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Poker Tournament Results
The Hold'em Series /EPM Season 1
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Brice Cournut |
| 1 |
Brice Cournut (France) |
136,600 EURO |
| 2 |
Benjamin Kang (Berlin/Koln, Germany) |
72,570 EURO |
| 3 |
Xavier Detournel (France) |
51,210 EURO |
| 4 |
Sam El-Sayed (Laos) |
34,150 EURO |
| 5 |
Gilles Smadja (France) |
25,610 EURO |
| 6 |
Meyer Benchetrit (France) |
21,345 EURO |
| 7 |
Francois Tardieu (France) |
17,075 EURO |
| 8 |
Benjamin Brami (Paris, France) |
12,805 EURO |
| 9 |
Bertrand Marchal (SOULTZ, France) |
8,535 EURO |
| 10 |
Patrick Hayoun (France) |
6,405 EURO |
| 11 |
Lucien Cohen (France) |
6,405 EURO |
| 12 |
Jerome Douieb (France) |
6,405 EURO |
| 13 |
Nicolas Levi AKA "CrocMonsieur" (London, UK) |
6,405 EURO |
| 14 |
Sami Torbey (France) |
4,270 EURO |
| 15 |
Arnaud Rey (France) |
4,270 EURO |
| 16 |
Pierre Baronville (Belgium) |
4,270 EURO |
| 17 |
Nick Szeremeta (UK) |
4,270 EURO |
| 18 |
Stephane Tayar (San Francisco, CA, USA) |
4,270 EURO |
Tournament Report
Brice Cournut wins PokerHeaven.com Paris Hold'Em Trophy, the 3rd European Poker Masters title, and €136,600
The glamorous city of Paris played host to the PokerHeaven.com Paris Hold'Em Trophy, the third stop on the inaugural season of the European Poker Masters
Sporting a field of 153 entrants at a buy-in of €3,000 the PokerHeaven.com Paris Hold'Em Trophy was hosted at the L'Aviation Club de France on the Champs Elysees 21st-22nd October. The final table lasted a gruelling 6 hours with local boy Grice Cournut taking a full 5 minutes to decide to call runner-up Benjamin Kang's pocket 7s, with his own pocket Jacks. The Jacks held up and it was the young trainee pilot from France that became the European Poker Masters Paris Hold'em Champion picking up a check for €136,600 and the coveted EPM Paris Hold'em Trophy.
The event was filmed by the Poker Channel production unit, and is due to be broadcast on Eurosport 1 in two parts on 8th and 22nd December.
The event saw the tournament sponsor PokerHeaven.com, one of the fastest growing poker rooms in Europe, announce the launch of its new online casino service BlackjackHeaven.com. Developed in association with BossMedia, to provide its customers with one the safest, most secure casinos on the Internet, BlackjackHeaven.com offers a huge range of games, prizes of over $500,000, and a 'single wallet' solution enabling all current PokerHeaven.com customers instant access to the casino on their existing account.
Grant Williams, Head of Operations at PokerHeaven.com, said 'PokerHeaven.com is delighted to have sponsored the Paris Hold'em Trophy, offering our online qualifiers a huge prize pool, the chance to play with the biggest pros from the around the world, and be featured in expertly produced shows on TV in over 54 countries in 18 languages. We continue to deliver on our promise of 'More Than Just Poker' with the simultaneous launch of Blackjackheaven.com with a special introductory sign-up bonus of up to $200.'
The final leg of the EPM takes place on 17-19th November at The Sporting Emporium, Dublin. For more details visit www.EuropeanPokerMasters.com.
For more details and images contact press office Emma Ward +4420 8600 2698 |
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