Below are the results of the third season of the European Poker Tour (EPT). All currency amounts are in "€" Euro, U$ Dollar (and local currency when apply).
Results
EPT Barcelona Open Casino: Casino Barcelona. Barcelona, SpainCardPlayer – Buy-in: €4,800+200 (~$6,334) 7-day event: Monday, September 11, 2006, to Sunday, September 17, 2006European Poker Tour – 4-day main event: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, to Saturday, September 16, 2006 Number of buy-ins: 480 Total prize pool: €2,304,000 (~$2,918,733) Number of payouts: 45 Winning hand: Board: Losing hand: Official results: The Hendom Mob Videos: EPT Barcelona Season 3 (2006 Barcelona Open) – Day 1 (1h09m59s) EPT Barcelona Season 3 (2006 Barcelona Open) – Day 2 (1h10m07s) EPT Barcelona Season 3 (2006 Barcelona Open) – Final table (1h11m08s)
Barcelona Open 2006: European Poker Tour.
Bjorn-Erik Glenne, a 35-year-old Norwegian, beat some of the best poker players in the world to win €691,000 at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona Open. At the end of a four-day tournament, the former marketing manager triumphed heads-up against American superstar Phil Ivey to take the top prize in the €5,000 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold'em event. The tournament was the first event of EPT Season 3 and attracted a record-breaking 480 players. The field was 155 more than previous year, making it the largest attendance for an EPT event and creating a prize pool of €2,304,000European Poker Tour –
+ Final table Place Name Original prize Prize (U$D) Bjorn-Erik GlennePokerNews – Phil Ivey Dave Gregory David Daneshgar Joakim Geigert Jeff Lisandro Jonathan Dull Robin Keston
EPT London 2006 European Poker Championships Casino: The Poker Room formerly The Vic, London, United KingdomCardPlayer – Buy-in: £3,500+50 (~€5,292) (~$6,685) 9-day event: Saturday, September 16, 2006, to Sunday, September 24, 2006European Poker Tour – 4-day main event: Thursday, September 21, 2006, to Sunday, September 24, 2006 Number of buy-ins: 398 Total prize pool: £1,393,000 (~€2,076,563) (~$2,623,056) Number of payouts: 32 Winning hand: Board: Losing hand: Official results: The Hendom Mob Videos: YouTube: EPT London Season 3 (The European Poker Championships) – Day 1 (1h09m16) YouTube: EPT London Season 3 (The European Poker Championships) – Day 2 (01h09m44) YouTube: EPT London Season 3 (The European Poker Championships) – Final table (1h11m23)
Vicky Coren, 34 years, the daughter of humorist Alan Coren, is a regular poker pundit and writes a column for The Guardian newspaper. She gained fame as a regular on Channel 4's Late Night Poker show and recently presented the popular BBC series Balderdash & Piffle. Until EPT London 2006, her previous best win was winning £25,000 in the 2004 Celebrity Poker Challenge.European Poker Tour –
"I am so happy and proud to win this tournament in the Victoria casino.The whole EPT is an amazing thing – it's a fantasy to win any EPT event – but to win in London at the Vic is beyond my wildest dreams."Vicky Coren
+ Final table Place Name Original prize Prize (€uro) Prize (U$D) Victoria CorenPokerNews – Emad Tahtouh Jan Sjavik Michael Muldoon Chad Brown Jules Dreamell Peter Hedlund Sid Harris
EPT Baden The Big Double Casino: Casinos Austria, Baden, AustriaCardPlayer – Buy-in: €5,000 (~$6,351) 9-day event: Friday, October 6, 2006, to Saturday, October 14, 2005European Poker Tour – 4-day main event: Saturday, October 7, 2006, to Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Number of buy-ins: 331 Total prize pool: €1,572,397 (~$1,997,227) Number of payouts: 36 Winning hand: Board: Losing hand: Official results: The Hendom Mob Videos: YouTube: EPT Baden Season 3 (The Big Double 2006) – Day 1 (1h10m19s) YouTube: EPT Baden Season 3 (The Big Double 2006) – Final table (1h11m53s)
EPT3 Baden The Big Double
Thang Duc Nguyen, a 42 -year-old chef from Hamburg, Germany, won €487,397 at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour in Baden, Austria. At the end of the four-day tournament, Nguyen triumphed heads-up against New Yorker Ben Johnson to take the top prize in the €5,000 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold'em event. Chess player Johnson, 29, from Brooklyn won €251,560 for second place. The tournament attracted 331 players to the famous Austrian spa resort, nearly double 2005 field, creating a prize pool of €1,572,250. Nguyen – originally from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam – has had some impressive wins in recent months, including two final tables in September's PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker picking up a total of €35,000. Prior to this win, Nguyen said he wasn't ready to give up his day job as a chef, but admitted he is now considering "taking a nice family holiday". The fearless Italian Dario Minieri, 22, who is set to become a huge name on the European poker circuit, finished third with €125,780. Belgian PokerStars qualifier Daniel Dodet finished 4th for €110,000.European Poker Tour –
+ Final table Place Name Original prize Prize (U$D) Duc Thang NguyenPoker Listings – Ben Johnson Dario Minieri Daniel Dodet Sascha Biorac Rodion Cherednichenko Jonas Molander Peter Eichhardt = PokerStars Online Qualifier
EPT Dublin The Irish Masters 2006 Casino: Regency Hotel Dublin Airport, Dublin, IrelandCardPlayer – Buy-in: €5,000 (~$6,287) 5-day event: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, to Sunday, October 29, 2006European Poker Tour – 4-day main event: Thursday, October 26, 2006, to Sunday, October 29, 2006 Number of buy-ins: 389 Total prize pool: €1,847,750 (~$2,323,337) Number of payouts: 32 Winning hand: Board: Losing hand: Official results: The Hendom Mob Videos: YouTube: EPT Dublin Season 3 (The Irish Masters) – Day 1 (1h10m11s) YouTube: EPT Dublin Season 3 (The Irish Masters) – Day 2 (1h10m02s) YouTube: EPT Dublin Season 3 (The Irish Masters) – Final table (1h09m53s)
EPT3 Dublin – Roland De Wolfe wins Dublin EPT
Londoner Roland De Wolfe, 27, cemented an awesome 15 months of poker success since October 29, 2006 by taking the €554,300 top prize at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour event in Dublin. De Wolfe, 27, a former poker writer, beat a tough field of 389 players in the four-day No Limit Texas Hold'em event, which generated a total prize pool of €1,847,750. De Wolfe, who won the World Poker Tour (WPT) event in Paris in 2005, becomes the first player to win both EPT and WPT titles. PokerStars qualifier David Tavernier, 50, – a Parisian anaesthetist who plays poker as a hobby – came second for €314,120, with 23-year-old Swedish pro William Thorson taking third place for €184,780.European Poker Tour – De Wolfe said: "This week I didn't have the luck of the Irish, I had the luck of the whole of Europe. It's an honour to be the first person to win an EPT title and a WPT title when there are so many good players out there. I'm thrilled."Roland De Wolfe
+ Final table Place Name Original prize Prize (U$D) Roland De Wolfe David Tavernier William Thorson Gavin Simms George McKeever Robert Yong Nick Slade Patrick Bueno = PokerStars Online Qualifier
EPT Copenhagen Scandinavian Open Casino: Casino Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkCardPlayer – Buy-in: DKr.37,500 (~€5,022) (~$6,496) 7-day event: Monday, January 15, 2007, to Sunday, January 21, 2007European Poker Tour – 4-day main event: Wednesday, January 17, 2007, to Saturday, January 20, 2007 Number of buy-ins: 400 Total prize pool: DKr.13,824,000 (~€1,850,650) (~$2,394,927) Number of payouts: 40 Winning hand: Board: Losing hand: Official results: The Hendom Mob Videos: YouTube: EPT Copenhagen Season 3 (EPT Scandinavian Open) – Day 1 (1h10m08) YouTube: EPT Copenhagen Season 3 (EPT Scandinavian Open) – Day 2 (1h11m44) YouTube: EPT Copenhagen Season 3 (EPT Scandinavian Open) – Final table (1h09m35s)
EPT3 Copenhagen: Petersson takes title
Swede Magnus Petersson has won the EPT Copenhagen, beating Team PokerStars' ElkY heads up to win €550,000. "This is a very good feeling," he said. "I played tight early on and then changed gears when it mattered."
ElkY had a commanding lead when they sat down together, but two hands turned the tables. First Petersson rivered a full house to beat ElkY's trips. He pushed all in with the nuts, and ElkY had to call.European Poker Tour – Petersson said: "I have no real plans for tonight – maybe a drink. My girlfriend lives a couple of hours from Stockholm and bought a car today, a BMW. This money will pay for it. I am a financial advisor, so I will now advise myself to invest in some stocks and bonds."Magnus Petersson
+ Final table Place Name Original prize Prize (€uro) Prize (U$D) Magnus PeterssonPokerStars – PokerStars Blog – Bertrand Grospellier Richard Toth Theo Jørgensen Samir Shakhtoor Alexandre Poulain Thomas Holm Anders Wijk = PokerStars Online Qualifier
EPT Dortmund German Open Casino: Casino Hohensyburg, Dortmund, GermanyCardPlayer – Buy-in: €5,000 (~$6,551) 5-day event: Wednesday, March 7, 2007, to Sunday, March 11, 2007European Poker Tour – 4-day main event: Thursday, March 8, 2007, to Sunday, March 11, 2007 Number of buy-ins: 493 Total prize pool: €2,317,100 (~$3,036,271) Number of payouts: 48 Winning hand: Board: Losing hand: Official results: The Hendom Mob Videos: YouTube: EPT Dortmund Season 3 (EPT German Open) – Day 1 (1h10m25) YouTube: EPT Dortmund Season 3 (EPT German Open) – Day 2 (1h11m07s) YouTube: EPT Dortmund Season 3 (EPT German Open) – Final table (1h11m42s)
EPT Dortmund: Hoivold takes EPT German Open
A record-breaking EPT field of 493, one of the biggest prize pools in Europe, one of the nicest guys to take a title. Andreas Hoivold has lifted the EPT German Open trophy here in Dortmund, Germany, collecting a massive €672,000 – but, boy, did he have to work for it.
The Norwegian, 35, clawed his way through a gruelling seven-hour final table using his undoubted talent and cheeky sense of humour to win many new friends, as well as the cash. The victory is his second big result in recent months, after his third-place finish in the Poker Million in London in December, where he secured $250,000. His decision to turn pro just seven months ago now looks inspired. This victory makes him the second Norwegian to lift an EPT title this season, after Erik-Bjorn Glenne's stunning success in Barcelona.European Poker Tour –
+ Final table Place Name Original prize Prize (U$D) Andreas HøivoldPokerStars – Cristiano Blanco Sebastian Ruthenberg Gunnar Rabe Jacob Rasmussen Erik Lindberg Nicolas Levi Thomas Fougeron = PokerStars Online Qualifier
EPT Warsaw Polish Open Casino: Casinos Poland – Hyatt Regency Hotel, Warsaw, PolandCardPlayer – Buy-in: zł15,000 (~€3,856) (~$5,083) 6-day event: Monday, March 12, 2007, to Saturday, March 17, 2007European Poker Tour – 4-day main event: Tuesday, March 13, 2007, to Saturday, March 17, 2007 Number of buy-ins: 284 Total prize pool: zł 4,007,000 (~€1,040,360) (~$1,357,799) Number of payouts: 24 Winning hand: Board: Losing hand: Official results: The Hendom Mob
EPT Warsaw: Peter Jepsen wins the Polish Open
Peter Jepsen is our winner in EPT Warsaw. The former soldier took up poker when he was seriously injured in Iraq, and became a different kind of hero today when he took the Polish Open title. This Danish player always stacked his chips with military precision, and had a cool methodical style of play, this made his assault on this EPT title look almost effortless. Peter had this to say about his win: "The money is great but I really, really wanted to win this EPT tournament. I won $165,000 at a tournament in St Kitts last year, but it's important to me to have a proper title to my name."Peter Jepsen
+ Final table Place Name Original prize Prize (€uro) Prize (U$D) Peter JepsenPokerStars – PokerNews – Farid Meraghni John Conroy Marius Torbergsen Katja Thater Andrew O'Flaherty Patrick Martenson Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen = Team PokerStars Katja Thater