European Poker Tour - Season 7

European Poker Tour

Ivan Freitez Wins EPT Grand Final Main Event

Season 7 of the world’s richest poker tour concluded in style with the Grand Final at the Casino Gran Madrid in Spain. The best players in the world gathered for nine days of tournaments and millions of euros were awarded in prize money. Venezuela’s Ivan Freitez won the Main Event, playing through a field of 686 players to take the title and €1,500,000 for first place. Team PokerStars Pros Juan Maceiras (Spain) and Alex Gomes (Brazil) made the final table, finishing in 5th and 7th respectively.

Away from the Main Event, there was a huge performance from Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, who took down not one, but two High Roller events for a combined total of €678,000. The Grand Final closed with the glittering Champion of Champions tournament, which invited all previous EPT winners to battle for the title and bragging rights. This star-studded event saw another win for Team PokerStars Pro, as US player Jason Mercier emerged victorious, scooping first and €50,000 in Season 8 buy-ins.

EPT End of Season Awards

Held as part of the celebrations, the EPT Awards ceremony crowned Portuguese player Fernando Brito as Player of the Year, after an incredible string of results where he cashed in every event except Tallinn and Berlin. German pro Max Heinzelmann was a double winner, scooping EPT Achievement of the Year as well as the EPT Player’s Choice Award after a stand-out season which included finishing runner-up at consecutive Main Events in Berlin and San Remo.

EPT on the PokerStars Blog and PokerStars.tv

With 13 events staged in 12 countries across Europe, Season 7 of the European Poker Tour was a huge success. You can read tournament coverage from every single event on the PokerStars Blog, as well as watch video reports and player interviews on PokerStars.tv.    

Season 8 of the European Poker Tour will be coming soon - so keep checking back for the announcement of the tournament schedule, and details of how you can qualify online.

EPT Season 7 Results and Winners

Event Date Prize Pool Winner
EPT Tallinn August 11-16 €1,596,000 Kevin Stani (€400,000)
EPT Vilamoura August 28-September 2 €1,862,400 Toby Lewis (€467,835)
EPT London September 29-October 4 £4,112,800 David Vamplew (£900,000)
EPT Vienna October 26-31 €2,935,000 Michael Eiler (€700,000)
EPT Barcelona November 22-27 €3,790,000 Kent Lundmark (€825,000)
EPT Prague December 13-18 €2,730,550 Roberto Romanello (€640,000)
PCA January 8-14, 2011 $15,132,000 Galen Hall ($2,300,000)
EPT Deauville January 25-31, 2011 €4,276,800 Lucien Cohen (€880,000)
EPT Copenhagen February 21-26, 2011 €2,023,496 Michael Tureniec (€496,271)
EPT Snowfest March 20-25, 2011 €1,636,390 Vladimir Geshkenbein (€390,000)
EPT Berlin April 5-10, 2011 €3,865,000 Ben Wilinofsky (€825,000)
EPT San Remo April 27-May 3, 2011 €4,786,950 Rupert Elder (€930,000)
EPT Grand Final May 7-12, 2011 €6,860,000 Ivan Freitez (€1,500,000)

For more information about any of the events on the tour, check out the EPT website.

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