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Poker Tournament Results
Polish Open / EPT Event Season 4
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Michael Schulze |
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Michael Schulze (Germany) |
609,782 EURO |
| 2 |
Ricardo Sousa (Portugal) |
345,543 EURO |
| 3 |
Mathias Viberg (Sweden) |
203,261 EURO |
| 4 |
Mehdi Ouakhir (France) |
152,445 EURO |
| 5 |
Christian Oman (Sweden) |
123,989 EURO |
| 6 |
Juan Maceiras (Spain) |
97,565 EURO |
| 7 |
Niclas Svensson (Sweden) |
77,239 EURO |
| 8 |
Trond Eidsvig (Aalesund, Norway) |
56,913 EURO |
| 9 |
Dan Woolson (Worcerter, MA, USA) |
34,554 EURO |
| 10 |
Claus Nielsen (Denmark) |
34,554 EURO |
| 11 |
Jean-Claude Perrot (Paris, France) |
28,456 EURO |
| 12 |
Antonio Battisti (Italy) |
28,456 EURO |
| 13 |
Sebastian Ruthenberg AKA "miamivice" (Hamburg, Germany) |
22,359 EURO |
| 14 |
Jari-Pekka Juhola (Finland) |
22,359 EURO |
| 15 |
William Johnson (Nanuet, NY, USA) |
16,261 EURO |
| 16 |
Seppo Parkkinen (Finland) |
16,261 EURO |
| 17 |
Christoffer Sonesson (Sweden) |
12,196 EURO |
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Craig Hopkins AKA "hops or the apple" (Chesterfield, England, UK) |
12,196 EURO |
| 19 |
Janusz Petlic (Poland) |
12,196 EURO |
| 20 |
Kenneth Jr Hicks (USA) |
12,196 EURO |
| 21 |
Piergiorgio Dancona AKA "danko69" (venezia, Italy) |
12,196 EURO |
| 22 |
Henrik Gwinner (Denmark) |
12,196 EURO |
| 23 |
Dan Pederson (Denmark) |
12,196 EURO |
| 24 |
Andy Black (Dublin, Ireland) |
12,196 EURO |
| 25 |
Andreas Hagen (Stavanger, Norway) |
8,130 EURO |
| 26 |
Raul Paez (Barcelona, Spain) |
8,130 EURO |
| 27 |
Dennis Petronack (USA) |
8,130 EURO |
| 28 |
Fredrik Haugen (Gothenburg, Sweden) |
8,130 EURO |
| 29 |
Thierry Van den Berg (Almera, Netherlands) |
8,130 EURO |
| 30 |
Brian Jensen (Denmark) |
8,130 EURO |
| 31 |
Hechem El Sayed (Denmark) |
8,130 EURO |
| 32 |
Giuseppe Caciolo (Italy) |
8,130 EURO |
Tournament Report
| Michael Schulze has won the EPT Polish Open in Warsaw for a first prize of 2,154,000 PLN (€609,782 approx).
The 40-year-old stock trader from Schleswig in Germany never expected even to get past Day 1 of the tournament and re-booked his flights, hotel room and even his daily dinner voucher as he went deeper and deeper in the four-day 20,000 Polish Zloty event.
He started the final table as chip leader - and maintained his lead through most of the day, eventually beating Portugal's Ricardo Sousa into second place after nearly 11 hours of play. Sousa, a 30-year-old father-of-one, from Oporto, who turned pro last September, takes home 1,220,600 PLN (€345,779 approx.)
Third place - and 718,000 PLN (€203,399) - went to PokerStars qualifier Mathias Viberg, 23, from Boden in Sweden. He was one of four PokerStars qualifiers to make the final table, along with Norwegian Trond Erik Eidsvig. Trond, who came 8th, broke an EPT record with his third final table in a single season.
The 20,000 PLN tournament attracted 359 players - 80 more than last year - and created a record Polish prize pool of 7,180,000 PLN (about €2 million). Among the players were Team PokerStars Pros Greg Raymer, Katja Thater, Dario Minieri and Luca Pagano, plus 103 players who won their seats online with PokerStars.
For his win, Schulze also receives a €10,000 seat to Europe's biggest poker tournament, the EPT Grand Final, which takes place in Monte Carlo next month (April 12-17). The next EPT is in San Remo, Italy (April 1-5, 2008). Satellites for the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, as well as EPT San Remo, are running now on PokerStars.
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