EPT Prague Victories

American poker pro, 31-year-old Kenny Smaron, finished first out of a field of 315 in the Euro 10,300 buy-in European Poker Tour High Roller competition in Prague collecting a share of the Euro 3,150,000 prize pool. As the winner, Smaron won a total of Euro 595,500 marking his largest live career win to date. Among those that made it the final table were Vanessa Selbst and Daniel "Jungleman" Cates, Jaroslaw Sikora, Feliz Bleiker, Ihar Soika, Iliodoros Kamatakis and Rocco Palumbo. Swiss player Feliz Bleiker was eliminated in third place leaving Smaron to face off with Polish player Jaroslaw Sikora in the heads up round. Sikora took the runner up position for Euro 378,280. Additional final table payouts: Ihar Soika Belarus Euro 229,470 Iliodoros Kamatakis Greece Euro 180,890 Daniel Cates USA Euro 138,110 Rocco Palumbo Italy Euro 101,440 Vanessa Selbst USA Euro 74,550 The European Poker Tour Prague Euro 5,300 buy-in Main Event saw German pro, 51-year-old Hussein Ensan, win Euro 754,510 after agreeing to a chop. The field dwindled down to a final four including Ensan, Ilkin Amirov from Azerbaijan, Glebb Tremzin from Russia and Thomas Butzhammer of Germany. Butzhammer was eliminated in fourth for Euro 294,180 while Amirov finished in third with Euro 391,910 Tremzin and Ensan headed into the final round, where they agreed to a chop to take Euro 724,510, leaving Euro 30,000 for the winner. Ensan was eventually sent Tremzin home as the runner up with an impressive Euro 724,510. Additional final table payouts: Slaven Popov Bulgaria Euro 226,330 Olivier Ferrero France Euro 166,080 Onur Unsal Turkey Euro 122,530 Vlado Banicevic Montenegro Euro 87,700