. Antoine Saout, France, €25,000

Source: PokerStars Blog.