German poker pro Andreas Krause yesterday won the Poker Royale Masters tournament at the Poker Royale Card Casino in Weiner Neustadt, Austria, defeating former Card Player Europe Bureau Chief Rolf Slotboom heads-up to win the €50,605 first-place prize. The victory brings his total winnings for 2007 to well over $500,000.
Krause started the day with less than half chip leader Slotboom's stack but went on to win the $2,000 buy-in event, while Slotboom collected €33,840 for his second-place finish.
As part of the festival, the cardroom also hosted the Mega-Round Sit and Go Challenge Final, a no-limit hold'em freezeout with a buy-in of €10,000. Taking part were Kurt Haindl, Sigi Stockinger, Andreas Krause, Michael Keiner, Niki Jedlicka, Soren Kongsgaard, Haward Speer, Sampo Löppönen, Carl Hostrup, and Marcus Golser.
The €40,000 first-place prize was won by Danish pro Soren Kongsgaard, who beat Kurt Haindl into second. Niki Jedlicka won €20,000 for third and Michael Keiner took home €15,000 for fourth.
