MTT Report – Bert “girafganger7” Stevens makes poker history by winning two EPT Online Events

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  • $5,200 EPT Online Main Event at PokerStars
  • EPT Online Event #15: $10,300 Turbo 6-Max High Roller at PokerStars
  • EPT Online Event #8: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max] at PokerStars
  • $5,250 Battle of Malta #6 Siege of Malta at GGNetwork

Fintan “easywithaces” Hand is chipleader in the EPT Online Main Event

1,182 players already registered for the absolute highlight of the first-ever EPT Online at PokerStars and registration is still open until the start of today’s Day 2.

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351 players survived Day 1 and many notables accumulated TOP 1o big stacks. Four of them being from Germany with “P0KERPR02.0” (2,784,244), Jakob “Succeeed” Miegel (2,498,678), Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle (2,362,038) and Claas “ssicK_OnE” Segebrecht (2,165,596).

We also got a popular chipleader with Twitch Poker legend Fintan “easywithaces” Hand with 2,899,772 chips. Further notables in the Top 30 include Andras “probirs” Nemeth (2,102,861), Rafael “GM_VALTER” Moraes (2,033,732), and Scott “Aggro Santos” Margereson (1,954,789) and online superstar Artem “veeea” Vezhenkov (1,722,548).

TOP 10 Chipcounts EPT Online Main Event:

PositionPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Fintan “easywithaces” HandIreland2,899,772242
2DingeBrinkerEstonia2,835,654236
3P0KERPR02.0Germany2,784,244232
4Jakob “Succeeed” MiegelGermany2,498,678208
5Fernando “fapk2212” KaramBrazil2,402,866200
6Benjamin “bencb789” RolleGermany2,362,038197
7Will “hellzito” ArrudaBrazil2,360,143197
8Ebaaa11Russia2,224,908185
9Ramon “RamonColillas” ColillasSpain2,175,079181
10Claas “ssicK_OnE” SegebrechtGermany2,165,596180

Massoud “cbkme” Eskandari wins 2020 Siege of Malta for $276,577

The player, who made the biggest score last week, was US pro Massoud Eskandari. He shipped the Siege of Malta, one of the most important events of the 2020 Battle of Malta,  for an insane $267,577.

Massoud Eskandari Poker

Eskandari came to the final table as chipleader and never looked back. Heads-Up he beat his fellow countryman Mark Herm to take home the prestigious title together with the whopping $267,577 first place prize.

Watch the Final Table of the 2020 Siege of Malta here:

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2020 Siege of Malta Final Table Results

girafganger7 becomes first player to win two EPT Online Events!

Online legend girafganger7 made European Poker Tour EPT history by becoming the first player to win two EPT Online Events!

MTT Report - Bert "girafganger7" Stevens makes poker history by winning two EPT Online Events

The Belgium online icon started off by shipping EPT Online Event #8, a $2,100 NLHE 8-Max for $87,984 after making a heads deal with Greek player Alexandros “Pwndidi” Theologis to share the biggest chunk of the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Other well-known players at the final table included Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood and Austrian online crusher Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker.

EPT Online Event #8; $2,100 NLHE 8-Max Final Table Results:

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Bert “girafganger7” StevensBelgium$87,984
2Alexandros “Pwndidi” TheologisGreece$81,479
3Sam “Str8$$$Homey” GreenwoodCanada$55,913
4“fkiw”Sweden$42,639
5Audrius “Stakelis24” StakelisLithuania$32,516
6“efkinis24”Lithuania$24,797
7“Bogatur777”Ukraine$18,910
8Thomas “WushuTM” MuehloeckerAustria$14,421
9“ArtHouse2011”Ireland$11,420

The most impressive fact is that it took girafganger7 only two days to more than double this score with a victory in EPT Online Event #15: $10,300 NLHE 6-Max Turbo High Roller for a staggering $186,238.

Stevens left 69 of the best tournament players in the world behind him and as icing on the cake defeated one of the best heads-up players in the world Michael Addamo to secure a well-deserved second EPT Online title and put his name in the poker history books.

EPT Online Event #15: $10,300 Turbo 6-Max High Roller Final Table Results:

PlacePlayerCountryPayout
1Bert “girafganger7” StevensUnited Kingdom$186,238
2Michael “Imluckbox” AddamoUnited Kingdom$139,492
3Mikita “fish2013” BadziakouskiLatvia$104,479
4BoldSergeyUkraine$78,255
5Laszlo “omaha4rollz” BujtasHungary$58,613
6Conor “1_conor_b_1” BeresfordUnited Kingdom$43,901
7Vyacheslav “VbV1990” BuldyginRussia$32,882

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