GPI Tournament Report: Barcelona, Florida, Oklahoma + More

We take you to Barcelona, Florida, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alberta in this week’s GPI Tournament Recap:

EPT BARCELONA SUPER HIGH ROLLER

Russian Vitaly Lunkin (GPI#634) (pictured, right) won the 50K Super High Roller event at EPT Barcelona over the weekend, defeating legendary pro Erik Seidel (GPI#57) heads-up.

The tournament drew 51 entries including GPI Top 10 ranked players Steve O’Dwyer (GPI#9) and Ole Schemion (GPI#7) who both final tabled the event.

EPT Barcelona Super High Roller Event Results:

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ESTRELLAS BARCELONA

PokerStars’ Estrellas Poker Tour once again held its ESPT Barcelona events as part of the EPT Barcelona Festival as a record field entered created the biggest 1K buy-in event to ever be held outside of Las Vegas.

Soenke Jahn won the Main Event defeating GPI300 member Paul Nunes (GPI#260) (pictured, right) heads-up.

In the ESPT High Roller event, Jonathan Currie won the event. Aku Joentausta, who was recently featured in our GPI National Finland Top 10 article, finished third and two-time WPT winner Jonathan Little finished in seventh position.

ESPT Main Event Final Table Results:

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WPT ALPHA8 FLORIDA

Steven Silverman (GPI#13) (pictured, right) pulled ahead of Paul Volpe in the 2013 GPI Player of the Year race with his victory at the inaugural WPT Alpha8 100K buy-in event in Florida.

Silverman defeated J.C. Tran (GPI#165) heads-up. Tran will enter the WSOP November Nine Final Table as the chip leader in two months time. Newly named WPT One to Watch Jeff Gross(GPI#148) and veteran poker pro Matt Glantz (GPI#80) also cashes in the event.

Event Results:

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SEMINOLE HARD ROCK POKER OPEN

A remarkable 10M USD was promised to those who would cash in the Main Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Open in Hollywood, Florida.

WSOP bracelet winner Blair Hinkle (GPI#438) (pictured, right) defeated Justin Bonomo (GPI#19) heads-up and collected the massive 1.7M USD first prize.

Mukul Pahuja (GPI#328) – fresh off his very recent wedding – and Ray Qartomy (GPI#210) also final tabled the event.

Final Table Results:

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THE RIVER POKER SERIES

Kaophone Inthavong won The River Poker Series Main Event.

Meanwhile, Maria Ho (GPI#206) won the 5K buy-in “No Juice” event for over 100K USD … and Ari Engel (GPI#296) continued his fantastic 2013 season by collecting his 31st and 32nd cashes in 2013! Engel finished 30th in the Main Event and collected a third place finish in the 5K buy-in event.

Main Event Top 10 Results:

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BEAU RIVAGE GULF COAST POKER CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to Robert Harwell (GPI#5165) who won $112,351 for his win at the Beau Rivage Gulf Coast Poker Championship in Biloxi, Mississippi.

GPI1000 member Corrie Wunstel (GPI#927), a Louisiana native, was runner-up to Harwell in the Main Event.

Top 10 Results:

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EDMONTON POKER CLASSIC

Alan Bell won the Edmonton Poker Classic at Casino Edmonton in … you guessed it … Edmonton, Alberta!

Former WSOP bracelet winner, Saskatchewan’s Tyler Bonkowski (GPI#3143), finished seventh in the event.

Top 10 Results:

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