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Pieter de Korver Wins Berlin Cup

Former European Poker Tour Grand Final Winner Scoops €145,000 To Continue Hot Streak

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Pieter de Korver has won the €1,100 buy in Berlin Cup event at PokerStars European Poker Tour festival in the German capital.

The former EPT Grand final winner from Holland has been on a hot streak that includes six figure cashes at Amsterdam Master Classics and the Hold’em Challenge in Belgium in the last five months.

De Korver scooped €145,400 for his victory over a 911-strong field after a three-way deal with Sebastian Gohr and Anatoly Filatov.

The final table payouts were:

1: Pieter de Korver (Netherlands) — €145,400 

2: Sebastian Gohr (Germany) — €93,600 

3: Anatoly Filatov (Russia) — €126,000 

4: Jonas Garstick (Switzerland) — €53,000
5: Esben Guenther (Norway) — €41,000

6: Erik Scheidt (Germany) — €31,000
7: Gokhan Onal (Germany) — €23,000
8: Vladimir Geshkenbein (Russia) — €16,870

Elsewhere Micha Raskin for the USA won the Berlin Cup High Roller after another three-way deal with Najib Kamand from the UK and Ilkin Amirov from Azerbaijan.

The €3,200 buy in event attracted 197 players and the final table payouts were:

1: Micah Raskin (USA) — €105,368
2: Najib Kamand (UK) — €105,366
3: Ilkin Amirov (Azerbaijan) — €105,366
4: Andrey Gulyy (Russia) — €41,200
5: Jason Lavallee (Canada) — €33,900
6: Sorel Mizzi (Canada) — €26,600
7: Vasili Firsau (Belarus) — €20,800
8: Dmitry Gromov (Russia) — €15,000

The European Poker Tour Berlin main event is underway. The €5,300 buy in event saw 869 take to the felt, up from the 745 players who took part last year.