Best player of the year at Barcelona
The first nominee is Luca Pagano. The member of Team PokerStars entered in the money competition three times during the last season of the European Poker Tour, where his best ranking was a sixth place at the Grand Finale in Monte Carlo, April 2008. Pagano will count successfully an amount of 337.000 Euro as a final bouquet of a well completed season.In addition, he will attend the final three tables at the two other events. Indeed, at the EPT Copenhagen in February 2008 finished the 27th with 16.610 $.
Trond Erik Eidsvig came from the north, Norway more exactly. He did not stop in increasing the paid places during the fourth season of EPT, finishing five times on the paid places, but also among the three finalists. The ascent of Eidsvin Bagen in 2007 at the EPT Barcelona where he finished the fifth with 250.800 Euro. His second final table took place at the EPT Dublin, one month later, where he was placed at the excellent fourth position for 127.630 Euro.The third time was in EPT Poland where he has raised until the sixth place with 86.448 Euro. Add to that a paid place to the EPT Scandinavia (the 37th with 12.457 Euro) and a 80th place with 17.000 Euro in the final bouquet of the season, the Grand Finale in Monte Carlo.
Johannes Strassman, the German player that has scored minds during the fourth season of EPT, with three paid places to his credit, including the final table. His first major performance occurred at the stage of Prague in December 2007, where he completed a non-negligible 9th place for 39.200 Euro. Four weeks later, he was even better on its own hand, by taking the sixth place for a gain of 152.000 Euro at EPT Germany. his third final table of the season took place at the EPT San Remo, where he finished the ninth place with a total amount of 46.300 Euro.
Jan Heitmann, another German player, who climbed fairly late in the season 4 of EPT. He opened first hostilities wit a 19th place at the EPT Dortmund in January 2008, where he collected no less than 17.400 Euro. In April, he succeeded twice in the last tables, the first in San Remo, with 17.600 Euro, and the second one at EPT Monte Carlo, where he finished the 67th with a total amount of 21.000 Euro.
Finally, but not the least, Thierry Van Den Berg, the star issued by Netherlands, who showed his face and his talents as a player throughout the season 4. Van Der Berg got a first hand with two final tables, finishing the 5th at EPT Baden, with a sum of 132.900 Euro and the 8th at the EPT Dublin, for 47.650 Euro. What might seem enormous for most players of the circuit, represented only the half of his gaining during the season 4. Indeed he continued his momentum in January 2008 with a 28th place and a sum of 48.000 Euro during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and a 29th place in March at the EPT Poland, finishing with an amount of 12.350 Euro.
September 11 2008 03:46 am | Poker