Martin Finger is a super high stakes tournament player, with $6,790,644 in live earnings. He won a £48,500 + 1,500 No Limit Hold’em – Super High Roller Event in London in 2013 for £821,000, and a €25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold’em – High Roller 8Max Event in Barcelona in 2015 for €865,900. He is considered to be one of the best European tournament players. He currently has a little over 400K in chips, which is twice as much as his closest rival.
In second place, with about 200K in chips, is Jonathan Duhamel, local pro and former World Champion. He has $17,650,458 in live earnings. His greatest feat is obviously his win at the 41st World Series of Poker Main Event in 2010, where he pocketed $8,944,310 and the World Championship title. Since then, he also won the $111,111 No Limit Hold’em High Roller for One-Drop Event at the WSOP for $3,989,985, as well as other money finishes, some of which were from super high stakes tournaments.
These are our 2 Second Chance chip leaders right now… right here at Playground Poker Club. There are now 2 tables left, one for each of our top dogs, and 30 minutes left to this day.
A list of Day 2 qualifiers with counts will be published shortly after this level.