Nicolas Chouity Wins the 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final! (€1,700,000)
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Nicolas Chouity came into this final table with around 40% of the chips in play and never once lost the chip lead in what may be the most one-sided final table battle in EPT history. The online qualifier takes home to Lebanon not only the trophy and the €1.7 million prize money, but also the knowledge that he bested one of the toughest tournament fields ever assembled to win the title of 2010 EPT Grand Final champion.
Chouity is no stranger to winning tournaments, having enjoyed very considerable success in online No Limit Hold'em tournaments for some time now, but his largest live cash to date was right here in Monte Carlo at last year's EPT Grand Final where he came 50th for €31,000. This win blows that out of the water, and we think it's safe to say that we'll be seeing a lot more of Mr. Chouity on the tournament circuit next season.
As Chouity raises his hard-won trophy above his head and his considerable crowd of supporters at the rail cheer ecstatically and wave a Lebanese flag behind him, it's time for us to wave goodbye to Monte Carlo and to EPT Season 6 as a whole. New champions have been crowned, fortunes have been won by some and lost by others - but win or lose, it has been an extraordinary year for live poker and one that PokerStars and the EPT will be looking to improve upon even further next season.
The EPT has already announced that its next stop will be a new one, Tallinn, Estonia in August. We will be back on the EPT poker trail then, and of course will be back here tomorrow for the High Rollers final table, but other than that, this EPT Season - c'est fini. Until Season 7, from all of us here in Monte Carlo, it's over and out.