The European High Roller Championship event had a total of 779 players who bought into the 25,000 euro event. It attracted a lot of notable pros which included names like Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Nelly, Chris Ferguson, Berry Greenstein, Peter Eastgate, Phil Ivey, and many more. Throughout the event Vanessa Rousso showed she was going to be a tough competitor. She steadily added to her chip stack and maintained a consistent lead over the field of players. At the start of the final day there were eight players left and the chip stack was as follows:
Vanessa Rousso- 1,250,000
Tony G- 875,000
Randy Dorfman- 487,500
David Eldar- 385,500
David Steicke- 347,500
Florian Langmann- 274,500
Andrew Feldman- 202,500
William Thorson- 132,000

David Steicke was the first to go out at the final table, but he made 60,000 euro for his efforts. The final three came down to Tony G, Randy Dorfman, and Vanessa Rousso. Vanessa was eager to prove her worth against the guys and held her own at the final table. After some strong play she was able to show she could compete with the big boys and took down the event for 720,000 euro.