Anatolii Zyrin Wins European Poker Tour Sochi National Event

The 2020 European Texas hold’em Excursion Sochi series got underway on October 2 at the Sochi Online casino. The first occasion of the collection was the 77,000 P ($ 1,026 USD) buy-in EPT National no-limit hold ’em occasion. The competition attracted a total of 508 total access, producing a reward swimming pool comparable to $440,478 USD. In the end, the lion’s share of that cash was granted to Anatolii Zyrin. The 30-year-old Russian casino poker pro took home $86,923 USD for the win. Zyrin scored his most significant online circuit victory in 2019 by removing the $1,500 combined Omaha event at the World Series of Online Poker for $199,838 as well as his first WSOP gold arm band. Zyrin currently has greater than $1.5 million in live competition revenues to his name.

Along with the trophy as well as the prize money, Zyrin additionally earned 840 Card Player of the Year factors as the champ of this EPT National occasion. This was his very first POY-qualified rating, but alone sufficed to see him climb into a 14-way tie for 89th place in the 2020 POY race, which is sponsored by Worldwide Online poker.

Zyrin came into the last day of this event in second chip position with 10 gamers continuing to be. He overtook the lead throughout five-handed play, and was able to convert that benefit into a triumph. Zyrin overcame Almat Idrisov heads-up to safeguard the title, winning the final hand with pocket tens versus Idrisov’s 9-8 fit.

Zyrin has moneyed in the EPT Sochi centerpiece each of the past two years. This year’s operating of that event obtained underway on Tuesday, Oct. 6 with the initial of three starting trips. A champion is set to be decided on Sunday, Oct. 11.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

PlaceNameEarningsPOY Points
1Anatolii Zyrin$86,923840
2Almat Idrisov$54,545700
3Yuriy Brechalov$39,039560
4Sergey Kharchenko$30,440420
5Mikhail Zamyatin$23,878350
6Kirill Denisenko$18,755280
7Oleg Breshkov$14,005210
8Damir Gabdullin$9,701140
9Anatoliy Filonenko$7,66270

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