The champion of EPT Prague Single-Day High Roller Tournament for €25 000 was determined
EPT Prague Single-Day High Roller Tournament for €25 000 collected 50 entries and the players fought for €1 200 000 prize pool. Chin Wei Lim from Malaysia appeared to be the most successful. In the final, Chin outplayed the Danish player Jorryt van Hoof and took the 1st place in the tournament.
Chin Wei Lim enters the top 5 All Time Money List in Malaysia. The player won $8 000 000 in the live tournaments during his entire career. The Malaysian player won half of this amount in autumn in Rozvadov at WSOPE series.
First, he became a runner-up in the tournament for €250 000, and then he became a winner in the tournament for €100 000. The poker player earned $4 000 000 in these two tournaments.
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Shortly before the final heads-up, such eminent poker players as Timothy Adams and Matthias Eibinger left the game. The winner of event Chin Wei Lim knocked both these players out of the tournament.
In the last hand of event, Jorryt van Hoof went all in with 9-9 against A-J of Chin Wei Lim. Chin hoped to see either ace or jack, and the jack came on the flop. That card was enough for the victory in EPT Prague High Roller Tournament.
The results of EPT Prague: €25 000 Super High Roller final table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chin Wei Lim | Malaysia | €378 000 |
| 2 | Jorryt van Hoof | Netherlands | €273 000 |
| 3 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | €174 000 |
| 4 | Timothy Adams | Canada | €132 000 |
| 5 | Jun Obara | Japan | €102 000 |
| 6 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | €78 000 |
| 7 | Yang Wang | Austria | €63 000 |
