Pieter de Korver Wins First Ever Berlin Cup Poker Tournament

EPT5 Grand Final champion Pieter de Korver has won the inaugural Berlin Cup after defeating German pro Sebastian Gohr heads-up. De Korver, 30, cut a three-way deal with Gohr and Russian player Anatoly Filatov to take €145,400 for his win.

Although de Korver, who comes from Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, has been taking a two-year break from EPTs, he has had a phenomenal run in the last few months including runner-up in the Amsterdam Master Classics in November and third place in the Hold'em Challenge Winter Edition in Namur in December.

1, Pieter de Korver, Netherlands, €145,400 
2, Sebastian Gohr, Germany, €93,600 
3, Anatoly Filatov, Russia, , €126,000 
4, Jonas Garstick, Switzerland, €53,000, 
5, Esben Guenther, Norway, €41,000, 
6, Erik Scheidt, Germany, €31,000, 
7, Gokhan Onal, Germany, €23,000, 
8, Vladimir Geshkenbein, Russia, €16,870,

The event started on Wednesday with 911 players from 53 countries, creating a €883,670 prize pool. Among the 112 players who cashed were Eddy Scharf, Jonas Klausen, *****************, Manfred Hammer, Frederic Vacher, Paul Nunes, Team Pro Max Lykov, Ismael Bojang, Erich Kollmann, Pascal Hartmann, Alfonso Amendola, Paul Testud, Mario Puccini and EPT Player of the Year Ondrej Vinklarek