EPT BERLIN: PALEVIC DEFEATS KENNEY IN NLH SIDE EVENT, JENSEN SCORES AGAIN

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Live circuit veteran Rifat Palevic (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-60th) won EPT Berlin Side Event #7 - 2K NLH. This was the Swede's first taste at victory since 2009 where he had won a side event at the Malmo Open.

Palevic defeated Bryn Kenney (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-138th) heads up. This is the fifth time this season that Kenney cashes out (once at the PCA and three times at EPT Campione prior to this one), collecting over 150K already this season.



It was an important seventh place finish for EPT Madrid Champ Frederik Jensen. Jensen (pictured) earns 5 PTPR Points, moving him back into the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Top 10. Jensen now sits in 9th position.

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TOP 8 PAYOUTS (EURO) Rifat Palevic € 140,000 Bryn Kenney € 75,000 Massimiliano Bellucci € 45,000 Milan Joksic € 35,000 Fredrik Andersson € 27,500 Fritz Meyer € 22,500 Frederik Jensen € 17,500 Christophe De Meulder € 12,500 NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Grand Final Casino Monte Carlo, Monaco April 25-May 1, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT European Poker Tour Berlin EPT Berlin NLH Event #7 April 18, 2012 Grand Hyatt Berlin | Berlin, Germany Buy-in: $2,840 | Prizepool: $660,750 Entries: 250 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RIFAT PALEVIC 75 BRYN KENNEY 40 MASSIMILIANO BELLUCCI 25 MILAN JOKSIC 15 FREDRIK ANDERSSON 10 FRITZ MEYER 8 FREDERIK JENSEN 5 CHRISTOPHER DE MEULDER 5 GEORGIOS KARAKOUKIS 5

EPT MADRID: GREAT DANE! JENSEN'S FIRST WIN FINALLY UNDER HIS BELT

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For Danish poker player Frederik Jansen, it's mission accomplished. After a few successful seasons on the poker circuit, Jansen has now earned his first victory, defeating 476 opponents on way to his EPT Madrid Main Event win on Saturday.

Jensen (2012 PTPR Rank: 10th) makes his debut the 2012 QuadJacks Player of the Year Leaderboard.

Interesting fact, this is not Jensen's biggest cash to date. His second place finish at the 2010 Aussie Millions netted him over 1M USD!


KOOL SHEN KOOLERED
It was a bitter-sweet day for Bruno Lopes. The French rapper was red-hot for a while and then suffered a major cooler while holding kings, doubling-up eventual champion Jensen, Lopes can feel good about the fact that he has joined Jensen on the 2012 QuadJacks Player of the Year Leaderboard.

Lopes (2012 PTPR Rank: 6th) won the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship back earlier this season.

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EPT MADRID FT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st. Frederik Jensen, €495,000 2nd. Fraser MacIntyre, €290,000 3rd. Andrei Stoenescu, €330,000 4th. Bruno Lopes, €140,000 5th. Ricardo Ibañez, €115,000 6th. Ilan Boujenah, €92,000 7th. Nicolas Levi, €69,450 8th. Jason Duval, €48,000 RELATED POSTS >> AMATEUR LEADS MARDRID >> TIMEX TAKES LEAD >> PETERSEN WINS COPENHAGEN >> KURSEVICH WINS DEAUVILLE >> KOOL SHEN WINS EFOP NEXT LIVE EVENT EPT Campione (Italy) March 26-31, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT European Poker Tour Madrid PokerStars.com EPT Madrid NLH Main Event March 12-17, 2012 Casino Gran Madrid | Spain Buy-in: $6,900 | Prizepool: $3,013,035 Entries: 477 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION FREDERIK JENSEN 129 FRASER MACINTYRE 79 ANDREI STOENESCU 49 BURNO LOPES "KOOL SHEN" 39 RICARDO IBANEZ 34 ILAN BOUJENAH 29 NICOLAS LEVI 29 JASON DUVAL 14 MIKE MCDONALD "TIMEX" 14 IVAN TIKHOV 14 TRISTAN CLEMENCON 14 JUAN NAVARRETE 12 TAYLOR PAUR 12 CLAYTON MOZDZEN 12 JOAO PAULO SIMAO 12 JEAN-PIERRE PETROLI 9 SIYU SHA 9 RUBEN SETIEN HERRERA 9

EPT MADRID: FT SET - WORLD BEATER IBANEZ LEADS WHILE KOOL SHEN CONTINUES GREAT RUN

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Amateur poker player Ricardo Ibanez probably didn't even think he had a shot an entering final table play at EPT Madrid with the chip lead, but, that is exactly where Ibanez stands after Friday's play.

To say that Ibanez will be in unfamiliar territory once final table play begins on Saturday is an understatement and his opponents will surely be looking to take advantage of Ibanez' inexperience early during final table play.

One man that will certainly be looking for an early edge is 2012 Euro Finals of Poker
Diamond Event winner Bruno Lopes "alias Kool Shen". The French rapper has had a great start to the 2012 campaign. Lopes (2012 PTPR Rank: 23rd) followed up his EFOP victory with a cash at EPT Deauville and a WPT final table bubble at WPT National Mauritius.

Lopes' fellow countryman, experience tournament pro Nicolas Levi, enters the final table as the short stack while Frederik Jensen and Ilan Boujenah are two other notables hoping to pickup a EPT title Saturday in Madrid.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 - Ricardo Ibañez, Spain, 3,216,000
Seat 2 - Frederik Jensen, Denmark, 2,144,000
Seat 3 - Fraser Macintyre, United Kingdom, 2,473,000
Seat 4 - Bruno Lopes, France, 1,452,000
Seat 5 - Andrei Stoenescu, Romania, 1,974,000
Seat 6 - Ilan Boujenah, Israel, 1,382,000
Seat 7 - Jason Duval, Canada, 963,000
Seat 8 - Nicolas Levi, France, 709,000

NOTABLE TOP 24 ELIMINATIONS
Former EPT Dortmund Champ Mike McDonald, Tristan Clemencon, Taylor Paur and two players who once held the end of day chip lead in the event: Juan Navarrete and Joao Paulo Simao.

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EPT MADRID FT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st € 545,000 2nd € 365,000 3rd € 205,000 4th € 140,000 5th € 115,000 6th € 92,000 7th € 69,450 8th € 48,000 RELATED POSTS >> TIMEX TAKES LEAD >> PETERSEN WINS COPENHAGEN >> KURSEVICH WINS DEAUVILLE >> KOOL SHEN WINS EFOP NEXT LIVE EVENT EPT Campione (Italy) March 26-31, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT European Poker Tour Madrid PokerStars.com EPT Madrid NLH Main Event March 12-17, 2012 Casino Gran Madrid | Spain Buy-in: $6,900 | Prizepool: $3,013,035 Entries: 477 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 129 2nd position 79 3rd position 49 4th position 39 5th position 34 6-7th position 29 8th position 14 MIKE MCDONALD "TIMEX" 14 IVAN TIKHOV 14 TRISTAN CLEMENCON 14 JUAN NAVARRETE 12 TAYLOR PAUR 12 CLAYTON MOZDZEN 12 JOAO PAULO SIMAO 12 JEAN-PIERRE PETROLI 9 SIYU SHA 9 RUBEN SETIEN HERRERA 9