Two prestigious championships ended last weekend. One, within the WPT - Gold Strike World Poker Open 2006, the second, within the EPT - EPT Scandinavian Open... In addition to the cash prize money, the top-ranked players receive paid entry to the WPT and EPT Grand Finals, respectively.
Below, you will find the results of the main events within these championships.
Gold Strike World Poker Open 2006, buy-in: $10,000:
1 place - Scotty nguyen + $969,421
2nd place - Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi + $566,352
3rd place - Raul paez corral + $298,908
4th place - Gavin smith + $173,052
5th place - An 'The Boss' Tran + $125,856
6th place - Bau le + $88,099
7th place - Johnny donaldson + $62,928
8th place - Rodeen talebi + $50,342
9th place - Matt keikoan + $44,050
10th place - Gary gibbs + $34,610
EPT Scandinavian Open, buy-in: ~ $5,000:
1 place - Mads Andersen + $413,447
2nd place - Edgar skjervold + $276,120
3rd place - Marc Naalden + $116,281
4th place - Phillip hilm + $90,441
5th place - Markus gonsalves + $77,397
6th place - Anina gundesen + $64,579
7th place - Shek chi hung + $51,598
8th place - Johan Berqvist + $38,780
9th place - Xuyen 'Bad Girl' Pham + $25,879
10th place - Hans Eskilsson + $14,549