We have a new EPT champion. Christophe Benzimra, from France, has just won EPT Warsaw for a first prize of 1,493,170 PLN (€358,644).
The 47-year-old from Nice, defeated the Italian online pro Alfio “aLFiosNob” Battisti to claim the tournament. Benzimra started playing poker only 3 years ago, but has played almost every EPT event during the last 2 seasons.
Christophe Benzimra, EPT Warsaw winner
“I think I was lucky today. I am not a professional, I play for fun,”- admitted Christophe.
The EPT Warsaw Main Event (PLN 25,500) saw 203 players taking their …

Aaron Gustavson was, in fact, such a candidate to claim it. Nobody doubted on that. Some months ago, he won a PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $135,000. Also, he had quite good success at the PokerStars WCOOP. He also won a tourney at the Borgata in Atlantic City. All these successes gave him the necessary credentials to win the EPT London of the European Poker Tour. But It wasn’t going to be easy with such big names around.

One of these names was the current World Champion and PokerStars player Peter Eastgate. …