On Saturday, Albania’s Llani Albano topped a field of 461 entries to win the bwin.be WPT National Brussels Main Event, earning €60,000. The Main Event at Grand Casino Brussels Viage generated a total prize pool of more than €300,000, and each member of the nine-handed final table earned a minimum of €6,075.
Albano now has more than €145,000 in career live tournament earnings — his previous largest cash was for only €10,075. Andre Elstermann finished runner-up, pocketing €42,500 for his efforts. On the final hand, Elstermann moved all in with pocket fives and Albano snapped it of with pocket aces, holding.
Place | Name | Country | Payout |
1 | Llani Albano | Belgium | €60,000 + €1,100 Ticket to WPTN Valkenburg ME |
2 | Radoslaw Kopec | Germany | € 42,500 |
3 | Andre Elstermann | Poland | € 27,200 |
4 | Quentin Roussey | France | € 20,150 |
5 | Suat Uyanik | France | € 15,100 |
6 | Jeffrey Szlanyinka | Belgium | € 12,000 |
7 | Paul Berende | Netherland | € 10,150 |
8 | Rachid Halimi | Belgium | € 8,085 |
9 | Geoffrey Mooney | Australia | € 6,075 |
Belgian star Jonathan Abdellatif topped a field of 125 players in the bwin.be WPTN Brussels High Roller, earning the first-place prize of €45,000. Abdellatif, who took down the most recent WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic High Roller for $66,841, defeated Dutchman Sander Van Wesemael heads up. Van Wesemael received €30,620 for his efforts.
Place | Name | Country | Payout |
1 | Jonathan Abdellatif | BEL | € 45,000 |
2 | Sander Van Wesemael | NLD | € 30,620 |
3 | Enzo Del Piero | UK | € 19,675 |
4 | Jeffrey Jol | NLD | € 14,530 |
5 | Michal Mrakes | CZE | € 10,795 |
6 | Mark Roovers | NLD | € 8,570 |
7 | Emmanuel Murgia | BEL | € 7,100 |
8 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | TUR | € 5,640 |
9 | Metin Cevahir | GER | € 4,385 |
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