Marvin Rettenmaier Triumphs at 2016 SHRPO High Roller

Germany’s Marvin Rettenmaier has just won the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) in South Florida, after navigating his way through a 105 player field over two days to claim the title, as well as its $787,497 first place prize. Commenting after taking down the 13th live title of his poker career, the 29 year-old pro with $6,256,556 in tournament earnings said:
“I was playing relatively passively at the beginning of the final table. There were some short stacks, and I was six out of nine. I [subsequently] ran very well.. three-handed I get queens to jacks and aces to kings. So.. yeah.”
Ray Qartomy started the final table as chip leader, and added further to his stack after he was dealt pocket queens and eliminated Francisco Picasso (A-8) in 9th for $78,750. Qartomy followed up by doing likewise to Andjelko Andrejevic in 8th ($89,250), before being dealt A-9 and picking-off Barry Hutter’s (K-K) 3-bet shove to send him to the rail in 6th for $120,750.
In the meantime, Dan Colman took care of Daniel Strelitz in 5th ($147,000), and Nick Petrangelo in 4th ($190,313), and after Marvin Rettenmaier (A-A) subsequently eliminated Ray Qartomy (K-K) in 3rd ($291,375), the heads-up battle got underway between Colman and Rettenmaier for the title.
Colman started the final phase with a slight 4-to-3 chip lead over Rettenmaier, but the German managed to build a 3-to-1 chip advantage by the time the deciding hand was played with Rettenmair moving all-in preflop holding Jd-9d, only to be called by Colman with Ks-9s. The Kd-4d-2d-Jc-8s then sealed the deal, and so Colman added a further $485,625 to his burgeoning bankroll which now totals $26,039,557, placing him at number 4 on poker’s all-time money list. Meanwhile, Marvin Rettenmaier was crowned the 2016 SHRPO $25,500 High Roller Event champion.
Final Table Results:
1: Marvin Rettenmaier $787,497
2: Daniel Colman $485,625
3: Ray Qartomy $291,375
4: Nick Petrangelo $190,313
5: Daniel Strelitz $147,000
6: Barry Hutter $120,750
7: Rainer Kempe $102,375
8: Andjelko Andrejevic $89,250
9: Francisco Picasso $78,750