Alexander Jung Wins PartyPoker.com Million VI

25-year-old Alexander Jung has become the first German to win the PartyPoker.com Million after taking down the $358,280 first prize. The Mathematics student from Berlin beat fellow German Dominik Stopka heads-up to take the prestigious title on board the MSC Poesia, a luxury liner that left Venice on the 3rd May and returned on the 10th.

Jung has had success on the World Poker Tour and at the World Series of Poker but his PartyPoker.com Million VI triumph is the biggest of his career. “This is my biggest live win so far. The structure of the tournament was perfect for me, and there were some very good players here,” he said.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “Alexander Jung was the deserving winner in a week where German players truly dominated the tournament. The heads-up was a clash of two different kinds of player. In Jung you had the mathematical online whiz kid and with Stopke the experienced and respected professional who has fine tuned their game over the years.”

The final payouts were as follows:

Alexander Jung (Germany) — $358,280
Dominik Stopka (Germany) — $225,585
Cory Albertson (U.S.) — $159,235
Mika Paasonen (Finland) — $119,425
Raymond Estall (UK) — $92,885
Andreas Jorbeck (Sweden) — $67,675
Johannes Strassmann (Germany) — $47,770
Peter Steinlesberger (Austria) — $31,845
Kenneth Gregersen (Denmark) — $21,230