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added on 2010-12-02 07:00:09
The Ukrainian professional poker player, Aleksandr Dovzhenko, has just won the Mediterranean Poker Cup Main Event 2010, after defeating a field of 153 players over three days of play at the five-star Hotel Merit Girne, Crystal Cove, Cyprus.
Winning the Mediterranean Poker Cup title is the second major achievement of Dovzhenko, who was the runner-up player at the EPT Kiev Main Event 2009.
The $2,500 buy-in event attracted 153 players from all across Europe, Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East. Aleksandr Dovzhenko played the heads-up against Russia's Gutkin Maksim, for the 104,700 first place prize.
This is the best tournament I've ever played. I'm glad I won for sure, but the organization all week has been fantastic and the hotel and surroundings are world class. It's a beautiful place and I'm already looking forward to the next Poker Club Management event, said the winner.
The final table results and payouts:
1. Aleksandr Dovzhenko (Ukraine) - 104,700;
2. Gutkin Maksim (Russia) - 70,700;
3. Peter Staudacher (Austria) - 46,400;
4. Khalil Tawil (Lebanon) - 35,100;
5. Dmitry Poberezhniy (Russia) - 26,400;
6. Guy Gorelik (Israel) - 19,400;
7. Kayhan Sardan (Turkiye) - 14,200;
8. Mikhailo Mellin (Ukraine) - 10,600;
9. Vladimir Kochelaevskiy (Russia) - 8,100;
10. Jack Torbey (Lebanon) - 6,300.
The next poker event in the region is the Red Sea Poker Cup 2010, which begins on the 11th of December in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
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