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Just a week earlier, he had claimed a $10,000 buy-in GGPoker Super MILLION$ event, taking home $1,518,400. This, coupled with the fact that he had entered the $50,000 High Roller event with a mere $5,000, made his victory even more remarkable.<\/p>\n<h3>Final Table Results<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 192pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-spacing: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" border=\"0\" width=\"256\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 48pt;\" width=\"64\" height=\"20\">Result<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"width: 48pt;\" width=\"64\">Player<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"width: 48pt;\" width=\"64\">Country<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"width: 48pt;\" width=\"64\">Prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"20\">1st<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Leon Sturm<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Germany<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">$1,546,024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"20\">2nd<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Bill Klein<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">United States<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">$955,513<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"20\">3rd<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Jans Arends<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Netherlands<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">$694,019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"20\">4th<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Alex Foxen<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">United States<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">$512,824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"20\">5th<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Seth Davies<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">United States<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">$385,617<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"20\">6th<\/td>\n<td style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Justin Bonomo<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">United States<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">$295,169<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"20\">7th<\/td>\n<td style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Sam Soverel<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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