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 EPT SEASON 4 : WARSAW
MICHAEL SCHULZE WINS EPT POLISH OPEN IN WARSAW
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2008
Venue: Casinos Poland, Hyatt Regency, Warsaw, Poland
Event: PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw 20,000 Polish Zloty No Limit Texas Hold'em
Michael Schulze has won the PokerStars.com 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: www.ept.com/db/player_details?id=737.
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.
Final table/payouts:
Position | Name | Country | PS Status | Polish Zloty | € |
1 | Michael Schulze | Germany | | 2,154,000 | 609,782 |
2 | Ricardo Sousa | Portugal | | 1,220,600 | 345,543 |
3 | Mathias Viberg | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 718,000 | 203,261 |
4 | Mehdi Ouakhir | France | PokerStars qualifier | 538,500 | 152,445 |
5 | Christian Oman | Sweden | | 437,980 | 123,989 |
6 | Juan Maceiras | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 344,640 | 97,565 |
7 | Niclas Svensson | Sweden | | 272,840 | 77,239 |
8 | Trond Erik Eidsvig | Norway | | 201,040 | 56,913 |
9 | Dan Woolson | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 122,060 | 34,554 |
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