EPT result

Internet qualifier Reuben Peters from Colorado, USA, has won the PokerStars European Poker Tour Dublin title – and more than €500,000 – after beating Annette Obrestad, the teenage phenomenon from Norway in the heads-up end game.

Peters successfully overturned a massive chip lead against Obrestad, 19, who won £1m at the World Series of Poker Europe in September.

The 45-year-old stock trader – "seaanchor" online – is a regular PokerStars qualifier and has won several seats at the PCA and the WSOP. Obrestad, known online as "Annette_15", was the youngest ever WSOP bracelet winner in September.

Looking stunned after his victory, Peters said: "I’ve had horrible cards for a day and a half. I was the short stack at the final table and at one point I was down to five big blinds.

"I’ve played against Annette a lot online so I know the way she plays but I’ve never met her face-to-face. She is an excellent player, and I never expected to win."

A record six PokerStars qualifiers made the final table of the tournament – and walked away with over €943,000 ($1.3m). Peters also wins a €10,000 seat to the EPT Grand Final, which takes place in Monte Carlo in April 2008.

A total of 221 players from 26 countries competed creating a prize pool of €1,701,700, in the €7,700 + 300 main event.

They included 60 players who won their seats online with PokerStars, as well as Team PokerStars Pros Noah Boeken, Luca Pagano, Dario Minieri, Katja Thater and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Both Noah and Luca cashed – Noah came 14th for €20,420 in his sixth EPT cash. Luca came 24th for €10,210 in his 7th cash.

The next tournament on the circuit is the newest addition to the European Poker Tour: EPT Prague in the Czech Republic, 10-15 December, 2007. The five day €5,000 event is being held at the Prague Hilton, in arguably Europe’s most beautiful capital city. Online qualifying is already underway on PokerStars.

EPT Executive Host Lee Jones has been to check out the venue and gave us this report: "It’s a gorgeous, light-filled hotel, just a 10 minute walk from the centre of the city. The card room is one floor below the main lobby. As well as a full tournament schedule, there will be 15 cash game tables offering any game or limit the players want, running from 12:00 noon to 6:00 AM."

Final results:

1. Reuben Peters, USA, €532,620
2. Annette Obrestad, Norway, €297,800
3. Reijo Manninen, Finland, €178,680
4. Trond Eidsvig, Norway, €127,630
5. Daan Ruiter, Netherlands, €105,510
6. Anders Pettersson, Sweden, €83,380
7. Michael Durrer, Germany, €66,370
8. Thierry Van den Berg, Netherlands, €47,650
9, Casper Hansen, Denmark, €30,630