April 02 2014, by Eric Danis

GPI Tournament Report: EPT Vienna, WPT Jax, WSOPC STL, DSPT, HPT + More

We take you to Vienna, Jacksonville, St. Louis, Oregon, Florida, Las Vegas and West Virginia in this week’s GPI Tournament Report:

EPT VIENNA MAIN EVENT

EPT logoIt took a while, but we finally found a winner at EPT Vienna. Oleksii Khoroshenin (GPI#407) defeated Anthony Ghamrawi (GPI#20722) heads-up to win the biggest prize in Vienna, earning the first title of his career on the live tournament circuit.

German Marko Neumann (GPI#791) finished third but leaves Vienna with the biggest piece of the pie. The final three players agreed to a deal late. This was good news for Neumann, who’s big chip lead went away on a full-house vs. full-house cooler.

GPI300 member Simeon Naydenov (GPI#205) finished sixth in the event.

European Poker Tour (EPT) Vienna Main Event
Mar 23-29, 2014  |  Hofburg Palace  |  Vienna, AUT
€5,300 Buy-In  |  910 Entries  |  €4,413,500 Prize Pool

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EPT VIENNA HIGH ROLLER

Fabrice Soulier GPIIt took over a year but Fabrice Soulier (GPI#177) returned to the winner’s circle of the weekend after capturing the EPT Vienna High Roller title, days after also cashing in the Main Event. Soulier is bound to make a huge jump inside the GPI300 when rankings are released on Wednesday.

GPI300 members Vitaly Lunkin (GPI#294), Rasmus Agerskov Larsen (GPI#146), Benjamin Spindler (GPI#286) and Jonathan Duhamel (GPI#18) all made it to final day play in Vienna.

European Poker Tour (EPT) Vienna High Roller
Mar 27-29, 2014  |  Hofburg Palace  |  Vienna, AUT
€10,300 Buy-In  |  141+40 Entries  |  €1,773,800 Prize Pool

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WPT JACKSONVILLE bestbet OPEN

Faraz Jaka GPIFor the second straight week, a local legend won a title on the World Poker Tour. Nabil Hirezi (GPI#2800) won the WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event after cashing in a few side events as well.

Hirezi’s win prevented James Calderaro (GPI#240) and Jordan Cristos (GPI#88) – who both final tabled the event – from earning a second Season XII win on the WPT … former WPT Player of the Year Faraz Jaka (GPI#73) was the first player out at the WPT final table.

World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open
Mar 21-25, 2014  |  bestbet Jacksonville  |  Jacksonville, FL, USA
$3,500 Buy-In  |  258 Entries  |  $825,600 Prize Pool

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WSOP CIRCUIT ST. LOUIS

WSOPC logoRobert Panitch (GPI#1248), better known as “Uncle Krunk” to many, won the WSOP Circuit St. Louis event presented at Lumiere Place on Monday.

Panitch defeated Robert Edelstein (GPI#4200) heads-up for the title. GPI1000 member Millard Hale (GPI#950) finished fourth in the event.

World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) St. Louis
Mar 28-31, 2014  |  Lumiere Palace Casino |  St. Louis, MO, USA
$1,675 Buy-In  |  412 Entries  |  $624,000 Prize Pool

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DSPT OREGON

DSPT logoThe DeepStacks Poker Tour kicked off its 2014 season over the weekend as the crew headed to the Chinook Winds Casino in the US’s Pacific Northwest for the presentation of DSPT Oregon.

Howard Morris (GPI#-) was the season’s first winner. Morris defeated Patrick Rhea (GPI#-) heads-up for the title.

Chad Wassmuth (GPI#3987) finished 8th in the event.

DeepStacks Poker Tour (DSPT) Oregon
Mar 29-31, 2014  |  Chinook Winds Casino Resort  |  Lincoln City, OR, USA
$1,100 Buy-In  |  151 Entries  |  $151,000 Prize Pool

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HPT FLORIDA

HPT logoHeartland Pour Tour (HPT) Florida
Mar 27-31, 2014  |  Daytona Beach Kennel Club  |  Daytona Beach, FL, USA
$1,670 Buy-In  |  225 Entries  |  $337,500 Prize Pool

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BELLAGIO HIGH ROLLER IV

Bellagio High Roller IV
Mar 29, 2014  |  Bellagio  |  Las Vegas, NV, USA
$25,000 Buy-In  |  19 Entries  |  $467,875 Prize Pool

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HPO CHARLES TOWN

Hollywood Poker Open Charles Town Regional Championship
Mar 29-30, 2014  |  Hollywood Casino  |  Charles Town, WV, USA
$1,800 Buy-In  |  72 Entries  |  $116,928 Prize Pool

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* Cover photo courtesy of WPT.com

 

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Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.