EPT Tallinn was the first event of the EPT's seventh season and the first ever EPT in the Baltics. Attracting 420 runners, it was the largest ever tournmanet in Estonia
Arnuad Mattern hit the final table, chasing to become the first ever dual EPT winner but he was to be denied victory by Norwegian Kevin “KevBoyStar” Stani. The 27-year-old PokerStars qualifier received €400,000 for first place, and a seat to the EPT Grand Final next year. Mattern had to settle for third place and €160,000.
Here are the final results and payouts:
1 Kevin Stani (Norway) €400,000
2 Konstantin Bilyauer (Russia) €250,000
3 Arnaud Mattern (France) €160,000
4 Dmitry Vitkind (Russia) €120,000
5 Mikko Jaatinen (Finland) €80,000
6 Steven van Zadelhoff (Netherlands) €63,000
7 Nicolo Calia (Italy) €47,000
8 Bassam Elnajjar (Lebanon) €32,000
The 22-year-old Russian student Bilyauer received €250,000 for finishing runner-up in his second major live tournament. Along his way he had knocked out Team PokerStars pros Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Ivan Demidov.
Stani joins Andreas Hoivold and Bjorn-Erik Glenne as only the third Norwegian to win an EPT.
Luca Pagano set a record of his own with 15 EPT cashes including his finish in this €4,250 buy-in main event.
The next stop on the EPT is Vilamoura, Portugal and it will take place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2.