Courtesy of the PokerStars blog
You might have thought that this season's EPT was all about poker's kids running the schoolyard. But just as anyone older than about 22 might have considered packing up and going home, the French player Christophe Benzimra won the Main Event of EPT Warsaw, halting a run of three whipper-snapper champions at the beginning of this term.
At 47, Benzimra was the oldest player at today's final table, the second oldest player to feature at any final table so far this season, and the oldest since his countryman Jan Boubli won in Barcelona on season two. But having only taken up poker three years ago, Benzimra has learned the trade among the wild youths of the EPT. For five days in Poland, he was at least the equal of all the three-bet, c-bet crowd - and takes the Polish equivalent of €358,644 after dishing out that clip round the ear.
1 - Christophe Benzimra, France, €358,644 (PLN 1,493,170)
2 - Alfio Battisti, Italy, PokerStars player, €200,520 (834,840)
3 - Oleksandr Vaserfirer, Ukraine, €120,311 (500,900)
4 - Luca Pagano, Italy, Team PokerStars Pro, €85,938 (357,790)
5 - Ruslan Prydryk, Ukraine, €71,041 (295,770)
6 - Clayton Mozdzen, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, €56,144 (233,750)
7 - Alexander Klimashin, Russia, €44,687 (186,050)
8 - Anatoly Gurtovoy, Russia, €32,082 (133,570)
9 - Alexander Debus, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, €20,625 (85,870)