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Andrey Zaichenko won the record-breaking EPT11 Prague €10k High Roller, beating a record-breaking 309-strong field. The Russian took home €487,180 after agreeing on a 3-way deal together with Laurynas Levinskas and Francois Billard.
3-way deal in €10k High Roller: Andrey Zaichenko - €448,180 Laurynas Levinskas - €412,910 Francois Billard - €405,200
Another €39,000 were left for the champion as well as the title, trophy and a luxury SLYDE watch. Zaichenko grabbed all of it after a long heads-up battle against Levinskas. At one point, the Lithuanian was just one card away from winning the tournament, but Zaichenko survived to take over the chip lead and eventually get the trophy. For the second time in a row it has been a player from Russia who seized the EPT Prague €10k High Roller title. Zaichenko followed his fellow countryman Ivan Soshnikov, who also made it to the money, but this time only with a 35th place finish.
EPT11 Prague €10k High Roller final table results: 1st - Andrey Zaichenko, Russia, €487,180 2nd - Laurynas Levinskas, Lithuania, €412,910 3rd - Francois Billard, Canada, €405,260 4th - Simon Deadman, UK, €238,320 5th - Viacheslav Goryachev, Russia, €186,840 6th - Ole Schemion, Germany, €141,420 7th - Joao Vieira, Portugal, €103,870 8th - Clavio Anzalone, Italy, €76,310 9th - Dan Shak, USA, €63,290
It has been the biggest EPT €10k High Roller ever held in Prague with record-breaking 309 entries (creating a €3,028,200 prize pool), beating last year's 176-entry attendance by a mile. EPT9 Prague High Roller champion Marvin Rettenmaier was amongst those who cashed as well as EPT Grand Final champion Nicolas Chouity and EPT Vienna winner Oleksii Khoroshenin, who finished in 10th place just shy of the final table.
Growth of the EPT €10k High Roller in Prague: 2010 - 26 entries, winner Nichlas Mattsson for €127,000 2011 - 50 entries, winner John Andress for €176,400 2012 - 108 entries, winner Marvin Rettenmaier for €365,300 2013 - 176 entries, winner Ivan Soshnikov for €382,050 2014 - 309 entries, winner Andrey Zaichenko for €487,180
