PokerStars qualifier Daniel Panka, 22 of Poland, made it all the way to an edge of your seat final against Mike McDonald in the 2014 European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event.
Event commentator Isaac Haxton said he was "confident we were watching the play of one of the true anonymous greats of the online world transferring his talent to the bricks and mortar environment".
"Obviously, I'm an internet player," Panka told PokerStars. "I started playing live tournaments last year. Every day I sat down at the table, I was a little bit nervous, but then all that pressure came off. It's weird, but I didn't feel too much pressure. I was very confident in my game."
Panka won an impressive $1,423,096 in prize money as the event winner.
"My mind and body concentrated on being a rock, a statue," Panka said following his impressively cool performance. "I can't dance with joy. I'm still in that mindset that I have to be concentrating."
Additional final table payouts:
Dominik Panka: $1,423,096
Mike McDonald: $1,064,865
Isaac Baron: $1,207,599
Madis Muur: $581,040
Daniel Gamez: $447,040
Shyam Srinivasan: $328,020
Pascal Lefrancois: $242,020
Fabian Ortiz: $173,220
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sharpe
02/13/15, 08:02:38 PM
Well done to this young polish player, I never heard of him before but obviously the boy has talent and it is not so easy for good internet poker player to become...
Well done to this young polish player, I never heard of him before but obviously the boy has talent and it is not so easy for good internet poker player to become a successful player at the highest level. The check is close to million and a half and it is well deserved I think.
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