Season 5
The Grand Finale at Monte Carlo
The finals of the much waited EPT was held at the prestigious Bay Resorts in Monte Carlo from the 28th of April till 3rd of May 2009.
All the bigwigs of poker like Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Barry Greentein, Isabelle Merceir. Daniel Negreanu, John Duthie, Tom McEvoy to name a few were present.
But the final winner who beat them all won the prestigious title and an enviable booty of €2,300,000 was a smart 26 year old pokerStar player Pieter de Korver
There was a lot of exciting and nail biting poker happening at the EPT Grand Finale in Monte Carlo, season 5.
But the final eight table saw –
- Pieter De Korver - €2,300,000
- Matthew Woodward - €1,300,000
- Mikhail Tulchinskiy - €800,000
- Dag Martin Mikkelsen - €600,000
- Eric Qu - €470,000
- Alem Shah - €350,000
- Daniel Zink - €250,000
- Peter Traply - €170,000
To know how Pieter de Korver out maneuvered the other seven click here.





