Thursday, October 11, 2012

EPT SANREMO: THE EVENT THAT WOULD NEVER END - LEIKOS WINS 2K SIDE EVENT


It took a few more days than expected, but, the EPT Sanremo 2K NLH Event has crowned a Champion - Finland's Vesa Leikos (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-179th) took down the event is what is, by far, the biggets live tournament cash of his career ... 210K EURO for his efforts.

Leikos defeated 2010 IPT Malta winner Michal Polchlopek (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 135th) heads-up while circuit veteran JC Alvarado (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 168th) finished third.

Former Aussie Millions third place finisher Jeffrey Rossiter (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,182th), two-time WPT winner Jonathan Little (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,601th) and 2011 EPT Sanremo final table participant Jan Bendik (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,925th) are other notables who collected POY points in the event.

Several big-name pros cashed in the event but failed to pickup precious Player of the Year points .. they include: Melanie Weisner, WSOP stand-out Gaelle Baumann, Ronny Kaiser, Benny Spindler, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Nacho Barbero, Faraz Jaka, Sam Chartier and the #1 ranked poker player in the world, Dan Smith.



TOP 18 PAYOUTS (EURO)
Vesa Leikos €210,000
Michal Polchlopek €115,000
JC Alvarado €71,600
Giulio Astarita €57,600
Jeffrey Rossiter €43,700
Radoslaw Morawiec €35,000
Jonathan Little €27,000
Manolo De Vecchis €18,940
Jan Bendik €14,800
Melanie Weisner €14,800
Gaelle Baumann €12,800
Ronny Kaiser €12,800
Oliver Speidel €11,400
Athanasios Polychronopoulos €11,400
Javier Gomez €10,000
Enver Abduraimov €10,000
Dan Smith €8,900
Nacho Barbero €8,900

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PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
EUROPEAN POKER TOUR
EPT San Remo
2K NLH Side Event
October 7-11, 2012

Casino Sanremo | Italy
Buy-in: $2,855 | Prizepool: $1,128,789
Entries: 450

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
VESA LEIKOS 104
MICHAL POLCHLOPEK 64
J.C. ALVARADO 39
GIULIO ASTARITA 29
JEFFREY ROSSITER 22
RADOSLAW MORAWIEC 14
JONATHAN LITTLE 12
MANOLO DE VECCHIS 9
JAN BENDIK 9

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Gilbert Toutati

NEXT EPT EVENT
EPT Prague Poker Festival
Hilton Prague Hotel, Czech Rep.
December 5-15, 2012


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