The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany wrapped up at King’s Casino Rozvadov with a €10,300 buy-in High Roller. 888poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche defeated Marcel Luske in heads-up play to win the title for €300,000 ($374,392).

Flying Dutchman Denied

The partypoker High Roller drew 72 entries, with 48 re-entries. That helped surpass the advertised €1 million guarantee by creating a €1,140,000 ($1,422,688) prize pool.

Nitsche navigated a tough final table that included fellow Germans Ole Schemion and Koray Aldemir to make it to heads-up play against the Netherlands’ Marcel Luske.

The “Flying Dutchman,” a partypoker pro, was looking for his first high roller win, but it wasn’t to be this time. The silver lining was that Luske received a €180,000 ($224,635) prize for second, which was the fourth-largest score of his long and storied career.

The win was just the latest success for Nitsche at King’s Casino Rozvadov. A week earlier, he placed seventh in the €25K Super High Roller for €60,000 ($73,497). That tournament was won by Patrik Antonius for €425,000 ($520,610).

Last November, Nitsche took down the 2017 World Series of Poker €111,111 High Roller for One Drop for a career-high €3,487,463 ($4,064,026) and his fourth gold bracelet.

The win also brought Nitsche up to $11,893,493 in lifetime earnings, which puts him fifth on Germany’s all-time poker money list. He now sits just $30,000 behind Rainer Kempe.

Others to finish in the money were Winamax sponsored pro Mustapha Kanit (10th for €30,000/$37,439), Paul Newey (12th for €30,000/$37,439), and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (14th for €25,000/$31,199).

Final Table Results
1 Dominik Nitsche (Germany) €300,000 ($374,392)
2 Marcel Luske (Netherlands) €180,000 ($224,635)
3 Philipp Zukernik (Czech Republic) €130,000 ($162,236)
4 Koray Aldemir (Germany) €100,000 ($124,797)
5 Dan Cates (USA) €80,000 ($99,838)
6 Ashkan Fattahi (Iran) €65,000 ($81,118)
7 Ole Schemion (Germany) €50,000 ($62,399)
8 Bartlomiej Machon (Poland) €40,000 ($49,919)
9 Steve O’Dwyer (USA) €30,000 ($37,439)

Steven Morris Wins in UK

After his win in Rozvadov, Nitsche caught a private plane for the 2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championship at Dusk Till Dawn Poker and Casino in Nottingham. It was there he hopped into the ￡5,300 Super High Roller, a tournament that attracted 40 entries and created a ￡200,000 ($280,000) prize pool

That title came down to Steven Morris and Nishid Hindocha, and on Hand #317 of the final table, the latter got his short stack all in holding the J?9? against the former’s A?J?. The board ran out J?3?4?Q?4? and Morris claimed the title and ￡70,000 ($98,031) first-place prize.

The partypoker LIVE team will next be in Spain at Casino Barcelona from April 7-15 for their season finale, which will offer up €23 million in guaranteed prize pools.

Final Table Results
1 Steven Morris (UK) ￡70,000 ($98,031)
2 Nishid Hindocha (UK) ￡45,000 ($63,020)
3 Xiaoyang Luo (China) ￡32,000 ($44,814)
4 Tom Middleton (UK) ￡22,000 ($30,809)
5 Chris Sly (UK) ￡15,000 ($21,006)
6 Nicholas Todd (UK) ￡10,000 ($14,004)