TOURNAMENT REPORT


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MAIN PICTURE: Down to the business end of proceedings... Kent and Jesus get it on Heads-Up in the fi nal whilst Tournament Director Thomas Kremser looks on!


SWEDISH YOUNG GUN WINS


Report from


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Winner Kent Lundmark of Sweden


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The 5,300 NLH EPT Barcelona main event made history as the biggest tournament ever to be held in Spain with a fi eld of 758 and a prize-pool of 3,790,000.


Swede Kent Lundmark, 22, took down the fi rst prize of 825,000 after beating Spanish pro Jesus Cortes Lizano


heads-up. “It’s an amazing feeling,” said Lundmark. “This


is one of the biggest tournaments you can win in poker. I’ve been running good all tournament, I was very lucky. In the heads-up, I just kept getting good cards. I always felt in control.” The win was Lundmark’s third EPT cash, by far his best live ever result. In March, he was runner-up


in the Nordic Masters of Poker, earning $69,000, and in January he was the longest-lasting Swede at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas, fi nishing 29th place for $66,000. As part of his prize he also won a seat worth 10,000 to the EPT Grand Final. Runner-up Jesus


Cortes Lizano, also 22, from Zaragoza, earned 525,000 for second place - the biggest single EPT cash recorded by a Spanish player. The previous record was held by Santiago Terrazas who won 300,000 when he fi nished in third place in Barcelona last season.


Poker Europa | JANUARY 2011 | www.PokerEuropaOnline.com The festival took place in a spacious new


annex at Casino Barcelona. Since the EPT fi rst visited Barcelona – it was the debut event of season


one - the prize pool has swelled from 229,000 to 3,790,000 – a 16-fold increase. That event was also won by a Swede, Alexander Stevic, who collected 80,000.


Alongside the Main Event there were 19 well- attended side events including a 330 Ladies Event which attracted 46 entrants and was won by Spanish player Alba Garcia Sarasola.


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