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
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 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
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
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
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
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:
Total Prize Pool: €2,764,500 ($3,546,322)
Number of Payouts: 56
Final Table Place Name Prize
1st Salvatore Bonavena €774,000 ($992,893)
2nd Massimo Di Cicco €445,000 ($570,849)
3rd Andrew Alan 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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)
