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