Fabian Quoss Wins 2014 PCA $100k Super High Roller For $1.6m

Germany’s Fabian Quoss has won the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller, after besting a field of 56 players over three days on his way to claiming the title, and collecting the $1,629,940 first place prize.
The $100k Super High Roller took place at the Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, and attracted a small but tough field to create a prize pool worth $5,433,120, which included 10 re-buys.
By the time the final table of eight had been set, Fabian Quoss was one of the shortest-stacks at the table, but managed to boost his chips after being dealt pocket tens and scoring a double-elimination over micro-stacks Ole Schemion (K-4) and Anthony Gregg (A-9) after the board rolled out Q-2-2-2-9. The players then finished 7th ($277,080) and 6th ($347,720) respectively.
Vanessa Selbst (A-J) subsequently eliminated Matt Glantz (J-10) in 5th ($445,520), before being dealt A-K and doing likewise to Antonio Esfandiari (9-9) in 4th ($575,920). However, Selbst proceeded to lose a few keys hands against Quoss, and after being reduced to a short-stack herself, was dispatched to the rail when her K-9 pre-flop shove was bested by Quoss holding A-4.
With Selbst’s departure in 3rd ($760,640), the heads-up phase of the competition got underway between Quoss on a 9.6m stack and Dan Shak with 4.3m in chips. Eventually, the defining hand was played when Shak (J-10) went all-in on a Q-10-7-9 board, but found himself up against the 8-6 of Quoss. The river produced a harmless A to consign Dan Shak to a runner-up finish worth $1,178,980, while Fabian Quoss was crowned the 2014 PCA Super High Roller champion.
With his latest victory, the 31-year-old from Nuremburg now boasts $4,957,464 in tournament winnings since recording his first live cash back in 2008. Following his remarkable victory in the Bahamas, Quoss, said: “This one is probably one of the tougher [high rollers] of the year. The field was very strong, and I am very happy to have scored the title. Finally a few key all-ins went my way. I won a few very crucial flips or had hands were I had the better hand, but if they positions were reversed the money would have still gone all in anyways, so yeah, obviously I’m very happy.”
Super High Roller Final Table Payouts
1 Fabian Quoss – $1,629,940
2 Dan Shak – $1,178,980
3 Vanessa Selbst – $760,640
4 Antonio Esfandiari – $575,920
5 Matt Glantz – $445,520
6 Anthony Gregg – $347,720
7 Ole Schemion – $277,080
8 Mike McDonald – $217,320