Carter Phillips Wins the 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona (€850,000)
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Carter Phillips won three seats for this event online and was already ahead for the trip before he'd even sat down at the EPT Main Event felt after chopping the €1,000 side event. Nevertheless, in spectacular fashion he went on to beat a field including three former EPT Barcelona champions, coming to the final table as chip leader and only losing the lead once before he got heads up with Marc Goodwin. Phillips played some very high-grade poker and fully deserved to win the trophy and the thoroughly enviable €850,000 first prize.
As he was interviewed immediately after knocking out Goodwin in second place, Phillips was on the verge of tears, and why not -- he can't even drink in his home country, but at just 20 years old he's already picked up one of poker's highest accolades, an EPT title. As he prepares to party the night away, from all here at PokerNews.com and the Casino Barcelona, it's thank you and goodnight.