One of the best things about poker is that the great amount of poker events will let you travel around the world. Many poker players will decide that they do not get as many opportunities to play poker in their country as they would like and therefore decide to set up home in a different country. This move may be carried out for poker reasons or it may be carried out to get some other form of benefit but there is no doubt that the fluid nature of online poker and poker around the world means that you have a greater amount of freedom to be based where you want.
Robert Haigh is a German born poker player that is currently based in Brighton. The UK poker scene certainly wouldn’t claim Robert as one of their own but there are plenty of people who will look out for his results and see how he is doing. There would have been a couple of raised eyebrows at his most recent strong showing which took place back in his home country. After getting away from Germany to come and play a lot more poker, there is certainly a neat twist to the fact that Haigh returned home to Germany to nab a decent poker prize.
A change of leadership on the final day
Going into the final day, Haigh was the chip leader with 5,495,000 chips to his name. In second place was Daniel Pidun who held 5,250,000 chips and in third place was Lasse Frost who was a good bit further behind with 3,700,000 chips. There was to be a turnaround in the final day though because it was Pidun who managed to claim the top prize at the event. Pidun is another German poker player so the organisers of the European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event would have been delighted at the fact that two German players were facing off to take the main prize. The Brits may try and claim Haigh at times but there is no doubt that the Germans still have the stronger claim on that player!
Of the final 8 players, Roman Korenev was the first one to drop out of the table and he managed to pick up €77,000. In 7th place was Julian Thomas who received €110,000 for his troubles. In 6th place was Roman Herold who man managed to pick up €155,000 and in 5th place was Alexander Helbig who received €202,200 for his strong showing. In fourth place was Pascal Vos who earned €255,000 and in third place was Lasse Frost who picked up €325,000. Robert Haigh came second and was able to bank an impressive €531,000 for his hard work and skill whereas Daniel Pidun managed to bag €880,000 for being the big winner.
It is the sort of cheque that befits the winner of the Main Event at such a prestigious poker event and it was well deserved after a great few days of poker play from Pidun.