Matthias Eibinger Wins 2018 European Poker Tour Prague €50,000 Super High Roller

Matthias Eibinger has won the 2018 European Poker Tour Prague €50,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em super high roller event, overcoming a field of 40 entries to capture the title and the €653,000 ($744,420 USD) first-place prize. This was the third largest score of the Austrian poker pro’s live tournament career, and it brought his lifetime earnings to $4.9 million.

Eibinger was also awarded 510 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his third title and his 13th final-table finish of the year. With 3,390 points and $4,409,777 in earnings so far in 2018, Eibinger has now climbed into 37th place in the overall standings.

Eibinger entered the third and final day of this event as the runaway chip leader with four players remaining, having eliminated Charlie Carrel in sixth place ($153,262 USD) and then won a huge double up through then leader Andras Nemeth.

Nemeth started the day off strong by eliminating recent World Poker Tour Seminole Rock’N’Roll Poker Open main event champion Pavel Plesuv in fourth place ($251,792 USD). Plesuv had three-bet Nemeth’s opening rise all-in with the AK. Nemeth called with A10 and was in rough shape heading into the flop. He managed to pair both his ten and his ace on a Q1063A, securing the pot to send Plesuv to the rail.

Nemeth kept up the momentum by knocking out Liang Xu in third place ($328,423 USD). it had folded to Nemeth in the small blind and he moved all-in with the 98. Xu called out of the big blind holding Q8. Nemeth was dominated once again, and as before he managed to hit the card he needed on a AA1096 runout. Nemeth eliminated Xu to take more than a 2-to-1 chip lead into heads-up play with Eibinger.

The tables turned as a result of another key all-in. Nemeth got it in good this time, calling Eibinger’s four-bet shove with the 88. Eibinger could only produce the A2. The board came down AJ3Q7 and Eibinger’s flopped aces earned him the double up and the lead.

Eibinger held roughly a 3-to-2 advantage when the final hand was dealt. With blinds of 40,000-80,000 with a big-blind ante of 80,000, Eibinger raised to 200,000 from the button with the A9. Nemeth shoved for 3,950,000 with the A10. Eibinger called and found out that this time he was dominated. The flop brought the 322 to keep Nemeth in the lead. The 7 on the turn left Eibinger in need of a nine in order to capture the pot and the title. The 9 rolled off the deck to lock things up for the Austrian. Nemeth earned €451,350 ($514,539 USD) as the runner-up finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded in this event:

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