Final tables have no set end time. At times, Saturday’s European Poker Tour Main Event final table in Monaco felt like it might never end.

After playing for nearly 14 hours, Manig Loeser stood tall, having beaten a final table that included 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Ryan Riess.

The early stages of the final table didn’t hint at any sort of upcoming marathon. It took less than an hour to go from six to five players. Down to just six big blinds, Luis Medina decide to move all-in for 485,000 with after Loeser opened to 160,000 from UTG holding . Loeser called and then avoided any real danger on the board to send Medina out in sixth place.

That’s when the madness started. It took nine more hours of play for another player to hit the rail. During that time, four of the five remaining players each took a turn as the chip leader, including Loeser. Action folded to Nicola Grieco on the button and he moved all in for 1,475,000 with . Loeser called from the button with . The flop spelled doom for Grieco and he got no help on the runout to end his tournament with a fifth place finish.

Riess was only able to last another half hour. Left with just 4.5 big blinds, Riess moved all in from the small blind with and Wei Huang called from the big with . Riess got what he thought was an easy reprieve on the flop. But the turn followed by the on the river gave Huang Broadway and ended Riess’ day in fourth place.

Loeser, Huang and Viktor Katzenberger played three-handed for an hour before beginning talks of a deal. After one hour of fine tuning the numbers, the final three players agreed to a chop that left just €78,061 and the trophy to play for.

• Wei Huang – €552,056
• Viktor Katzenberger – €529,707
• Manig Loeser – €525,716

It took just 30 minutes of play to get heads-up. After dropping nearly all of his stack to Loeser one hand earlier, Katzenberger moved all in from the small blind with after Huang limped from the button with . Riess folded the big blind and Huang called. The runout sent Katzenberger out in third place.

Huang and Loeser played for 80 minutes before Loeser put the finishing touches on the win. Huang raised to 1,200,000 and Loeser called. Both players then checked through the flop. The turn was the and Loeser bet 1,400,000 and then called after Huang moved all in for 8,205,000. Huang tabled and Loeser happily turned over for a turned queen-high straight. The river was the and Huang was eliminated, leaving Loeser to pose for winner photos and collect just over €600,000.

Final Table Payouts

1. Manig Loeser – €603,777
2. Wei Huang – €552,056
3. Viktor Katzenberger – €529,707
4. Ryan Riess – €265,620
5. Nicola Grieco – €206,590
6. Luis Medina – €152,800