European Poker Tour season 5 results
Below are the results of season 5 of the European Poker Tour (EPT).
Results
EPT 5 Barcelona (EPT Barcelona Open)
- Casino: Casino Barcelona, Barcelona
- Buy-in: €8,000
- 5-Day Event: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 to Sunday, September 14, 2008
- Number of buy-ins: 619
- Total Prize Pool: €4,952,000
- Number of Payouts: 64
- Winning Hand: K♣ 9♣
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Sebastian Ruthenberg |
€1,361,000 ($1,941,401) |
| 2nd |
Fintan Gavin |
€792,000 ($1,129,750) |
| 3rd |
Davidi Kitai |
€455,000 ($649,036) |
| 4th |
Daniele Mazzia |
€351,000 ($500,685) |
| 5th |
Dren Ukella |
€292,000 ($416,524) |
| 6th |
Jason Mercier |
€227,800 ($324,946) |
| 7th |
Samuel Chartier |
€178,000 ($253,908) |
| 8th |
Martin Nielsen |
€119,000 ($169,748) |
EPT 5 London (2008 European Poker Championships)
- Casino: Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London
- Buy-in: £5,200
- 5-Day Event: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 to Sunday, October 5, 2008
- Number of buy-ins: 596
- Total Prize Pool: £3,349,200 ($6,132,718)
- Number of Payouts: 56
- Winning Hand: 4♣ 4♥
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Michael Martin |
£1,000,000 ($1,831,099) |
| 2nd |
Michael Tureniec |
£525,314 ($961,902) |
| 3rd |
Marcin Horecki |
£303,439 ($555,627) |
| 4th |
Eric Liu |
£234,920 ($430,162) |
| 5th |
Philippe Dauteuil |
£195,766 ($358,467) |
| 6th |
Alan Smurfit |
£153,351 ($280,801) |
| 7th |
Johannes Strassmann |
£120,723 ($221,056) |
| 8th |
Antony Lellouche |
£81,569 ($149,361) |
EPT London £1 Million Showdown
- Casino: Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London
- Buy-in: £20,000
- 2-Day Event: Sunday, October 5, 2008 to Monday, October 6, 2008
- Number of buy-ins: 86
- Total Prize Pool: £1,720,000 (US $3,149,491)
- Number of Payouts: 9
- Winning Hand: K♣ Q♦
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Jason Mercier |
£516,000 ($944,847) |
| 2nd |
John Juanda |
£327,000 ($598,770) |
| 3rd |
Mike Watson |
£241,000 ($441,295) |
| 4th |
Peter Jetten |
£189,000 ($346,078) |
| 5th |
Scotty Nguyen |
£137,000 ($251,776) |
| 6th |
Isaac Haxton |
£103,000 ($188,603) |
| 7th |
Masaaki Kagawa |
£86,000 ($157,475) |
| 8th |
David Benyamine |
£69,000 ($126,346) |
| 9th |
Isabelle Mercier |
£51,000 ($94,302) |
- Note this the £1 Million Showdown was a non-title high roller event played after the London Championship
EPT 5 Budapest (EPT Hungarian Open)
- Casino: Las Vegas Casino Sofitel Hotel, Budapest
- Buy-in: €4,000
- 5-Day Event: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 to Saturday, November 1, 2008
- Number of buy-ins: 532
- Total Prize Pool: €2,128,000 ($2,663,096)
- Number of Payouts: 56
- Winning Hand: J♦ J♠
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Will Fry |
€595,839 ($745,667) |
| 2nd |
Ciprian Hrisca |
€342,608 ($428,758) |
| 3rd |
Martin Jacobson |
€197,904 ($247,668) |
| 4th |
Albert Iversen |
€153,216 ($191,743) |
| 5th |
Marino Serenelli |
€127,680 ($159,786) |
| 6th |
Gino Alacqua |
€100,016 ($125,166) |
| 7th |
Zoltán Tóth |
€78,736 ($98,535) |
| 8th |
Johnny Lodden |
€53,200 ($66,577) |
EPT 5 Warsaw (EPT Polish Open)
- Casino: Casinos Poland Hyatt Regency, Warsaw
- Buy-in: zł20,000 ($7,500)
- 5-Day Event: Saturday, November 15, 2008 to Wednesday, November 19, 2008
- Number of buy-ins: 217
- Total Prize Pool: zł4,340,000 ($1,467,175)
- Number of Payouts: 24
- Winning Hand: A♥ 10♥
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
João Barbosa |
zł1,358,420 ($459,226) |
| 2nd |
Nico Behling |
zł759,500 ($256,756) |
| 3rd |
Dario Minieri |
zł455,700 ($154,053) |
| 4th |
Atanas Gueorguiev |
zł325,500 ($110,036) |
| 5th |
Arnaud Mattern |
zł269,080 ($90,981) |
| 6th |
Sergei Shcherbatskiy |
zł212,660 ($71,905) |
| 7th |
Andrea Benelli |
zł169,260 ($57,220) |
| 8th |
Ludovic Lacay |
zł121,520 ($41,081) |
EPT 5 Prague (EPT Prague)
- Casino: Golden Prague Poker Hilton Prague Hotel, Prague
- Buy-in: €5,000
- 5-Day Event: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 to Saturday, December 13, 2008
- Number of buy-ins: 570
- Total Prize Pool: €2,764,500 ($3,546,322)
- Number of Payouts: 56
- Winning Hand: 8♦ 7♦
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Salvatore Bonavena |
€774,000 ($992,893) |
| 2nd |
Massimo Di Cicco |
€445,000 ($570,849) |
| 3rd |
Andrew Chen |
€257,000 ($329,682) |
| 4th |
Alexiou Konstantinos |
€199,000 ($255,279) |
| 5th |
Francesco Cirianni |
€166,000 ($212,946) |
| 6th |
Fredrik Nygard |
€130,000 ($166,765) |
| 7th |
Nasr El Nasr |
€99,500 ($92,106) |
| 8th |
Raul Mestre |
€71,800 ($92,106) |
EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
- Casino: Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island
- Buy-in: $10,000
- 6-Day Event: Monday, January 5, 2009 to Saturday, January 10, 2009
- Number of buy-ins: 1,347
- Total Prize Pool: $12,674,000
- Number of Payouts: 199
- Winning Hand: A♣ 10♦
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Poorya Nazari |
$3,000,000 |
| 2nd |
Tony Gregg |
$1,700,000 |
| 3rd |
Benjamin Spindler |
$1,100,000 |
| 4th |
Alexandre Gomes |
$750,000 |
| 5th |
Pieter Tielen |
$550,000 |
| 6th |
Dustin Dirksen |
$400,000 |
| 7th |
Dan Heimiller |
$300,000 |
| 8th |
Kevin Saul |
$214,000 |
EPT 5 Deauville (EPT Deauville)
- Casino: Deauville Casino, Deauville
- Buy-in: €5,000
- 5-Day Event: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 to Saturday, January 24, 2009
- Number of buy-ins: 645
- Total Prize Pool: €3,096,000 ($4,072,159)
- Number of Payouts: 64
- Winning Hand: A♦ 7♥
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Moritz Kranich |
€851,400 ($1,119,844) |
| 2nd |
Arnaud Esquevin |
€495,400 ($651,598) |
| 3rd |
Tristan Clemençon |
€284,800 ($374,596) |
| 4th |
Andrea Benelli |
€219,800 ($289,138) |
| 5th |
Jonathan Azoulay |
€182,700 ($240,334) |
| 6th |
Jorn Walthaus |
€142,400 ($187,321) |
| 7th |
Bruno Launais |
€108,300 ($142,464) |
| 8th |
Thomas Delattre |
€77,400 ($101,816) |
EPT 5 Copenhagen (EPT Scandinavian Open)
- Casino: Casino Copenhagen, Copenhagen
- Buy-in: kr50,000 (US$9,100)
- 5-Day Event: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 to Saturday, February 21, 2009
- Number of buy-ins: 462
- Total Prize Pool: kr22,176,000 (US$4,204,200)
- Number of Payouts: 40
- Winning Hand: J♠ J♣
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Jens Kyllönen |
kr6,542,208 ($1,141,474) |
| 2nd |
Peter Hedlund |
kr3,703,551 ($646,190) |
| 3rd |
Anders Langset |
kr2,151,166 ($375,332) |
| 4th |
Jussi Nevanlinna |
kr1,641,093 ($286,335) |
| 5th |
Petter Petersson |
kr1,352,793 ($236,033) |
| 6th |
Rasmus Hede Nielsen |
kr1,064,493 ($185,731) |
| 7th |
Eric Larcheveque |
kr842,728 ($147,038) |
| 8th |
Jonas Klausen |
kr598,774 ($104,473) |
EPT 5 Dortmund (EPT German Open)
- Casino: Casino Hohensyburg, Dortmund
- Buy-in: €5,300
- 5-Day Event: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 to Saturday, March 14, 2009
- Number of buy-ins: 667
- Total Prize Pool: €3,335,000
- Number of Payouts: 64
- Winning Hand: A♠ 9♣
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Sandra Naujoks |
€917,000 ($1,192,100) |
| 2nd |
Holger Kanisch |
€533,000 ($692,900) |
| 3rd |
Marc Gork |
€307,000 ($399,100) |
| 4th |
Johan Storåkers |
€237,000 ($308,100) |
| 5th |
Michael McDonald |
€197,000 ($256,100) |
| 6th |
Luca Pagano |
€153,000 ($198,900) |
| 7th |
William Thorson |
€116,500 ($151,450) |
| 8th |
Cengizcan Ulusu |
€83,500 ($108,550) |
EPT 5 San Remo (EPT San Remo)
- Casino: Casino Sanremo
- Buy-in: €5,000
- 6-Day Event: Saturday, April 18, 2009 to Thursday, April 23, 2009
- Number of buy-ins: 1,178
- Total Prize Pool: €5,713,300
- Number of Payouts: 112
- Winning Hand: A♥ A♠
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Constant Rijkenberg |
€1,508,000 ($1,967,819) |
| 2nd |
Kalle Niemi |
€862,000 ($1,124,841) |
| 3rd |
Gustav Sundell |
€480,000 ($626,362) |
| 4th |
William Reynolds |
€377,000 ($491,955) |
| 5th |
Dragan Galic |
€314,000 ($409,745) |
| 6th |
Ovi Balaj |
€229,000 ($298,827) |
| 7th |
Alexander Fitzgerald |
€171,000 ($223,141) |
| 8th |
Danilo D'Ettoris |
€114,000 ($148,761) |
EPT 5 Monte Carlo (European Poker Tour Grand Final)
- Casino: Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, Monte Carlo
- Buy-in: €10,000
- 6-Day Event: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 to Sunday, May 3, 2009
- Number of buy-ins: 935
- Total Prize Pool: €9,350,000
- Number of Payouts: 88
- Winning Hand: 6♠ 9♠
Final Table
| Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st |
Pieter De Korver |
€2,300,000 ($3,056,255) |
| 2nd |
Matthew Woodward |
€1,300,000 ($1,726,026) |
| 3rd |
Mikhail Tulchinskiy |
€800,000 ($1,061,970) |
| 4th |
Dag Martin Mikkelsen |
€600,000 ($796,477) |
| 5th |
Eric Qu |
€470,000 ($623,978) |
| 6th |
Alem Shah |
€350,000 ($464,717) |
| 7th |
Daniel Zink |
€250,000 ($331,941) |
| 8th |
Peter Traply |
€170,000 ($225,702) |
Wins and Finals by country
| Place |
Country |
Wins |
Seats at Final Tables |
| 1st |
Germany |
3 |
12 |
| 2nd |
Netherlands |
2 |
4 |
| 3rd |
Italy |
1 |
11 |
| 4th |
United States |
1 |
10 |
| 5th |
Canada |
1 |
5 |
| 6th |
Finland |
1 |
4 |
| 7th |
Portugal |
1 |
1 |
|
United Kingdom |
1 |
1 |
| 9th |
France |
- |
10 |
| 10th |
Sweden |
- |
7 |
| 11th |
Norway |
- |
4 |
| 12th |
Denmark |
- |
3 |
| 13th |
Hungary |
- |
2 |
|
Ireland |
- |
2 |
|
Romania |
- |
2 |
|
Russia |
- |
2 |
| 17th |
Belgium |
- |
1 |
|
Brazil |
- |
1 |
|
Bulgaria |
- |
1 |
|
Croatia |
- |
1 |
|
Greece |
- |
1 |
|
Poland |
- |
1 |
|
Spain |
- |
1 |
|
Turkey |
- |
1 |
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