Latvian Wins European Masters of Poker Riga
Edgars Augstkalns Lifts EUR57,000 At Season Finale EMOP Riga After Beating 174 Opponents
(firmenpresse) - DUBLIN, IRELAND -- (Marketwire) -- 11/21/11 -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.
Edgars Augstkalns from Latvia has won the sixth and final season III title topping a 175-strong field at Royal Casino Spa & Hotel, Latvia on Sunday November 20.
He took down EUR57,491 for his victory in the EUR1,650 buy-in event after chipping away at his heads up opponent Joakim Fredriksson having started out as 5-1 chip leader.
His victory was assured when the Swede bet 60,000 preflop, Augstkalns pushed all in and Fredriksson called showing Ah Kd. The Latvian turned over Kc Js and the flop fell 5c 3h 2c Jh Ks giving Augstkalns two pair and the EMOP Riga title.
The final results and payouts were:
Augstkalns now joins Anders Hagen of Norway, Soren Larsen of Denmark, Abdul Atila Seiar of Romania, Jukka Koskela of Finland and Stefan Hansen of Norway as season III EMOP winners who took down titles in Barcelona, Dublin, Bulgaria, Spain and Portugal respectively.
The European Masters of Poker will return for season IV in Prague in February 2012.
Five stops on the season IV tour have been confirmed already for 2012:
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Datum: 21.11.2011 - 16:09 Uhr
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