Tom Marchese Wins Aria $100,000 Super High Roller2010 Card Player Player of the Year Wins $1.3 Million FOr Topping 22-Player Field |
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Tom Marchese emerged victorious in the second $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em super high roller event hosted by Aria Resort & Casino, topping a tough field of 22 players to capture his tenth career title and the $1,306,800 first-place prize.
Marchese, who won the Card Player Player of the Year award in 2010, now has over $7.5 million in live tournament earnings. In June he placed third in another six-figure buy-in event at the Bellagio for $1,465,451. Now with this latest win his year-to-date earnings exceed $2.7 million and he has climbed into 135th place in the Player of the Year race standings.
Joining Marchese in the money in this event were runner-up Cary Katz (2nd – $653,400) and Brian Rast (3rd- $217,800). Andrew Robl was eliminated on the six-figure money bubble when he ran the K 9 into Rast’s KQ and was unable to come from behind.
Other notables to participate in the event include POY contenders Jake Schindler and Doug Polk, as well as high-roller regulars Phillipp Gruissem, Igor Kurganov, Joseph Cheong, Roger Sippl and David Sands.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:
Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
1 | Thomas Marchese | $1,306,800 | 600 |
2 | Cary Katz | $653,400 | 500 |
3 | Brian Rast | $217,800 | 400 |