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Will Fry Wins PokerStars.com EPT Budapest (€595,839)



A little late but here it is. Will Fry from Nottingham, UK won the first ever EPT Hungarian Open. Fry admitted that he had never played a major tournament before this one. He also mentioned that he intended on donating a percentage of his winnings to charity. He wants to help raise awareness for world poverty. I guess you can consider Fry as a Robin Hood of poker, much like Barry Greenstein who also donates a percentage of his tournament earnings to various charities.

When asked specifically what he would be doing with his €595,839 first place prize, Fry said, "I'm going to pay my mortgage. Help out my family and friends. And look into some good charities to help stop third world hunger. I'm going to try to do my bit to help and hopefully others will get involved."

Fry has been supporting himself by playing poker over the last three and a half years.

"I'm not really fit for the nine to five lifestyle. I have been playing poker since I came out of the womb," he joked.

I asked Fry about the moment he thought he could win this event. He replied, "Right from the start I thought I could win. My chances were not easy. But I know how to play. We all get two cards and if I get good cards I definitely know what I'm doing. It all worked out for me."

Fry outlasted a field of 562 players in order to win the largest tournament ever held in Hungary. Call it great cards or karma, but Fry emerged victorious here at the Las Vegas Casino in Budapest. Congrats to Will Fry and score one for the good guys.
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Final Hand

Ciprian Hrisca Eliminated in Second Place (€342,608)

Hrisca made it 150,000 from the button and Fry re-popped him for 650,000 total. Hrisca announced all in, Fry announced call, and they were on their proverbial backs for Hrisca\'s tournament life.

Hrisca:
Fry:

Board:

And just like that, the Romanian is no more, and we have ourselves a winner.
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Buy In: € 4,000
Fee: € 350
Total Prizepool: € 2,128,000
Entries: 532

Place Prize Winner

1 € 595,839 Will Fry

2 € 342,608 Ciprian Hrisca
3 € 197,904 Martin Jacobson
4 € 153,216 Albert Iversen
5 € 127,680 Marino Serenelli
6 € 100,016 Gino Alacqua
7 € 78,736 Zoltan Toth
8 € 53,200 Johnny Lodden

9 € 32,984 Ivo Donev
10 € 32,984 Sebastian Saffari
11 € 23,408 Robin Keston
12 € 23,408 Menno Bussink
13 € 17,024 Simeon Tsonev
14 € 17,024 Oleg Korotkov
15 € 12,768 Casey Kastle
16 € 12,768 Christoph Haller
17 € 10,640 Lukas Benkovic
18 € 10,640 Jari Pekka Juhola
19 € 10,640 Micha Hoedemaker
20 € 10,640 Ofer Golko
21 € 10,640 Denis Volkov
22 € 10,640 Tibor Tolnai
23 € 10,640 Alexander Kravchenko
24 € 10,640 Nicolo Calia
25 € 8,512 Pantelis Pavlis
26 € 8,512 Pasquale Braco
27 € 8,512 Dwayne Stacey
28 € 8,512 Mauro Corsetti
29 € 8,512 Tommi Etelapera
30 € 8,512 Christophe Wemelbeke
31 € 8,512 Janek Schleicher
32 € 8,512 Nicholas Maieritsch
33 € 7,448 Ofir Abramovivi
34 € 7,448 Dave Hardy
35 € 7,448 Robert Firestone
36 € 7,448 Jecek Ladny
37 € 7,448 Brice Cournut
38 € 7,448 Rikard Englund
39 € 7,448 Milan Andrejkovics
40 € 7,448 Severin Walser
41 € 6,834 Szabolcs Attila Saskoy
42 € 6,834 George McKeever
43 € 6,834 Symeon Pyrakis
44 € 6,834 Massimiliano Rosa
45 € 6,834 Stefano Fiore
46 € 6,834 Ionel Anton
47 € 6,834 Pier Luigi Scatola
48 € 6,834 Allan Baekke
49 € 5,320 Tristan Clemencon
50 € 5,320 Ludovic Lacay
51 € 5,320 Mario Puccini
52 € 5,320 Kara Scott
53 € 5,320 Peter Zamiska
54 € 5,320 Sorel Mizzi
55 € 5,320 Danny Ryan
56 € 5,320 Aditya Agarwal
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