The German professional poker player Christoph Vogelsang emerged as the crowned winner of the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl that took place at the Aria Resort & Casino. It took Vogelsang approximately five hours of heads-up play in order to take down the event and overcome the competition of his major opponent Jake Schindler for the No. 1 position.
The chip lead swung a few times over the fierce heads-up play, to eventually end up with Vogelsang as a winner. The German poker pro managed to almost double his overall live winnings, which reached $13,739,813 and also generated his biggest live cash of $6,000,000, taking home the lion’s share of the massive guaranteed prize pool. His previous best live cash amounted to $4.4 million, generated in 2014, when he ranked third at the $1,000,000 High Roller for One Drop.
The victory also helped Christop Vogelsang move up to the second position in Germany’s all-time money list, after the first in the ranking Fedor Holz. What is more, the player also won a special $13,500 WSOP Main Event package provided by 888poker. In addition, he and his German countrymen had an eight-way last longer deal, with each player playing $2,000, so Vogelsang won that cash, too.
As Casino Guardian previously reported, the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl kicked at the Aria Resort & Casino, accumulating a total player field of 56 entries. After a few play days, only three of them were left around the final table of the event, with Jake Schindler holding the chip lead with chip count of 10,670,000. At this stage, Christoph Vogelsang was second with 5,245,000 in chips, while his countryman Stefan Schillhabel was third with the shortest chip stack amounting to 885,000.
Still, Schillhabel had some early success at the beginning of the final table, increasing his chip stack from 885,000 to 1.6 million. Unfortunately for him, he did not manage to keep the pace and was eliminated by the other German, who later emerged as the event’s winner.
After Vogelsang eliminated Schillhabel relatively early, there was only one opponent for him to overcome in order to put his hands on the prize. Schindler, however, was a major obstacle to fight with. Not only was he holding the chip lead with a 3-1 lead, but he almost seemed to be very close to the victory.
After a king-high flush draw of Vogelsang, it was him who moved into the chip lead and got a 2-1 advantage over Jake Schindler. The two players started a fierce heads-up battle over which the chip leadership was changed for a few times. Vogelsang and Schindler played for nearly five hours for the $6,000,000 first-place prize, with the German finally winning the biggest tournament in his career so far.
With Christoph Vogelsang winning the Aria’s $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl and taking home the lion’s share of the guaranteed prize pool, Jake Schindler occupied the runner-up position. He was granted with a consolation prize of $3.6 million. The other German who took part at the event’s final table – Stefan Schillhabel – got a total of $2.4 million for his efforts.
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Harry Evans
