European Poker Tour season 2 results

EPT Season 2
League	European Poker Tour
Sport	Poker
Duration	September 9, 2005 – March 11, 2006[1]
Total attendance	2,017 (Main Event only)
Statistics
Countries	Spain - Barcelona  United Kingdom - London  Austria - Baden  Ireland - Dublin  Denmark - Copenhague  France - Deauville  Monaco - Monte Carlo
Top Season 2 Money List	Jeff Williams ($1,084,036)[2]

Below are the results of the second season of the European Poker Tour (EPT). All currency amounts are in "€" Euro, U$ Dollar (and local currency when apply).

Results

EPT Barcelona Open

• Casino: Casino Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain^[3]
• Buy-in: €4,000+200 (~$5,208)
• 10-Day Event: Friday, September 9, 2005 to Sunday, September 18, 2005^[4]
• 2-Day Main Event: Friday, September 16, 2005 to Saturday, September 17, 2005
• Number of buy-ins: 327
• Total Prize Pool: €1,309,200 (~$1,623,256)
• Number of Payouts: 27
• Winning Hand: K♦ Q♥
• Board: 8♦ 2♣ 8♥ 10♣ Q♦
• Losing Hand: A♠ 2♠
• Official Results: The Hendom Mob
• Videos:

EPT Barcelona Season 2 (Barcelona Open 2005) - DAY 1 (1h09m05s)
EPT Barcelona Season 2 (Barcelona Open 2005) - FINAL TABLE (1h10m53s)

Barcelona sell out: European Poker Tour launches with record turn out.

The first prize of €416,000 was won by former dentist Jan Boubli, 51, from Paris. Cheered on by a large French crowd, Jan was close to tears as he picked up the biggest tournament prize of his career.

The record EPT turn-out, which included 33 PokerStars.com qualifiers, generated a total prize pool of €1,300,000, over five times more than the 2004 tournament.

The first event of season two of the EPT featured a host of celebrities including three-time WPT winner Gus Hansen, WPT Ladies’ champion Isabelle Mercier, Dutch poker legend Marcel Lüske, Britain’s Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott and Rob Hollink, winner of the 2005 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final.

The huge crowds of poker players, many from Scandinavia, exceeded all expectations. Tournament director Thomas Kremser said:“No-one could have estimated that so many players would make their way to Barcelona for the start of the European Poker Tour. It is incredible.”

EPT founder John Duthie said: “We knew by the end of the first EPT that the tour was a massive hit, but today’s turn-out is simply extraordinary. Players were queuing up for hours to register and we still had a struggle to accommodate everyone. It’s fantastic.”^[5]

5th place: Gus Hansen

Final Table

Place	Name	Original Prize	Prize (U$D)
1st	Jan Boubli[6]	€426,000	$528,195
2nd	Christer Johansson	€228,000	$282,696
3rd	Patrik Antonius	€117,000	$145,067
4th	Patrick Martenson	€91,000	$112,830
5th	Gus Hansen	€78,000	$96,711
6th	Anton Bergstroem	€65,000	$80,593
7th	Dario Alioto	€52,000	$64,474
8th	Romain Feriolo	€39,000	$48,355

EPT London The Grosvenor World Masters

• Casino: The Poker Room formerly The Vic, London, United Kingdom^[7]
• Buy-in: £3,000+50 (~€4,485) (~$5,402)
• 7-Day Event: Monday, September 26, 2005 to Sunday, October 2, 2005^[8]
• 3-Day Main Event: Friday, September 30, 2005 to Sunday, October 2, 2005
• Number of buy-ins: 242
• Total Prize Pool: £708,630 (~€1.042.097) (~$1,255,123)
• Number of Payouts: 24
• Winning Hand: J♦ J♠
• Board: Q♦ 2♦ 6♠ J♣ 5♣
• Losing Hand: K♦ 4♦
• Official Results: The Hendom Mob
• Videos:

YouTube: EPT London Season 2 (The Grosvenor World Masters) - DAY 1 (1h11m01)
YouTube: EPT London Season 2 (The Grosvenor World Masters) - DAY 2 (58m07)
YouTube: EPT London Season 2 (The Grosvenor World Masters) - FINAL TABLE (1h11m06)

The tournament was divided by two initial day with 118 players each plus the online qualifiers by PokerStars who couldn't attend the event. The total players was 242. At the final table 2 players was qualifying online, Graham Clarckson and Istvan Novak.^[9]

5th place: Kirill Gerasimov

Final Table

Place	Name	Original Prize	Prize (€uro)	Prize (U$D)
1st	Mark Teltscher[10]	£280,000	€411,762	$495,935
2nd	Jonas Helness	£145,740	€214,322	$258,134
3rd	Noah Jefferson	£72,870	€107,161	$129,067
4th	Paul King	£41,640	€61,234	$73,753
5th	Kirill Gerasimov	£24,290	€35,720	$43,022
6th	Dale Greenleaf	£20,820	€30,617	$36,876
7th	Istvan Novak	£17,350	€25,515	$30,730
8th	Graham Clarkson	£13,889	€20,425	$24,600

= PokerStars Online Qualifier

EPT Baden Classic

• Casino: Casinos Austria, Baden, Austria^[11]
• Buy-in: €4,000+190 (~$6,545)
• 3-Day Event: Thursday, October 4, 2005 to Thursday, October 6, 2005^[12]
• 3-Day Main Event: Thursday, October 4, 2005 to Thursday, October 6, 2005
• Number of buy-ins: 180
• Total Prize Pool: €720,000 (~$1,124,630)
• Number of Payouts: 27
• Winning Hand: 8♠ 4♥
• Board: 4♠ 7♠ 8♥ 3♣ 7♣
• Losing Hand: Q♥ 9♣
• Official Results: The Hendom Mob
• Videos:

YouTube: EPT Baden Season 2 (Poker EM/EPT Baden Classic) - Final table (1h10m49s)

Winner: Patrik Antonius

Final Table

Place	Name	Original Prize	Prize (U$D)
1st	Patrik Antonius[13]	€288,180	$343,365
2nd	Gunnar Ostebrod	€120,384	$143,437
3rd	Abel Meijberg	€61,560	$73,348
4th	Christian Grundtvig	€47,880	$57,048
5th	Ingemar Backman	€41,040	$48,899
6th	Peter Muhlbek	€34,200	$40,749
7th	Torstein Iversen	€27,360	$32,599
8th	Edgar Skjervold	€20,520	$24,449

EPT Dublin The Irish Winter Festival 2005

• Casino: Merrion Casino Club, Dublin, Ireland^[14]
• Buy-in: €4,000+200 (~$5,068)
• 4-Day Event: Thursday, October 27, 2005 to Sunday, October 30, 2005^[15]
• 2-Day Main Event: Saturday, October 29, 2005 to Sunday, October 30, 2005
• Number of buy-ins: 248
• Total Prize Pool: €992,000(~$1,197,041)
• Number of Payouts: 27
• Winning Hand: A♥ 9♣
• Board: 8♦ 3♠ 7♥ 3♣ 5♦
• Losing Hand: K♠ 9♦
• Official Results: The Hendom Mob
• Video: YouTube: EPT Dublin Season 2 (The Irish Winter Festival of Poker 2005) - Final table (1h10m38s)

Final Table

Place	Name	Original Prize	Prize (U$D)
1st	Mats Gavatin[16]	€317,000	$382,522
2nd	Henrik Olander	€174,500	$210,568
3rd	David Pomroy	€89,300	$107,758
4th	Joe Rafferty	€69,500	$83,865
5th	Peter Haslam	€59,500	$71,798
6th	Jim Reid	€49,600	$59,852
7th	Michael Greco	€39,800	$48,026
8th	Michael O'Sullivan	€29,800	$35,960

EPT Copenhagen Scandinavian Open

• Casino: Casino Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark^[17]
• Buy-in: DKr.30,000 (~€4,020) (~$4,867)
• 5-Day Event: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 to Sunday, January 22, 2006^[18]
• 4-Day Main Event: Thursday, January 19, 2006 to Sunday, January 22, 2006
• Number of buy-ins: 288
• Total Prize Pool: DKr.7,932,624 (~€1,062,972) (~$1,287,135)
• Number of Payouts: 27
• Winning Hand: A♦ Q♣
• Board: K♥ 4♥ 9♥ Q♦ 10♣
• Losing Hand: A♠ 10♥
• Official Results: The Hendom Mob
• Videos:

YouTube: EPT Copenhagen Season 2 (EPT Scandinavian Open) - Day 1 (1h10m32)
YouTube: EPT Copenhagen Season 2 (EPT Scandinavian Open) - Final table (1h09m34s)

Final Table

Place	Name	Original Prize	Prize (€uro)	Prize (U$D)
1st	Mads Andersen[19][20]	DKr.2,548,040	€341,437	$413,442
2nd	Edgar Skjervold	DKr.1,401,422	€187,790	$227,393
3rd	Marcus Naalden	DKr.716,636	€96,029	$116,280
4th	Phillip Hilm	DKr.557,384	€74,689	$90,440
5th	Markus Gonsalves	DKr.447,757	€60,000	$72,652
6th	Anina Gundesen	DKr.398,131	€53,349	$64,600
7th	Shek Chi Hung	DKr.318,505	€42,680	$51,680
8th	Johan Berqvist	DKr.238,879	€32,010	$38,760

= PokerStars Online Qualifier

EPT Deauville French Open

• Casino: Casino Barrière de Deauville, Deauville, France^[21]
• Buy-in: €4,000 (~$4,789)
• 5-Day Event: Tuesday, February 7, 2006 to Saturday, February 11, 2006^[22]
• 4-Day Main Event: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 to Saturday, February 11, 2006
• Number of buy-ins: 434
• Total Prize Pool: €1,610,300 (~$1,928,038)
• Number of Payouts: 40
• Winning Hand: A♠ 3♣
• Board: 5♠ Q♠ 3♠ K♥ 2♠
• Losing Hand: J♥ 10♣
• Official Results: The Hendom Mob
• Videos:

YouTube: EPT Deauville Season 2 (EPT French Open) - Day 1 (1h10m36)
YouTube: EPT Deauville Season 2 (EPT French Open) - Day 2 (1h10m57s)
YouTube: EPT Deauville Season 2 (EPT French Open) - Final table (1h11m43s)

Team PokerStars: Isabelle Mercier

Final Table

Place	Name	Original Prize	Prize (U$D)
1st	Mats Iremark[23]	€490,000	$586,686
2nd	Mark Boudewijn	€259,000	$310,105
3rd	Kirill Gerasimov	€155,000	$185,584
4th	Theo Jørgensen	€118,300	$141,643
5th	Ram Vaswani	€97,700	$116,978
6th	Patrick Martenson	€76,800	$91,954
7th	Isabelle Mercier	€60,800	$72,797
8th	Stuart Nash	€43,500	$52,083

= Team PokerStars^[24]

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final

• Casino: Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, Monte Carlo, Monaco^[25]
• Buy-in: €10,000 (€9,600+€400) (~$12,045)
• 6-Day Event: Monday, March 6, 2006 to Saturday, March 11, 2006^[26]
• 5-Day Main Event: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 to Saturday, March 11, 2006
• Number of buy-ins: 298
• Total Prize Pool: €2,801,200 (~$3,374,005)
• Number of Payouts: 27
• Winning Hand: A♦ 10♣
• Board: 5♥ 9♥ 7♠ 7♦ 3♣
• Losing Hand: A♥ 8♦
• Official Results: The Hendom Mob
• Videos:

YouTube: EPT Monte Carlo Season 2 (European Poker Tour Grand Final) - Day 1 (51m57s)
YouTube: EPT Monte Carlo Season 2 (European Poker Tour Grand Final) - Day 2 (50m12s)
YouTube: EPT Monte Carlo Season 2 (European Poker Tour Grand Final) - Day 3 (52m01s)
YouTube: EPT Monte Carlo Season 2 (European Poker Tour Grand Final) - Final table (51m10s)

Winner: Jeff Williams

Final Table

Place	Name	Original Prize	Prize (U$D)
1st	Jeff Williams[27]	€900,000	$1,084,036
2nd	Arshad Hussain	€492,000	$592,606
3rd	Aleksander Strandli	€251,000	$302,325
4th	Marc Karam	€195,000	$234,874
5th	Thierry Cazals	€168,000	$202,353
6th	Ross Boatman	€140,000	$168,627
7th	Marcel Lüske	€112,000	$134,902
8th	Fraser Dunphy	€84,000	$101,176

= PokerStars Qualifier^[28]

External links

• Official Website
• PokerStars Live

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