Wednesday, January 25, 2012

KOSMADAKIS WINS MERIT WINTERFEST MAIN

SOURCE: THEHENDONMOB.com

Greek poker player Iraklis Kosmadakis earns his first known live cash in a big way - winning the Merit Winterfest Main Event and pocketing a cool 125K paycheck along the way.

Third place finisher Vladimir Kochelaevskiy was the lone notable player to pickup PTPR Points in the event. Kochelaevskiy finished second to Tomer Berda at the 2010 WSOP (NLH Side Event) good for a 500K cash.




FINAL FIVE PAYOUTS (in USD)
1st Iraklıs Kosmadakıs $125,810
2nd Peter Haslam $80,323
3rd Vladimir Kochelaevskiy $55,472
4th Roman Kleyman $37,721
5th Cantea Marian-Catalin $28,845

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Chadli Ojelli (2011 PTPR Rank: 835th)


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2012 Merit Winterfest
NLH Main Event
January 21-22, 2012

Merit Crystal Cove Hotel | Cyprus
Buy-in: $2,750 | Prizepool: $250,000
Entries: 183

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
IRAKLIS KOSMADAKIS 35
PETER HASLAM 18
VLADIMIR KOCHELAEVSKIY 10
ROMAN KLEYMAN 8
CANTEA MARIAN-CATALIN 5

1 comment:

  1. I have heard about his talent about a few times already. He does deserve to win this tournament. He should probably share some poker tips for beginners.

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