04.12.08
Poker Stars announces EPT San Remo Champion
American Jason Mercier, 21, a PokerStars qualifier from Fort Lauderdale ,Florida, has won €869,000 and the EPT San Remo title. Jason turned his back on a career in teaching after discovering online poker and developing that into a lucrative source of income. The EPT San Remo was just his second major live poker tournament.
A total of 701 players entered the sell-out event creating a record Italian prize pool of €3,195,860.
The event was held in the beautiful Casino Sanremo in San Remo, a popular resort in Liguria on Italy’s north west coast.
The final event of the European Poker Tour, the Monte Carlo Grand Final, takes place April 12-17, 2008 at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco.
