The first ever Brazilian EPT winner

More constructive omens for reside poker because the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event attracted 1,073 entries making it the second largest EPT Main Event in Le Sporting Monte Carlo. 

The Brazilian ardour for poker is effectively documented however no participant from Brazil has ever taken down a European Poker Tour title, till now. 

Largely unknown Marcelo Mesqueu of Rio de Janeiro defeated a ultimate desk that included PSPC champion Ramon Colllas to take down EPT Monte Carlo for €939,840.

You can watch the whole affair here from the reside stream archives at PokerStars. 

Position	Player	Prize
1st	Marcelo Mesqueu	€939,840
2nd	Morten Hvam	€564,640
third	Dragos Trofimov	€397,590
4th	Jaime Cervantes	€298,710
fifth	Hugo Pingray	€228,460
sixth	Erkan Soenmez	€167,050
seventh	Ramon Colillas	€125,420
eighth	Yannick Cardot	€89,770
ninth	Alejandro Romero	€69,990

The subsequent cease for the returning European Poker Tour is EPT Barcelona in August, in the meantime PokerStars have their fingers full now with the return of SCOOP.

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Barry Carter

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy & the brand new e book Endgame Poker Strategy