Last Ever EPT Main Event Won by Dutch Player

��Last Ever EPT Principal Occasion Won by Dutch Player

December twenty, 2016 one:58

All great factors have to come to an finish, such as the European Poker Tour (EPT) which was launched in 2004. Thirteen seasons later, and the well-liked tournament series last but not least drew to a near in the Czech capital of Prague, with Dutch player Jasper Meijer van Putten winning its Major Occasion.

The � 5,300 purchase-in tournament was held at the Hilton Prague Hotel, with a total of one,192 gamers showing up to generate a prize pool really worth � 5,781,200 ($6,118,773). 7 days later, and the 29-yr-previous Dutch player from Alkmaar managed to overcome the field, which includes Hungarian player Marton Czuczor heads-up, to lift the title, as well as its � 699,300 ($740,133) top prize.

The EPT Prague Primary Event noticed a quantity of notable pros money in at 1 of the tournament's 231 paid cash spots, including Juha Helppi in 98th (� 13,830), Ludovic Lacay in 72nd (� 13,830), Philipp Gruissem in 67th (� 17,200), Maxim Lykov in 53rd (� 17,200), Fabrice Soulier in 46th (� 21,540), and Felipe Ramos in 15th (� 44,430).

Soon after the official ultimate table of six reached three-handed perform, Marton Czuczor (A-Q) eradicated David Peters (Q-seven) in 3rd to go heads-up towards Meijer van Putten for the EPT title. At this stage, van Putten held a three-to-one chip lead above his remaining opponent, but after managing to draw virtually even a deal was subsequently struck in which van Putten acquired � 649,300 and Czuczor locked up � 630,000, with a additional � 50,000 set aside for the eventual winner.

Not long following, the determining hand was played with Meijer van Putten (2-2) and Czuczor (K-J) all-in preflop. The dealer then laid out a J on the flop which held, and just like that Meijer van Putten was crowned the tour's final ever principal event champion.

Ultimate Table Results:

one: Meijer van Putten (Neth) � 699,300*

two: Marton Czuczor (Hung) � 630,000*

three: David Peters (US) � 397,300

4: Sergei Petrushevskii (Rus) � 284,550


5: Marius Gierse (Germ) � 203,800

6: Sam Cohen (US) � 145,900

The EPT has now been rebranded into two separate tours, the PokerStars Championship and the PokerStars Festival. Starting up in January 2017, the popular tour formerly identified as the PokerStars Caribbean Journey (PCA) will subsequently kick-off below a new title, namely the PokerStars Championship Bahamas.

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