Seat 6: Stefan Schillhabel (Germany) - 1,218,000
With $5,595,947 in career tournament earnings, Stefan Schillhabel, who hails from Dusseldorf, currently sits 13th on Germany’s all-time money list. His best score to date was $2.4 million for finishing third in May’s Super High Roller Bowl.
He’s also a World Poker Tour champion having won the 2016 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star for $1,298,000. Not too shabby for starting out as a recreational player after playing with friends in 2006. In fact, just two years ago he was studying for a Masters in sociology and had a part-time job in sales. Now he’s among poker’s elite.
Other big scores he’s managed in the past couple years is fourth in July’s Bellagio Cup XIII for $299,084, fourth in the EPT11 Malta Main Event for $281,792, and winning the EPT13 Prague Event #2: €10,000 8-Max NLHE for $266,158.
As far as the Poker Masters is concerned, Schillhabel finished third in Event #1: $50,000 NLHE for $306,000.