Norwegian Wins European Masters Of Poker Gran Canaria

The first event of season III of the European Masters of Poker has been won by young, Norwegian Stefan Hansen. Hansen’s victory came after beating 212 opponents for a payday of €34,160 at the Casino Las Palmas in Gran Canaria.

The final hand of the €1,100 buy-in event came when Hansen moved all in with pocket sixes and Israeli Yohas Avidani called with pocket threes. The board was dealt K-9-2-A-K and Hansen was crowned the champion of the third season’s first tour stop.

Hansen had made a deal while fourhanded, which saw him pencilled in for the smallest portion of the prize pool. However, he received the additional €10,000 for taking the event down.

The final-table payouts and results were:

1. Stefan Hansen (Norway) €34,160
2. Yohas Avidani (Israel) €34,580
3. Andrei Demchenko (Russia) €24,940
4. Pim van Wieringen (Holland) €28,130
5. Johan Berg (Sweden) €10,220
6. Stephen Sammon (Ireland) €8,300
7. Öystein Sannes (Norway) €7,240
8. Matti Konttinen (Finland) €6,170
9. Ran Sahanes (Israel) €5,110

Last year’s Gran Canaria champ was Polishman Maciej Lipny. Lipny beat 287 opponents to take home €66,240.

The next stop on the EMOP tour is Lisbon, Portugal. The €1,000 + €100 buy-in main event will run from Mar. 23 to 26 at the Casino Estoril.

Seats are waiting to be won on all poker sites across the Entraction network. Players can qualify via as many as 32 daily satellites, some for as little as €2 or 200 VIP points. These feed into main weekly qualifiers held every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 8.40 p.m. (CET). The mid-week main qualifiers have a buy-in of €100 and there are four €2,000 packages guaranteed in each. On Sundays the buy-in is €200 and there are six €2,000 packages up for grabs.

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