Bessolles Wins Cyrprus Series of Poker

Once again Banco Casino has successfully completed an amazing event. This time it was the Cyprus Series of Poker which got added to the history books. A week full of great tournaments created a storm of players, all of whom found their way to Slovakia’s bustling capital. The €250 buy-in Main Event was won by Frenchman Guillaume Bessolles, who credited his account with €38,330 after a heads-up. There were also events such as the High-Roller, Mystery Bounty, MonsterStack, and a Farewell Turbo event. It can certainly be said that the organization can be satisfied with the turnout of this event.

Bessolles Takes Down Main Event

Frenchman Guillaume Bessolles managed to take the trophy to France, as he bested Danish Brian Klindrup in a short heads-up battle. Presumably, the reason for the shortness of the last battle was due to a deal they made just before that. At the moment when the discussion got opened about a deal, it was Klindrup with a massive 4:1 chip lead. It resulted in the following numbers:

Kindrup: €36.880

Bessolles: €30.890

Left to play: €7.440

As mentioned, soon after the deal a couple of big situations went towards the side of Bessolles, catapulting him suddenly in the lead. After a 3-bet preflop from Bessolles, it was then Klindrup who put all his chips into the middle, on which his opponent instantly made the call. The Frenchman Bessolles had the good with [Ax][Kx], and Klindrup could only show [Qx][9x] and needed help. On the flop, it was already decided as it showed two aces on the board. It left Klindrup short, which a hand later went towards Bessolles as well.

It was the second major title for the Frenchman, who won last year the Main Event of the African Poker Series, held in Mauritius. However, his win during the Cyprus Series of Poker Main Event is by far the biggest cash of his career. For Brian Klindrup it was his first real big cash in the live poker circuit, and he definitely should be very satisfied with his performance, despite the runner-up finish.

Main Event Final Table Results:

Place	Country	Name	Prize
1st	France	Guillaume Bessolles	€38,330*
2nd	Denmark	Brian Klindrup	€36,880*
3rd	North Macedonia	Predrag Petrushevski	€18,495
4th	Austria	Toni Zinder	€13,715
5th	Cyprus	Charalampos Palaontas	€10,530
6th	Denmark	Darmelan Vijeyandran	€7,875
7th	Slovakia	Peter Zolnai	€5,755
8th	Hungary	Adam Komaromi	€4,150
9th	Slovakia	Filip Tarič	€3,200

*After Deal

Side Events Cyprus Series of Poker

With the whole week fully packed with starting flights for the Main Event, there was plenty of action on the outer tables. All side events had guaranteed prize pools, which unfortunately not all were reached. All tournaments had between 100 and 200 entries if you count the re-entries as well.

Side Event Results:

High Roller (€50K GTD)

Buy-in: €770

Entries: 76

Total Prize Pool: €50.540

Place	Country	Name	Prize
1st	Sweden	Frantisek Jirout	€15,420
2nd	Spain	Daniel Albert Aixa	€10,110
3rd	Cyprus	Demos Demosthenous	€6,060

CSP Championship (€15K GTD)

Buy-in: €85

Entries: 184

Total Prize Pool: €14.858

Place	Country	Name	Prize
1st	Denmark	Torben Hasseriis	€3,618
2nd	Cyprus	Stylianos Matsentidis	€2,265
3rd	England	Simon Nooranvary	€1,820

Monster Stack (€20K GTD)

Buy-in: €115

Entries: 123

Total Prize Pool: €19.000

Place	Country	Name	Prize
1st	Austria	Bernd Eschrich	€3,156*
2nd	Austria	Manuel Waiß	€3,156*
3rd	Greece	Athanasios Kechagias	€3,156*

*After deal

Mystery Bounty (€20K GTD)

Buy-in: €125

Entries: 183

Total Prize Pool: €16.470

Place	Country	Name	Prize
1st	Cyprus	Eftychios Georgiou	€3,197
2nd		Unknown	€3,197
3rd	Austria	Amir Juwan	€1,715

Farewell Turbo (€5K GTD)

Buy-in: €60

Entries: 119

Total Prize Pool: €6.536

Place	Country	Name	Prize
1st	Cyprus	Marios Hadjicostis	€1,430*
2nd	Poland	Andrzej Powalka	€1,430*
3rd	Greece	Grigorios Archontakis	€835

*After deal

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