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Alicante, September 10, 2011. At the Casino Mediterraneo in Alicante, Spain, 41 poker players from 12 nationalities, battled it out for the $75,000 (€50,000) prize pool at the Everest Poker International Cup Finale. The fifth edition of the EPIC offered amateur players a chance to experience the thrill of live poker in one of the world’s largest freerolls. Online qualifiers for this unique free promotion, featuring a total prize pool of $125,000, ran in July and August. $50,000 was awarded through online Direct Entries, and the remaining $75,000 (€50,000) was reserved for the prize pool at the EPIC Finale this weekend.

Congratulations to Hanh Tran from Austria and Goran Zoraja from Serbia who finished first and second, respectively at the final table of the Everest Poker International Cup. Hahn will take home €15,000 and Goran €10,000. Hanh Tran qualified for the Everest Poker International Cup at an exclusive live event at the Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria.

“Everest Poker organized a very nice tournament. The combination of a beautiful beach resort and a poker tournament is great; the hotel and service was really good and the Everest Poker staff helpful and friendly. The professional structure by TK Events was especially brilliant. I was down to only 4 big blinds on a certain point. But thanks to the deep stack structure, I worked my way up to the final table. Thank you Everest Poker!”- Hanh Tran, Everest Poker International Cup Champion, 2011.

Pay out of the Everest Poker International Cup 2011
Place Name Nationality Prize €
1 Hanh Tran AT 15,000
2 Goran Zorajan SB 10,000
3 Nicolas Thiercy FR 6,000
4 Xavier Aretzic FR 4,000
5 Francisco Pinto Duarte PT 3,250
6 Marc Negron FR 2,500
7 Tan Kalak DE 1,750
8 Uwe Matthias DE 1,250
9 Gábor Boda HU 850
10 Antonio Fuentes Lopez ES 600
11 Krzysztof Dembek PL 600
12 Matthias Puzich DE 600
13 Thomas Wisniewski PL 600
14 Zoltan Kelemen HU 600
15 Joachim Weimer DE 600
16 Pedro Silva PT 600
17 Even-Marten Korberg EE 600
18 Georg Vogl DE 600

About EPIC
The Everest Poker European Cup has been a flagship promotion for Everest Poker since 2006, with live qualifiers and online tournaments feeding into exciting Live Finales in locations like: Barcelona, Vilamoura, Sardinia and the Canary Islands. This year, the world-class tournament was open to the world—making this international event truly EPIC!

Hanh Tran from Austria is the Champion of the EPIC finale 2011!

Hanh was riding the rollercoaster during the event and found himself even down to 4 big blinds. Towards the end of the tournament he was eliminating one after the other and gathering more and more chips.

In the final hand Hanh has Jd 6d and Goran from Serbia holds K 7.

The flop comes with 6-10d-4d

Turn: J

River: 2

Hanh is taking home the titel and EUR 15,000!

01. Hanh Tran (AT): € 15,000
02. Goran Zorajan (SB): € 10,000
03. Nicolas Thiercy (FR): € 6,000
04. Xavier Aretzic (FR): € 4,000
05. Francisco Pinto Duarte (PT): € 3,250
06. Marc Negron (FR): € 2,500
07. Tan Kalak (DE): € 1,750
08. Uwe Matthias (DE): € 1,250
09. Gábor Boda (HU): € 850
10. Antonio Fuentes Lopez (ES): € 600
11. Krzysztof Dembek (PL): € 600
12. Matthias Puzich (DE): € 600
13. Thomas Wisniewski(PL): € 600
14. Zoltan Kelemen (HU): € 600
15. Joachim Weimer (DE): € 600
16. Pedro Silva (PT): € 600
17. Even-Marten Korberg (EE): € 600
18. Georg Vogl (DE): € 600

Hanh Tran, AT

Xavier Aretzis, FR

Goran Zoraja, SB

Nicolas Thiercy, FR

Tan Kalak, DE

Francisco Sergio Pinto Duarte, PT

Uwe Matthias, DE

Gábor Boda, HU

Marc Negron, FR

Level 14
Blinds 1,500 – 3,000 Ante 200

1. Xavier Aretzic 97,500 chips (FRANCE)
2. Zorras Goran 30,700 chips (SERBIA)
3. Francisco Pinto 111,200 chips (PORTUGAL)
4. Gabor Boda 53,500 chips (HUNGARY)
5. Nicolas Thiercy 37,800 chips (FRANCE)
6. M…

We are in Level 13
Blinds: 1,200 – 2,400 / Ante: 200

We have 13 players left in the tournament. This is the pay-out structure:

01. € 15,000
02. € 10,000
03. € 6,000
04. € 4,000
05. € 3,250
06. € 2,500
07. € 1,750
08. € 1,250
09. € 850
10. € 600
11. € 600
12. € 600
13. € 600
14. Zoltan Kelemen (HU): € 600
15. Joachim Weimer (DE): € 600
16. Pedro Silva (PT): € 600
17. Even-Marten Korberg (EE): € 600
18. Georg Vogl (DE): € 600