Another week is in the books for tournament poker, and once again, there were numerous events wrapping up all over the globe. On American soil, the Indiana State Poker Championship and Bay 101 Open both wrapped up while the Malmo Open in Sweden, the Asian Poker Tour Manilla in the Phillipines, the CAPT Graz Open in Austria and the Barriere Poker Tour in France also came to a close. It was a busy week in poker to say the least with plenty of new champions being crowned.
The Indiana State Poker Championship wrapped up and Bob Johnson was the winner of the $1,500 Main Event, taking home over $40,000. He bested runner-up Kyle Knecht, who holds multiple WSOP cashes and a gold WSOP Circuit ring. Over 100 players turned up for the event and created a prize pool of nearly $150,000.
Indiana State Poker Championship
Buy-in
Entrants
Prizepool
$1,500 + $100
103
$149,865
Place
Player
Prize
1
Bob Johnson
$41,961
2
Kyle Knecht
$25,477
3
Joseph Bishop
$19,108
4
Scott Stinson
$14,237
5
Gary Emberton
$11,989
6
Brian Brunner
$10,116
7
Bradford Albrinck
$8,243
8
Daniel Compton
$6,369
9
Daniel Statman
$4,496
Over on the West Coast, the Bay 101 Open concluded. The 10-event series culminated with a $1,900 Spread Limit Hold’em Championship that was won by David Forster. He took home nearly $60,000 after topping a field of 88 entrants.
Bay 101 Open
Buy-in
Entrants
Prizepool
$1,900 + $100
88
$167,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
David Forster
$58,220
2
Wendell Wilkins
$34,810
3
Anthony Winters
$18,090
4
Cherie Breaseley
$13,080
5
Leo Mayo
$11,400
6
Unknown
$9,730
7
John Clenney
$8,060
8
Jacob Solis
$6,390
9
Andy Gamboa
$4,720
10
John Pires
$2,700
Leaving the confines of American soil, we’ll next take a look at the Malmo Open in Sweden. Casino Cosmopol was the host to this series with a featured SKr 20,000 Main Event. The tournament drew 78 players, and it was Paul Christoffersson besting them all to claim the SKr 624,000 top prize. Not a human currency converter? Well, that’s about $84,000 in prize money.
Malmo Open
Buy-in
Entrants
Prizepool
SKr 20,000 + 900
78
SKr 1,560,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Paul Christoffersson
SKr 624,000
2
Mikael Norinder
SKr 237,600
3
Claes Stjernberg
SKr 218,400
4
Daniel Lundgren
SKr 156,000
5
Anders Gersel
SKr 93,600
6
Jimmy Jonsson
SKr 62,400
7
Faraz Soltanzadeh Nadiri
SKr 46,800
8
Hussein Aqil
SKr 31,200
In France, the Barriere Poker Tour’s €1,500 Main Event was won by Victor Delmas. He took home over €32,000 in victory after 68 players took to the felt. Delmas beat out Paul Ribaud in heads-up play after Arnaud Esquevin finished in third place.
Barriere Poker Tour
Buy-in
Entrants
Prizepool
€1,500
68
€102,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Victor Delmas
€32,200
2
Paul Ribaud
€22,200
3
Arnaud Esquevin
€13,350
4
Herve Santais
€9,350
5
Guillaume Cescut
€6,000
6
Glen Gendrot
€4,800
7
David Saliot
€4,000
8
Michael Maitre
€3,300
9
Jerome Orain
€2,650
10
Pascal Pere
€ 2,150
The final event in Europe that we’ll talk about is the CAPT Graz Open in Austria. Jonas Kronwitter scored first place in the €2,000 Main Event to help bolster his young resume. We’ve seen Kronwitter in plenty of places around the world, but maybe PokerNews coverage is bad luck for Kronwitter and it takes us not being there for him to win. Whatever it is, Kronwitter beat Lukas Baumer heads up and walked away with the first-place prize worth €39,330.
CAPT Graz Open
Buy-in
Entrants
Prizepool
€2,000
69
€131,100
Place
Player
Prize
1
Jonas Kronwitter
€39,330
2
Lukas Baumer
€28,840
3
Thomas Hofmann
€20,980
4
Robert Beer
€14,420
5
Heimo Primus
€10,490
6
Hans-Christian Kubitschka
€7,870
7
Philipp Essl
€5,240
8
Hesaam Refaey
€3,930
Finally on this week’s list is the Asian Poker Tour Manilla in the Philippines. The event was a big one, drawing in 227 of the best players from not only Asia, but around the world. Big names such as JC Tran, Steve Sung, Nam Le, Quinn Do, Bryan Huang, David Steicke and former two-time WSOP champion Johnny Chan were all in attendance. Huang made the final table, but eventually fell in third place. The event was won by local player Michael Cua, who won his seat via a live satellite and parlayed it into $172,200 along with a seat in the APT Macau Main Event worth $4,500.
APT Manilla
Buy-in
Entrants
Prizepool
$1,900 + $100
88
$167,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
Michael Cua
$172,200 + APT Macau seat
2
Mike Puno
$93,600
3
Bryan Huang
$44,000
4
Tracy Hugh
$33,000
5
Li You Nan
$27,500
6
Tony Albano
$22,000
7
Lee Changhun
$16,500
8
Stephen Lim
$11,000
9
Ben Meredith
$10,000
10
Somyung Sim
$9,175
Notable Finishes: Kai Paulsen (12th - $8,800), Tommy Le (25th - $5,500), Quinn Do (26th - $5,500)
