€1M EPF Main Event Attracts Bumper Crowd at King’s Resort

King’s Resort is famend for internet hosting unbelievable dwell poker event festivals full of worth. As soon as such competition, the European Poker Competition (EPF) Powered by Dutch Classics, has simply concluded in Rozvadov.

The spotlight of the EPF was, no doubt, the Principal Occasion. It assured €1 million in its prize pool regardless of solely costing €299 to enter. By the point the ultimate flight’s late registration interval ended, 3,141 gamers had purchased in, leaving an overlay of round €60,000.

A German participant going by the identify of “Kaizen” got here out on prime of that bumper crowd and added a cool €88,000 to their bankroll. The unique first-place prize was €103,000, however the closing three gamers struck a deal to reduce the pay jumps.

€1M EPF Principal Occasion Remaining Desk Outcomes

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Every of the 9 finalists locked in a five-figure rating for the €299 funding, fairly the return we’re positive you will agree. Sweden’s “Ker” was the primary finalist to fall, their ninth-place end incomes them €11,425.

Polish grinder Marcin Matula bowed out in fourth for €14,125. This marked solely Matula’s second €10,000+ prize and the most important of his profession to-date.

Rozvadov common “M.Fischer” was the following to seek out themselves void of chips. The German fell in seventh for a €17,700 payout earlier than Belgium’s “Mister Two” crashed out in sixth, a end price €22,400.

Fifth-place got here with a €28,500 prize, virtually 100 occasions the event’s buy-in! That princely sum now belongs to a German participant who goes by “Victor Vegas”.

Three of the ultimate 4 gamers didn’t play underneath a shroud of anonymity; all of them fell in succession. Israeli Ben Yoram ran out of steam in fourth place, scooping €36,500 for his efforts. Previous to this occasion, Yoram had simply shy of $15,000 in recorded dwell event earnings.

Dutchman Stephan Dil has three cashes on his Hendon Mob Database profile earlier than the EPF Principal Occasion. That trio of cashes totalled $2,951. He can now boast of a €57,300 pay day after placing a take care of his closing two opponents earlier than bowing out.

Heads-up pitted “Kaizen” in opposition to Romania’s Valentin Dumitra, a participant who has received most of his $100,000 in lifetime cashes at King’s Resort in Rozvadoz. Dumitra fell on the closing hurdle and helped himself to a €70,700 comfort prize, a rating virtually 3.5 occasions bigger than his earlier greatest.

Dumitra’s exit left the thriller “Kaizen” as the one participant with chips. Their reward was a cool €80,000, the winner’s trophy, and the title of EPF Principal Occasion champion.

The Motion By no means Stops at King’s Resort

The European Poker Competition could also be executed and dusted, however the intense dwell poker event motion continues at King’s Resort all through Could.

The Deutsche Poker Tour (DPT) is already underway. It runs from Could 11-17 and options, amongst different tournaments, a €175 buy-in Principal Occasion carrying a €300,000 assure on its prize pool.

No sooner does the DPT wrap up, the France Poker Competition (FPF) explodes into motion. It calls King’s Resort dwelling from Could 18-25 and boasts a €290 buy-in Principal Occasion with an formidable €1 million assured prize pool.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker business since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from dwell reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.