It was the online poker player, Jason Mercier who had won over a million dollars at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo Championship. This was achieved after his qualification for the competition through satellite.

It was not easy for this native from Florida to take the title in Italy, along with the $1,340,867 prize. He had to fight against competition at the final table. And the players on the table comprised of respected players like Dario Minieri and Gregory Genovese from Italy, Anthony Lelouche from France, William Thorson from Sweden and the American, Marcus Bower and Koskas.

Though he was up against tough competition, the young American had dominated play for the second day of the Championship after beginning from second place. He then beat Lelouche in a heads-up challenge that lasted less than three hours.

With this win Lelouche took home $779,215 for finishing up second. This was followed by Minieri winning $450,748 and Koskas, $351,201. The fifth place winner was Genovese, who had won $296,037 while Thorson followed behind with $220,833 and Palovic with $175,586. The PokerStars.com online qualifier, Bower ended up winning $120,460.

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Posted on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 | Filed under Casino News.
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