German poker pro Fabian Quoss has just won one of the most exciting high roller tournaments of the year. The player topped the field of the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship A$100,000 Challenge to collect A$1,446,480 in prize money and the exclusive winner’s ring.
And here it is important to note that this has not been Quoss’ first high roller trophy. Early in 2014, the player took down the field of the PCA $100,000 Super High Roller to scoop $1,629,940. A few months later, he emerged victorious in yet another such tournament – the APPT Asia Championship of Poker HK$250,000 High Roller. There, he took HK$5,271,000 for his performance. So far, Quoss has almost $8 million in live tournament earnings and this makes the player one of Germany’s most profitable ones of all time.
Going back to the Aussie Millions A$100,000 Challenge, the event was a three-day one and attracted a field of 41 entries, of whom 30 unique ones. They all had the chance to collect a share of the prize pool that amounted to A$4,018,000. The six finalists received payouts, with the lowest one worth A$281,260.
Day 3 of the event was its final one and it saw the six remaining players return to play down to a champion. Final-table play resumed from Level 16 with Ben Tollerene leading the way with a total of 1,522,000 in chips. Quoss was fourth in chips early in the day with 478,000.
Fedor Holz, the other German at the final table, was the first to leave it. He was eliminated on Hand #6 by Connor Drinan to collect a payout of A$281,260. The next elimination came only six hands later. Canadian Sam Greenwood also fell victim to Drinan to hit the rail in 5th place, good for A$321,440.
Although being responsible for the first two eliminations of the day, Drinan was busted in 4th place by Quoss. The player received A$441,980 for his efforts. Action slowed down a little bit and the next elimination came 36 hands later. On Hand #62, PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier was busted in 3rd place by Quoss. His payout from the tournament amounted to A$602,700.
The heads-up match between Quoss and Tollerene started with the first holding most of the chips in play. Hand #124 turned out to be the last one for the tournament. Quoss shoved all in with [Kh][Jh]. Tollerene eventually decided to make the call with [Js][10d] and a little more than 200,000 in chips. The board ran out [6h][5c][4d], keeping the soon-to-be-champion in the lead. The [5h] was of no help to Tollerene, securing his opponent with a flush draw. The [5d] appeared on the river and that was all for the evening and the tournament as a whole. Tollerene took 2nd place, scooping A$924,140 of the prize pool.
