Dominik Nitsche Secures �10K High Roller Title in Rozvadov

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Feb 19, 2018 4 min read Last updated Feb 20, 2018

While Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom was busy hero-calling his way to glory in the 2018 partypoker MILLIONS Germany Main Event, another of poker��s legitimate superstars was working his way to a �300,000 prize in the �10,300 High Roller event.

888poker ambassador Dominik Nitsche was one of 120 entries (48 re-entries) in the �10,300 buy-in partypoker MILLIONS Germany High Roller and helped to create a �1,140,000 prize pool, which beat the �1 million guarantee.

Fifteen places were paid with a min-cash being worth �25,000, a final table appearance increasing the payout to �40,000, and the champion scooping �300,000.

Poland��s Kacper Pyzara was the first player to collect some prize money, and he was followed to the sidelines by some of poker��s biggest names. Bertrand ��ElkY�� Grospellier busted in 14th place for �25,000 while Mustapha Kanit collected �30,000 for his 10th place finish. High Roller specialist Steve O��Dwyer burst the official final table bubble after finishing in ninth-place for �30,000.

The final table was a star-studded affair, which made Nitsche��s victory all the sweeter. Ole Schemion (seventh for �50,000), Daniel Cates (fifth for �80,000), and Koray Aldemir (fourth for �100,000) were some of the names locking horns with Nitsche on his way to victory.

Nitsche: "Honestly, I can say that I��ve played tougher tournaments in the past."

��The Flying Dutchman�� Marcel Luske, the partypoker ambassador, was Nitsche��s heads-up opponent and despite putting up a good fight, Luske could not finish the job and the win was Nitsche��s; Luske banked �180,000 for his runner-up finish.

We spoke to Nitsche in Nottingham, where he appeared in the field the next day. "It feels pretty good actually. I was joking with my friends that I run really good in Rozvadov because people were making jokes about how much would it take for them to live there for a year. Some people were saying five or ten million, and personally, I don��t know!. The way it��s been going in Rozvadov, I might have to move there eventually. I actually don��t mind Rozvadov as much as other people do. The dealers are good, the tournaments offer great value. This one had lots of recreational players. I think ten days was a bit long to be there, but I don��t mind going there too much. For me, it just feels nice to play poker whether I��m at Dusk Till Dawn, Rozvadov, or Vegas."

Nitsche continued on his time in Rozvadov: "The field was good. Lots of recreational players that Leon told to play; there was The Wolf, who is a legend of the game, and those guys were in for five or six bullets each. There were some good spots in there; obviously, a lot of tough players in there but the really tough players had left; the German guys had enough of Rozvadov and went home, so I said to myself that I couldn��t miss this."

Nitsche: "We heard about the private jet leaving the next day, and they had seats open."

There weren't just amateurs left in Rozvadov, though: "There were some tough players, my friend Koray Aldemir made the final table as well, and obviously Marcel heads-up and the partypoker guys. Never too easy. But honestly, I can say that I��ve played tougher tournaments in the past."

Nitsche, together with Manig Loeser, had plans to play online on Sunday but those plans got canceled as soon as they made a deep run in the �10,000 event. Instead, they got a lift to another tournament: "We heard about the private jet leaving the next day, and they had seats open. I was like sweet! It gets me closer to home, I get to play a ��5k on the way home which is sweet, and I only missed three levels. It was very nice because otherwise, I wasn��t going to make it here. There were no direct flights here, so I basically said I wasn��t going to bother but thanks to the private jet, I had no excuse not to go!

partypoker MILLIONS Germany �10,300 High Roller Final Table Results

Mustafa Biz Takes Down the partypoker MILLIONS Finale for �175,000

The final event of the partypoker MILLIONS Germany festival was the aptly named Finale, a �1,100 buy-in event with a �1 million guaranteed prize pool. Six-hundred and sixty-eight unique players made 203 re-entries between them, and the prize pool was divided up among the top 112 finishers.

Some of those cashing in the Finale included Dermot Blain (104th for �3,000), Jan Bendik (90th for �3,500), Antoni Romanello (78th for �3,500), partypoker ambassador Anatoly Filatov (38th for �4,750), John Duthie (31st for �5,500), and Vlad Darie (14th for �7,750).

Everyone at the final table was guaranteed at least �13,000 for their efforts, but with �175,000 awaiting the champion, nobody wanted to take the smaller amount. The eventual champion was Turkey��s Mustafa Biz who defeated Georgios Vrakas heads-up.

partypoker MILLIONS Germany �1,100 Finale Final Table Results

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