Fedor Holz

Rainer Kempe became the champion of the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl after defeating his fellow countryman Fedor Holz . Kempe took home a $5,000,000 prize while Fedor, who has become one of the big names of the industry, took $3,500,000 dollars.

Both players took $8.5 million dollars while the rest of the final table, all of them Americans, took 45% of the prizepool. Big names such as Daniel Negreanu y Jason Mercier , Dan Colman , Doug Polk , Antonio Esfandieri , Brian Rast , Scott Seiver  and Timofey “Trueteller” Kuznetsov  arrived to Las Vegas trying to win the event but none of them cashed.

On the other hand Dan Shak , Bryn Kenney , Matt Berkley , Erik Seidel  and Phil Hellmuth  joined the Germans at the final table. The first eliminated was Shak who was also the last «amateur» player alive, he was followed by Kenney a few minutes later.

Hellmuth and his fourteen bracelets left the room in fourth place while Seidel, another high-stakes legend, left the room in third place. Fedor started the duel with a big disadvantage but managed to double up altough this didn’t help when he was eliminated in second place.

Final Positions:

1°: Rainer Kempe $5.000.000
2:° Fedor Holz $3.500.000
3:° Erik Seidel $2.400.000
4:° Phil Hellmuth $1.600.000
5:° Matt Berkey $1.100.000
6:° Bryn Kenney $800.000
7:° Dan Shak $600.000

We will have to wait until 2017 when the Super High Roller Bowl returns to the Aria. The tournament has been a success so it is fair to think that the organization will host the event for another year.