From a man who entered this event with nearly $22 million in career tournament cashes, the admission that this was "one of the best tournaments of my career" make a strong statement.
That's what Erik Seidel called his win in the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller. Seidel topped a field of 71 entries to add €2,015,000 to his coffers, making him jump from fifth till third on the poker's all-time money list, surpassing Phil Ivey and Daniel Colman.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Seidel | USA | €2,015,000 |
| 2 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | €1,446,600 |
| 3 | Max Altergott | Germany | €940,300 |
| 4 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | €709,500 |
| 5 | Igor Kurganov | Russia | €551,000 |
| 6 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | €427,100 |
| 7 | Fedor Holz | Germany | €337,500 |
| 8 | Scott Seiver | USA | €261,800 |
| 9 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | €199,620 |
"I've knocked on the door a few times here," he said.