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Almost €600,000 payday for battling Brit
November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) — After four tough days and 540 opponents, Nottingham, England player Will Fry (28) won the inaugural PokerStars EPT Hungary trophy over the weekend, taking home a check for €595,839 as a well-deserved reward. In fact, the final table of the well-supported tourney went quickly compared with the four days that it took for the finalists to take their places — it was all over in five hours!
Although PokerStars had originally planned a maximum of 500 players, the significant demand for seats — as was the case earlier this year in the EPT London — made it necessary for the organizer to relent and expand the field, making the Budapest contest the largest poker tournament ever held in Hungary.
And what a field it was. International big names registered included WSOP bracelet winners and champions from several respected tournaments around the world. Max Pescatori, Alan Smurfit, Dario Minieri, and Davidi Kitai were keen to get started in historic Budapest. EPT champions Vicky Coren, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (fresh from his WPT Festo del Lago triumph), Julian Thew, and Michael Martin also joined the field.
Katja Thater, Thomas Bihl, and Annette Obrestad were there as well, along with Luca Pagano, Marcel Luske, Arnaud Mattern, and Javier Etayo. Local players were well represented, too, with cash-game specialist Attila Foris, LAPT Costa Rica champ Valdemar Kwaysser and Hungarian reality TV star Peter “Majka” Majoros attracting attention, although by the end of Day 3 Zoltan Toth was the only Hungarian still in contention.
The final table was decided on Day 3 after a tense nine handed session that lasted for 90 minutes and only ended when Ivo Donev was eliminated by Ciprian Hrisca and headed for the exit and a €32,984 ninth spot payday.
