There are many ways to keep score in poker but the most traditional one is winnings. Money talks after all. So imagine having accumulated over $1,100,000 in live tournament earnings and being the pauper of the bunch as everyone else at your table had accumulated at least $2,500,000. That sounds insane, unbelievable even, but it was the situation that Chris Hunichen found himself in when he sat down at the start of Day 2 in the €25,000 High Roller and was faced with this motley crew of opponents.

Before you shed a tear for Hunichen whilst he might 'only' have won a little over $1,100,000 in live tournaments he's racked up over $7,750,000 in online winnings under the screename 'Big Huni'. He's a multiple online Triple Crown winner and there aren't too many major online tournaments he hasn't won. He's not exactly the sucker in this line-up, but then who is?

Here's a look at some of their collective achievements:

- Over $48,000,000 in live tournament earnings
- 47 outright tournament victories (Mercier has 18 alone)
- six victories in $10k+ buy-ins outside of PokerStars tours.
- four EPT High Roller titles
- three WSOP bracelets
- two EPT titles
- two NAPT Bounty Shootout titles
- two Eureka High Roller titles

In short they know how to close. There are no easy tables in events with a buy-in of €25,000, but if there's a harder one in the room we're yet to find it.

Everything about EPT Malta is on the main EPT Malta page. More specifically, all the hand-by-hand coverage of the €25,000 High Roller is on the €25,000 High Roller page and everything from the IPT Main Event is on the IPT Main Event page.

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