Team Ivey's Griffin Benger Wins EPT Berlin High Roller for ?429,000

Team Ivey's Griffin Benger Wins EPT Berlin High Roller for ?429,000

On Saturday, Griffin Benger?s 28th birthday, the Canadian member of Team Ivey won the European Poker Tour Season 9 Berlin High Roller, earning ?429,000, a trophy and of course, the Shamballa bracelet. It is the largest live score of his career, trumping his previous largest score by over half of a million U.S. dollars, and his second career first-place finish. Benger defeated Aaron Lim heads up.

Lim, who recently won the 2013 APPT Seoul Main Event and a bracelet at the 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific, earned ?240,100.

EPT Berlin High Roller Final Table Payouts
Place Player Country Prize
1 Griffin Benger Canada ?429,000
2 Aaron Lim Australia ?240,100
3 Philippe Ktorza France ?144,000
4 Max Lykov Russia ?102,900
5 Martin Kabrhel Czech Republic ?82,300
6 Joni Jouhkimainen Finland ?68,600
7 James Mitchell United Kingdom ?54,900

Cool. Nice chunk of change. I guess Ivey picked some winners.