Morne semaine que celle de cet EPT Madrid, qui célèbre un peu tristement une pourtant très belle saison de l’European Poker Tour. Tout d’abord, le casino organisateur n’avait en aucun cas le prestige de la magnifique Salle des Etoiles de Monte-Carlo : situé à 30km du centre-ville entre deux échangeurs autoroutiers, il n’a pas fait beaucoup rêver les joueurs…

Niveau casting, ensuite : aucune superstar du poker n’est allée bien loin dans l’épreuve. On est à des années lumières des finales monégasques où Esfandiari et Hachem bataillaient avec de jeunes prodiges américains venus d’internet.

Au final, c’est un sympathique joueur amateur vénézuélien qui a raflé les 1 500 000€ réservés au vainqueur, talonné par un Allemand, un Hongrois, un Russe, un Espagnol et le seul nom un peu connu de la table, Alex Gomes, un Brésien passé pro qui saute en 7ème place.

On espère en tout cas que l’an prochain, les organisateurs se feront fort de trouver un nouvel endroit qui puisse accueillir un field de qualité et fasse rêver le public devant ce qui devrait être, chaque année, une des plus belles fêtes du poker en Europe.

Résultats

1st. Ivan Freitez, Venezuela, €1,500,000

2nd. Torsten Brinkmann, Germany, €900,000
3rd.Tamas Lendvai, Hungary, €550,000
4th. Andrey Danilyuk, Russia, PokerStars qualifier, €400,000
5th. Juan Maceiras, Spain, Team PokerStars Pro, €315,000
6th. Eugene Yanayt, United States, €250,000
7th. Alex Gomes, Team PokerStars Pro, Brazil, €185,000
8th. Andrew Li, United States, SuperNova Elite, €130,000

9th. Thomas Pettersson, Sweden, €95,000
10th. Alessandro Limblici, Italy, €95,000

11th. Pedro Pellicer, Spain, PokerStars player, €70,000
12th. Simon Higgins, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, €70,000

13th Ankush Mandavia, United States, PokerStars player, €60,000
14th. Dag Palovic, Slovakia, Team PokerStars Pro, €60,000

15th. Shiraz Soltaninassab, Belgium, €50,000
16th. Domantas Klimciauskas, Lithuania, €50,000

17th. Litterio Pirrotta, Italy, PokerStars player, €40,000
18th. Gerardo Godinez, Mexico, €40,000
19th. Jose Nadal, Mexico, €40,000
20th. Hugo Lemaire, France, €40,000
21st. Georges Yazbeck, Lebanon, PokerStars qualifier, €40,000
22nd. Raemon Sluiter, Holland, PokerStars player, €40,000
23rd. Victor Ramdin, United States, Team PokerStars Pro, €40,000
24th. Ole Kristian Nergard, Norway, €40,000

25th. Vasily Fursov, Russia, €35,000
26th. Erik van den Berg, Holland, PokerStars player, €35,000
27th. Eugene Katchalov, Ukraine, Team PokerStars Pro, €35,000
28th. Philippe Boucher, Canada, €35,000
29th. Surindar Sunar, United Kingdom, €35,000
30th. Joao Studart, Brazil, €35,000
31st. Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero, Spain, €35,000
32nd. Kjartan Berger Jonsson, Iceland, €35,000

33rd. Lucien Cohen, France, PokerStars Player, €30,000
34th. Markus Ristola, Finland, €30,000
35th. William Reynolds, United States, €30,000
36th. Daniel Weinman, United States, PokerStars player, €30,000
37th. Fernando Brito, Portugal, €30,000
38th. Ted Forrest, United States, €30,000
39th. Michael Friedrich, Switzerland, €30,000
40th. Josef Bachar, Israel, €30,000

41st. Daniel Idema, Canada, €25,000
42nd. Melanie Weisner, United States, €25,000
43rd. Samir Moukawem, Canada, €25,000
44th. Ben Wilinofsky, Canada, PokerStars player, €25,000
45th. Leo Fernandez, Argentina, Team PokerStars Pro, €25,000
46th. Marco Leonzio, Italy, €25,000
47th. Antonio Ferreira, Portugal, €25,000
48th. Tim Finne, United States, €25,000
49th. Jan Bendik, Slovakia, €25,000
50th. Allen Bari, United States, €25,000
51st. Dean Lyall, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, €25,000
52nd. Andre Alcaria, France, €25,000
53rd. Grzegorz Cichocki, Poland, PokerStars qualifier, €25,000
54th. Jason Grad, Canada, PokerStars player, €25,000
55th. Ran Azor, Israel, €25,000
56th. Kristoffer Thorsson, Sweden, €25,000

57th. Tobias Reinkemeier, Germany, €20,000
58th. Juan Carlos Placer, Spain, €20,000
59th. Will Molson, Canada, PokerStars player, €20,000
60th. McLean Karr, United States, €20,000
61st. Liviu Catalin Toderita, Romania, €20,000
62nd. Carlos Mora, Mexico, PokerStars player, €20,000
63rd. Javier Martinez Gil, Spain, €15,000
64th. Tyler Cornell, United States, €20,000
65th. Jose De La Guardia, Panama, PokerStars qualifier, €20,000
66th. Alvaro Velasco, Spain, €20,000
67th. Ivan Demidov, Russia, Team PokerStars Pro, €20,000
68th. Francois Billard, Canada, €20,000
69th. Benjamin Stosser, Germany, €20,000
70th. Shander de Vries, Holland, PokerStars qualifier, €20,000
71st. David Sonelin, Sweden, PokerStars qualifier, €20,000
72nd. Fabrizio Gonzalez, Uruguay, €20,000
73th. Garbar Geir Hauksson, Iceland, €20,000
74th. Iulian Iacob, Romania, €20,000
75th. Xuan Liu, Canada, €20,000
76th. Niklas Toorell, Sweden, PokerStars qualifier, €20,000
77th. Eric Gambararo, France, €20,000
78th. Mikhall Shakhnovich, Russia, €20,000
79th. Ruben Velasco, Spain, €20,000
80th. Andrew Michael Boccia, USA, PokerStars player, €20,000

81st. Georges Dib, Lebanon, €15,000
82nd. Alessandro Tomasin, Italy, PokerStars player, €15,000
83rd. Pierre Neuville, Belgium, PokerStars qualifier, €15,000
84th. Santiago Nadal, Mexico, €15,000
85th. James Bord, United Kingdom, €15,000
86th. Emil Matsson, Sweden, €15,000
87th. Jean-Noel Thorel, France, €15,000
88th. Jordi Martinez Alfonso, Spain, €15,000
89th. Stefano Demontis, Italy, PokerStars player, €15,000
90th. Frederic Bussot Fuentes, France, €15,000
91st. Mathieu Thiry, France, PokerStars qualifier, €15,000
92nd. Mayu Rocu Uribe, Mexico, €15,000
93rd. Johan Verhagen, Holland, PokerStars qualifier, €15,000
94th. Fatima Moreira de Melo, Holland, Team PokerStars Pro, €15,000
95th. Asbjorn Lunde, Norway, €15,000
96th. Daniele Guidetti, Italy, €15,000
97th. Jani Sointula, Finland, €15,000
98th. Aviv Meiri, Israel, €15,000
99th. Raymond Wu, Taiwan, Team PokerStars Pro, €15,000
100th. Sam Chartier, Canada, €15,000
101st. Jeffrey Hakim, Canada, PokerStars player, €15,000
102nd. Daniel Heimiller, United States, €15,000
103rd. Viacheslav Goryachev, Russia, €15,000
104th. Bernard Trong Huy Vu, France, €15,000