Dutchman Wins European Poker Tour Monte Carlo

Pieter de Korver  (pictured right) from the Netherlands yesterday won the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final, topping a field of 935 at the €10,000 buy in Monaco event.

The final table of eight consisted of:

Seat 1 - Peter Traply, Hungary, PokerStars qualifier, 4,365,000
Seat 2 - Mikhail Tulchinskiy, Russia, 3,220,000
Seat 3 - Eric Qu, France, 2,880,000
Seat 4 - Peter De Korver, Holland, PokerStars player, 2,500,000
Seat 5 - Alem Shah, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, 1,490,000
Seat 6 - Daniel Zink, Gemany, 1,865,000
Seat 7- Martin Woodward, USA, PokerStars qualifier, 4,560,000
Seat 8 - Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Norway, 7,315,000

The first six eliminations and payouts were:

Third: Mikhail Tulchinskiy -- €800,000
Fourth: Martin Mikkelsen -- €600,000
Fifth: Eric Qu -- €470,000
Sixth: Alem Shah -- €350,000
Seventh: Daniel Zink -- €250,000
Eighth: Peter Traply -- €170,000

The final hand played out between de Korver and William Woodward of the U.S.

On a 10 6 5 flop with more than one million in the pot, Woodward bet 700,000 and de Korver raised all-in. Woodward shook his head and after a few moments, called. He flipped over 6 4. De Corver showed 9 6.
The turn was the Q and the river the 7.

Woodward walked away with a second prize of €1.3 million while the 26-year-old Dutch PokerStars pro collected the top prize of €2.3 million and the title.

For a full update on the bustout hands and biographies of the final table check the live update section at CardPlayer.com.

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