Joni Jouhkimainen Lifts European Masters of Poker Lisbon Title
Finn Beats Fellow Countryman In Portugal To Take Down EUR56,806 In Second EMOP Of Season IV
(firmenpresse) - DUBLIN, IRELAND -- (Marketwire) -- 04/03/12 -- Editors Note: There is a photo accompanying this press release.
Joni Jouhkimainen from Finland has won the second season IV at Casino Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal.
The four-day EUR1,000 + EUR100 main event attracted 223 players from across Europe and saw a multi-national final table which featured players from Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Poland and Portugal.
Jouhkimainen, who started heads up with 2.7 million in chips beat fellow Finn Tomi Huuskonen, who took 1.9 million chips into battle, in around 30 minutes.
The final hand saw Jouhkimainen raise 200,000 from the button and Huuskonen called. The flop fell Jd 5d 2s. Huuskonen bet 175,000 and Jouhkimain called. The turn was 6s, Huuskonen bet 250,000, Jouhkimainen moved all in and Huuskonen snap called.
Jouhkimainen showed 4h 3h for a straight and Huuskonen showed Ad Ac and was relegated to second place having fewer chips than his opponent.
The final table payouts were:
The European Masters of Poker now gears up for stop three at Crystal Crown Casino, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, from May 28 to June 3.
The main event buy in has been dropped 30 percent to EUR700+EUR70 while the starting stack has increased 30 percent to 26,000 chips.
Qualification is now underway on for as little as EUR2 or 200 VIP points.
There are also dozens of daily satellites feeding into the main weekly qualifiers which take place each:
April also sees a series of Iron Man VIP point freerolls, each with a EUR1,650 EMOP package up for grabs. The schedule is:
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About European Masters of Poker
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The European Masters of Poker gives the gaming operator a unique possibility to create ambassadors for and loyalty to their brand. EMOP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Entraction Group. Please visit for more information.
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