The European Poker Tour just finished its stop in Deauville, France, where they hosted 645 poker players in the splendiferous Casino Deauville. The participants got down to business and once the dense field of competition started thinning out the tension grew even more. One of the players to end the tournament early was no one else than the youngest WSOP Champion ever, Peter Eastgate from Denmark. He wasn’t the only big name to finish outside of the money which shows how much the density and quality in international professional poker increases from event to event.
Keeping that in mind it doesn’t surprise that more and more poker players who qualify online end up on the final tables of these tournaments. The winner of the EPT Deauville is yet another online qualifier. Moritz Kranich was able to win it all and take home €851,400. The German managed to beat Frenchman Arnaud Esquevin who was accompanied by 4 countrymen at the final table, Tristan Clemencon, Jonathan Azoulay, Bruno Launais and Thomas Delattre. Italian Andrea Bellini who was able to bring home €219,800 as fourth, and Jorn Walthaus (6th, €142,400) from the Netherlands completed the final table. Esquevin received €495,400 for ending up second and proved to be a fair loser when immediately congratulating 28 year old Moritz Kranich.
Kranich was actually the second oldest player at the final table which had an average age of just 24 years. The youngest poker player at this table was 19 year old Frenchman Tristan Clemencon who surely will be delighted about third place and €284,800 but maybe feels a bit disappointed at the same time knowing that he went into the final stage of the event as clear chip leader.
With another EPT online qualifier winning an event a trend that has been recognisable for some time now continues. More and more online poker players develop into strong and steady live tournament players and a lot of them are able to become poker pros. No matter whether you actually want to become a professional poker player or not, you still can enjoy the thrill and excitement of such a huge event as the EPT by qualifying online at Everest Poker or BestPoker in one of their many satellites. The next EPT stage will be held from February 17th – 21st in Copenhagen – seize your chance to participate in the EPT Scandinavian Open.
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