The 2018 European Poker Tour € 5,300 No Limit Hold'em event held in Prague has been won by Germany's Paul Michaelis, making him €840,000 ($953,646) richer.
The 27-year-old poker player outlasted a 1,174 player field to claim his very first EPT title. This win is his best live cash so far in his poker career. His previous best score was $189,818 for winning the 2015 WSOP $1,500 pot-lim[...] Read more » 2018 EPT Prague Main Event won by Paul Michaelis for €840,000
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
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Many congratulations to Paul Michaelis on winning this event and the first prize of $954,677. Prague is a very beautiful city and it must be like a dream come true to go there and win life changing amounts of money as well
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 39 (M)
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this is great prizes for this young player!ofcourse buy in is huge,but it worth every cent for him!lot of players for this kind of event in europe,but great payout for every player!and what to say about last hand,pair vs pair and stronger pair won!spend this money on something good!
investing 5300 dollars is risky enough .... and only a few people can afford it .... especially in the tournament more than 1000 players participated .... and of course the prize is appropriate .... 840000 dollars ..... of course great winning .... and again I see that the title gets a new player .... again confirmation that poker is available to very many .... more and more players
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
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We see a deal on this one, and why not after all when you are talking for that amount of money. With a 5300 euro buy in you end up getting almost 900k euro as a prize. That is what you call a good investment Great timing for the holidays also
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
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The amount is not unreal, even if the winner of the game says it is. There are over 1000 entries with a high buy-in. Investing is not risky because these players are professional in majority. They can easily recover this amount in online cash games. I think it's the first time when i see in BankrollMob, a news with a Romanian player, at a final table, in a live tournament. Is a known player in my country.
Posted by pajalnick: investing 5300 dollars is risky enough .... and only a few people can afford it .... especially in the tournament more than 1000 players participated...
Naah, man EPT is a legit tourney with a good reputation but not many people will be travelling to Prague to play poker days before christmas anyway, so this was just bad logistics on their part.
Joined: Jan '17
Location: Lithuania
Age: 66 (M)
Posts: 1756
Yes this is very good win for michaelis, a young 27 years old guy whi make 840000 Euros in one day, wow this is enough money to live until pension. Also i caj say that 5300 buy in for main event is not super big too. Great performance from germanys player
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 39 (M)
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for most of this players this isnt some amount to spend on buy in!when you have this kind of amount for live tournament,for sure you dont care a lot if you lose it!it you have 15000 $ in bank you wouldnt spend 5300 on buy in,so for this players its easier to play,but when 840000 e come on account,thats something special!
Joined: Jul '10
Location: Brazil
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after leaving behind 1174 people and fattening his account at almost 1million dollars this German should be in the fold as well as being a champion of an EPT of Laqmbuja took a platinum pass bahamas to if I could have a wish would be performed forever in the poker because it is the tournament that I most want to play
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