EPT GRAND FINAL: SMITH WINS 5K TURBO, JAZAYERI BACK IN THE QJ TOP 10

PICTURE: WPT.com (B.J. Nemeth)

Daniel Smith has won the 5K NLH Turbo event at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Smith (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-37th) outlasted 100 competitors in order to pickup the title.

WPT LAPC winner Sean Jazayeri's 8th place finish was good enough to bring him back into the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year powered by PTPRpoker Top 10. Jazayeri's six points place him 10th on the 2012 list, taking over from ElkY - Bertrand Grospellier.

EPT Deauville High Rollers winner Eric Sfez (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 25th) was fifth in the event.

Viacheslav Igin (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 143rd), JP Kelly (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-546th), Martin Jacobson (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 121st), Doc Sands (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 47th) and Roman Romanovsky (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-49th) all cashed in the event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Daniel Smith € 152,980 Roger Suter € 79,878 Viacheslav Igin € 75,793 Thomas Wolff € 42,850 Eric Sfez € 33,050 JP Kelly € 24,500 Martin Jacobson € 19,600 Sean Jazayeri € 14,700 David Sands € 12,250 Zachary Korik € 12,250 Max Lehmanski € 11,000 Roman Romanovsky € 11,000 RELATED POSTS >> MARTINEZ LEADS MAIN >> 665 IN MONTE CARLO >> BONOMO WINS SHR >> SHR FINAL TABLE SET NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Barcelona Festival August 15-25, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT PokerStars and Monte Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final EPT Grand Final 5K NLH Turbo April 26, 2012 Casino Monte Carlo | Monaco Buy-in: $6,890 | Prizepool: $649,490 Entries: 101 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION DANIEL SMITH 101 ROGER SUTER 61 VIASCHESLAV IGIN 36 THOMAS WOLFF 26 ERIC SFEZ 19 JP KELLY 11 MARTIN JACOBSON 9 SEAN JAZAYERI 6 DAVID SANDS "DOC" 6

EPT DEAUVILLE: GOOD START TO THE YEAR CONTINUES FOR VISSER

PHOTO CREDIT/SOURCE: POKERSTARS.fr

It's been a good start to 2012 for Ruben Visser. Visser has accumulated over 400K in winnings in the first few weeks of the poker season. After finishing eighth at the PCA Main Event, Visser collected the win here in Deauville last week - in the 1K NLH Random Bounty Event.

Now Visser just picked up a huge chunk of change finishing second in the PokerStars.fr 10K NLH High Rollers Event. That cash out puts Visser (2011 PTPR Rank: 2090th) over the 1M mark for live tournament cashes on his career - very impressive!

The winner of the event was Eric Sfez (2011 PTPR Rank: NR). Sfez picked up the first win of his live tournament poker career - his first live cash dating back to 2005.

Samuel Chartier earned his second PTPR Score in as many days. Chartier (2011 PTPR Rank: 106th) now has 33 PTPR Points on the season, he finished 2011 with 141.

Finally, Mikhail Lakhitov also collected PTPR Points in this event. Lakhitov (2011 PTPR Rank: 52nd) won a braclet last summer in WSOP Event 36 - No Limit Holdem.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (in EURO) Eric Sfez, France € 242,000 Ruben Visser, Netherlands € 152,000 David Sonelin, Sweden € 90,000 Sam Chartier, Canada € 65,600 Ami Alibay, Canada € 48,400 Christophe Benzimra, France € 34,500 Mikhail Lakhitov, Russia € 31,100 Paul Berende, Netherlands € 27,600 RELATED POSTS >> KURSEVICH WINS MAIN EVENT >> DUHAMEL BACK AT IT >> DE MEULDER WINS TURBO DEFENDING CHAMPION Jonathan Duhamel (2011 PTPR Rank: 71st) NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Copenhagen February 20-25, 2012

PTPR SIDE EVENT European Poker Tour Deauville Pokerstars.fr EPT Deauville NLH High Rollers February 4, 2012 Casino Barriere | France Buy-in: $13,645 | Prizepool: $915,700 Entries: 72 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ERIC SFEZ 100 RUBEN VISSER 60 DAVID SONELIN 35 SAMUEL CHARTIER 25 AMI ALIBAY 18 CHRISTOPHE BENZIMRA 10 MIKHAIL LAKHITOV 8 PAUL BERENDE 5