Manig Loser Wins European Masters of Poker Bulgaria

DUBLIN, August 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- German Comes From Behind to Take Down EUR49,080 in EMOP Bulgaria

Manig Loser from German has won the fifth stop of season II of the European Masters of Poker in Bulgaria, topping the field of 260 players in the EUR1,100 buy-in event held at the Crystal Crown Casino, Sunny Beach over the weekend.

Loser started the day third in chips and played steadily if unspectacularly until knocking Romanian George Draghici out in third with Q-8 against J-8 to get heads up against Israeli Shani Vahnun.

After about 45 minutes of heads up play the final hand occurred. Loser limped from the button and Vahnun checked.

The flop fell Q-J-6 and Loser bet 55,000. Vahnun went all-in for 700,000 and Loser called turning over K-6 for bottom pair. Vahnun had 9-8 for a gutshot draw but a 2 on the turn and ace on the river saw Loser crowned EMOP Bulgaria champion.

    The final table payouts were:

    1: Manig Loser (Germany) -- EUR49,080
    2: Shai Vahnun (Israel) -- EUR35,000
    3: George Draghici (Romania) -- EUR35,000
    4: Yavor Tutev (Bulgaria) -- EUR14,560
    5: Antti Takala (Finland) -- EUR11,440
    6: Erik Skarp (Sweden) -- EUR8,840
    7: Joseph Shalgi (Israel) -- EUR7,800
    8: Aleksander Raykov (Bulgaria) --EUR6,760
    9: Vasil Medarov (Bulgaria) -- EUR5,720
    10: Timo Roivainen (Finland) -- EUR4,420

Online qualification is now underway for the penultimate land-based stop of season II of EMOP, the EUR1,000+EUR100 buy-in European Masters of Poker main event in Gran Casino Barcelona, Spain from September 23 to 26, 2010.

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There are 32 daily satellites feeding into the main weekly qualifiers which take place each:

Tuesday 20:40 (CET) - EUR100 buy in with four EUR2,000 packages guaranteed Thursday 20:40 (CET) - EUR100 buy in with four EUR2,000 packages guaranteed Sunday 20:40 (CET) - EUR200 buy in with seven EUR2,000 packages guaranteed

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Loser joins Italian Giovanni Suetra, the recent European Masters of Poker Italy champion who won EUR85,220 for topping the 386 strong field in Campione in May this year.

The other EMOP season II champions are Vladimir Mefodichev, Maciej Lipny and Timothy Timotheuo.

For more details visit http://www.europeanmastersofpoker.com

About European Masters of Poker

EMOP is a live poker tournament series running in Europe. EMOP gives the recreational player opportunity to play big international poker tournaments with affordable buy-in. EMOP chooses to cooperate with the best casinos in Europe to give the participants an unforgettable experience. Partners in the Entraction poker network will send at least 200 qualifiers to each event.

The European Masters of Poker gives the gaming operator a unique possibility to create ambassadors for and loyalty to their brand. EMOP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Entraction Group. Please visit http://www.europeanmastersofpoker.com for more information.

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SOURCE European Masters of Poker