GPI Tournament Report: EPT London, WSOPE Ladies, HPT, WSOPC + More

We take you to London, Enghien-les-Bains, Daytona Beach, Indiana, Barcelona, Aruba and Belgrade in this week’s GPI Tournament Recap:

EPT LONDON

Sweden’s Robin Ylitalo (GPI#451) won the Main Event at EPT London, defeating Greek Giorgios Karakousis (GPI#2153) heads-up. Australian star Jeffrey Rossiter (GPI#51) finished fifth in the event.

David Yan (GPI#365), Nicolau Villa-Lobos (GPI#900), Thomas Muehloecker (GPI#173), Yngve Steen (GPI#222), Salman Behbehani (GPI#99), Shannon Shorr (GPI#24) and Carla Sabini (GPI#1118) all finished in the Top 30 … a blast from the past, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott (GPI#1951) finshed 31st.

EPT tour regular Jason Lavallee (GPI#671) won the High Roller event. Fellow Canadian Sorel Mizzi (GPI#19) was third in the event while Sabini, Devilfish and former EPT Champ Frederik Jensen (GPI#784) also cashed in the event.

In other side event action: WSOP bracelet winner Mark Radoja (GPI#132) defeated current GPI Player of the Year Ole Schemion (GPI#2) heads-up to win the 5K Turbo Six-Handed event on the last day of competition and Martin Jacobson (GPI#143) finally got hold of his first EPT trophy, defeating Eugene Katchalov (GPI#88) to win the 2K NLH event.

European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event
Grand Connaught Rooms  |  London, UK
£5,000 + 250 Buy-In  |  604 Entries  |  £2,929,400 Prize Pool

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WSOP EUROPE LADIES’ EVENT

Aussie pro Jackie Glazier (GPI#551) won the inaugural ladies event at WSOP Europe in Enghien-les-Bains outside Paris, France. Glazier, who was the last woman standing in this year’s WSOP Main Event, collect her very first WSOP bracelet.

The last woman standing in the 2012 Main Event, France’s Gaelle Baumann (GPI#1341) also final tabled the event, she was the first player to make the money in the event.

World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Ladies’ Event
Casino Barrière  |  Enghien-les-Bains, FRA
€1,000 + 100 Buy-In  |  132 Entries  |  €62,400 Prize Pool

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HPT FLORIDA

Cong Pham (GPI#873), who recently finished third at the WPT Borgata Poker Open, won the Heartland Poker Tour Florida event in Daytona Beach.

Pham defeated James Calderaro (GPI#3192) heads-up. Calderaro (pictured, right) finished second to Shawn Cunix at WPT Jacksonville in May of 2012.

Fifth place finisher John Holley (GPI#1360) already totals 23 cashes in 2013 – including a third place finish at the WSOP Seniors Championship this summer in Las Vegas.

Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Florida
Daytona Beach Kennel Club & Poker Room  |  Daytona Beach, FL, USA
$1,520 + 150 Buy-In  |  $433,500 Prize Pool

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WSOP CIRCUIT HORSESHOE SOUTHERN INDIANA

Zal Irani (GPI#1298) won the WSOP Circuit Main Event at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth.

Irani defeated the friendly duo of Michael Hann (GPI#6289) and Sean Lippel (GPI#2847) three-handed in order to win his first circuit ring.

World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Horseshoe Southern Indiana  |  Elizabeth, IN, USA
$1,675 Buy-In  |  301 Entries  |  $451,500 Prize Pool

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WPT NATIONAL BARCELONA

Robert Eriksson (GPI#9058) won the World Poker Tour National Main Event at Casino Barcelona in Spain.

GPI300 member Mihails Morozovs (GPI#122) finished fourth in the event.

World Poker Tour National (WPTN) Barcelona
Casino Barcelona  |  Barcelona, ESP
€1,650 Buy-In  |  132 Entries  |  €192,600 Prize Pool

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PPC ARUBA

Robin Kazemieh (GPI#4787) defeated Joe Ebanks (GPI#486) heads-up to win the PPC Aruba World Championship.

PPC Aruba defending Champion, former WPT Player of the Year Joe Serock (GPI#22), finished in the event … meanwhile, WSOP Circuit Caesars Las Vegas winner David Tuthill (GPI#152) was fifth.

Players Poker Championship (PPC) Aruba World Championship
Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino  |  Palm Beach, ARU
$2,250 + 250 Buy-In  |  88 Entries  |  $200,000 Prize Pool

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DANUBE POKER MASTERS

Andrija Cvetkovic (GPI#-) has won the Danube Masters High Roller event in Belgrade, Serbia picking up 1.9M Serbian Dinars … WPT Baden Champion Vladimir Bozinovic (GPI#2923) earning a third place finish.

Serbian Dragan Kovacevic (GPI#16688) won the Main Event.

Danube Poker Masters Belgrade High Roller
Grand Casino Belgrade  |  Belgrade, SRB
100,000 + 10,000 Buy-In  |  57 Entries  |  5,700,000 RSD Prize Pool

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