Gavin Griffin Wins EPT Monte Carlo Grand FinalAndrew Black and Ram Vaswani Appeared at Final Table |
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The European Poker Tour went out with a bang with the season-ending Grand Final in Monte Carlo. The field of 706 players who shelled out the €10,000 ($13,000) buy-in and created a prize pool of €6,636,400 ($8.8 million) also made the largest poker tournament field in a tourney held outside the United States. The final table ended today (April 2).
Gavin Griffin made history before when he became the youngest person to win a World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2004 pot-limit hold'em event and again today when he took home the biggest first-place prize in EPT history today of $2,429,103.
Griffin began the final table as chip leader but had a long way to go, as all the players who appeared at the final table were very familiar with the tournament circuit.
Marc Karam of Canada made the EPT Grand Final final table last year and is fresh off his final table finish at the 2007 World Poker Tour Aussie Millions. Karam, along with Soren Kongsgaard, entered the final table just behind Griffin in chips. Kongsgaard recently finished sixth at the Asian Poker Classic in Goa, India.
Making their first major final table were Josh Prager of California and Norway native Kristian Kjondal, a high-stakes online player.
Poker professionals Andrew Black and the youngest member of the Hendon Mob, Ram Vaswan, were the short stacks going into the final table.
The following are the top 10 finishers of the EPT Grand Final:
Griffin recently dyed his hair pink to bring awareness to a cause he is fighting for, breast cancer. Griffin and his girlfriend are participating in a two-day 39-mile walk in Los Angeles this December to raise money for a cure. Players can donate by transferring money on Poker Stars or writing a check. For more information about donating, please visit Gavin's page about his walk.
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