It’s the biggest win for the player from Austria who seems to live to play high-stakes, high pressure poker - especially when he’s the small stack. The cash puts Eibinger’s total lifetime number close to the $18 million mark.
Instead, he won $3.1 million for second place after the two players made a deal, leaving about $300,000 and all those luxury prizes on top. (Image: Triton)Įibinger also won the trophy, a high-end watch made by Jacob and Co., and two days on a luxury yacht, bonuses that easily could have gone to runner-up Adrian Mateos, who hit a straight flush with three players left to take a small chip lead into heads-up play. Matthias Eibinger is the first Triton Super High Roller Main Event Champion. He won $3.4 million, the lion’s share of a $16,875,000 prize pool generated by 88 high rollers, of which 47 fired a second bullet. Matthias Eibinger is the first Triton Super High Roller Main Event Champion of Monte Carlo after ending up with all the chips in the $125,000 buy-in event at Sporting Monte Carlo this weekend. How Much Money Can You Make Playing Poker?.