Derk van Luijk wins record breaking EPT Monte Carlo


A cool million for the Dutchman at an EPT Monte Carlo that crushed the previous year’s attendance record.

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Derk van Luijk

Another record-breaking live field this week as the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event cracked 1,208 entries (up from 1,098 last year). 

It took a six hour heads-up battle with Boris Angelov to get there, but eventually Dutchman Derk van Luijk took it down for €1 million. 

Luijk was more surprised than anyone that he had won because earlier at the final table he thought he had been eliminated in a three-way pot. His tablemates had to tell him he had won the hand and survived. 

Next up for the European Poker Tour is EPT Barcelona, which takes place after the WSOP, starting on August 26. 

POS NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1 Derk van Luijk Netherlands €1,000,000
2 Boris Angelov Bulgaria €620,500
3 Rania Nasreddine USA €442,900
4 Jovan Kenjic Serbia €340,500
5 Jonathan Pastore France €261,700
6 Niclas Thumm Germany €201,000

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