Last season, Antonio Buonanno (GPI No. 469) and Jack Salter (GPI No. 59), who recently represented Team UK at the Global Poker Masters — Poker’s World Cup — in Malta, were involved in a heads-up match that lasted until surnrise the next day. Buonanno came out the winner.
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Other than the Main Event, the EPT Grand Final Festival will offer a boatload of other events, including the always highly anticipated High Roller and Super High Roller events. The €100,000-buy-in Super High Roller kicked off earlier Thursday with some of the biggest names in the game, including Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu, in attendance.
EPT Grand Final Festival Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, Monte Carlo, Monaco Festival dates: April 28-May 8, 2015 Main Event: May 2-8, 2015; €10,600 buy-in
2014 Main Event information/final table results €10,600 buy-in, 650 entries, $8,992,681 prize pool
1st: Antonio Buonanno (ITA), $1,715,526 2nd: Jack Salter (UK), $1,058,369 3rd: Malte Moennig (GER), $756,768 4th: Mayu Roca Uribe (COL), $579,682 5th: Magnus Karlsson (SWE), $459,318 6th: Sebastian von Toperczer (NOR), $357,355 7th: Kenneth Hicks (USA), $260,787 8th: Sebastian Bredthauer (GER), $178,193
Past season champions
2005 (211 entries): Rob Hollink (NED), $845,190 2006 (298 entries): Jeff Williams (USA), $1,084,037 2007 (706 entries): Gavin Griffin (USA), $2,434,060 2008 (842 entries): Glen Chorny (CAN), $3,196,354 2009 (935 entries): Pieter de Korver (NED), $3,024,167 2010 (848 entries): Nicolas Chouity (LIB), $2,263,166 2011* (686 entries): Ivan Freitez-Rosales (VEN), $2,226,345 2012 (665 entries): Mohsin Charania (USA), $1,782,343 2013 (531 entries): Steve O’Dwyer (USA), $1,604,972 2014 (650 entries): Antonio Buonanno (ITA), $1,715,526
*Festival held in Madrid
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Statistical information provided by Global Poker Index, The Hendon Mob Database.
