It's finally over in Campione as 4:00AM nears in Italy. It was understood that with tons of chips in play and most players with plenty of big blinds, Saturday's final table play at Casino Campione di Italia could take a while - but this long?
Well, after about 13 hours of play, it's Denmark's Jannick Wrang who earns the EPT Campione title, becoming the third straight Danish player to win a EPT Main Event.
Wrang (2012 PTPR Rank: 10th) was able to outlast two big name pros three-handed in order to secure his first EPT title, doubling his career gains with the win, his first on the tournament circuit in a year.
Olivier Busquet just refused to give up on Saturday. Busquet was up and down on quite a few occasions, in fact, Busquet was all in for his tournament life a few times early, bouncing back each time. Unfortunately for the heads up specialist, he wasn't able to crack Wrang in the end.
This was Busquet's (2012 PTPR Rank: 34th) second PTPR Score of the year; Busquet earned a Top 10 finish at a side event at the PCA at the start of the season.
For Fabrice Soulier, it was a day with a few lucky breaks but the luck ran out late on Saturday. His third place finish will certainly sting but the French pro will certainly be back in the spotlight sometime this year.
Soulier (2012 PTPR Rank: 92nd) earned his first points of 2012.
EPT CAMPIONE FT PAYOUTS (EURO) Jannick Wrang €640,000 Olivier Busquet €430,000 Fabrice Soulier €240,000 Balazs Botond €157,000 Joen De Visscher €124,000 Mario Nagel €92,000 Stefano Puccilli €71,500 Robin Ylitalo €54,000 RELATED POSTS >> SOULIER, BUSQUET LEAD FT >> BALAZS BOTOND >> ANDREONI LEADS CAMPIONE NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Berlin Speilbank Berlin, Germany April 16-21, 2012 | PTPR PREMIER EVENT PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Campione EPT Campione NLH Main Event March 26-31, 2012 Casino di Campione | Italy Buy-in: $7,056 | Prizepool: $3,686,735 Entries: 570 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JANNICK WRANG 130 OLIVIER BUSQUET 80 FABRICE SOULIER 50 BALAZS BOTOND 40 KOEN DE VISSCHER 35 MARIO NAGEL 30 STEFANO PUCCILLI 30 ROBIN YLITALO 15 SIMEON NAYDENOV 15 DAVID VAMPLEW 15 PASQUALE VINCI 15 YURI KERZHAPKIN 13 ALEXANDRE ANDERMATT 13 GIUSEPPE BIANCOVISO 13 PRIMOZ ADAMIE 13 ALESSANDRO MINASI 10 JEAN-PHILIPPE ROHR 10 PANAGIOTIS GAVRIULIDIS 10 |
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