Yesterday, the #8handed Freezeout tournament came to an end.
The tournament attracted 108 entries with a $1,650 buy-in, and the winner was Atilla Saracoglu.
A total of 15 players finished in the money.
We asked the winner a couple of questions:
Hi everyone, and thanks for the congratulations. I’m from Istanbul, Turkey.
I first visited Merit about 20 years ago, but back then I only played in the casino. Poker entered my life just two years ago, and since then, I’ve been coming to Merit to play tournaments.
I was introduced to the game by friends — through home games, friendly gatherings like that.
But now I’ve truly fallen in love with tournaments.
Last month I won here a side event on Millions my first tournament. Now the second one.
Merit is the best. Not second best — the first one. Really.
The official results of the event:
1. Atilla Saracoglu – $41.600
2. Nikos Lampropoulos – $28.300
3. Abdelhakim Zoufri – $19.500
4. Aleksandr Pustovoi – $14.100
5. Almat Idrissov – $10.420
6. Rajesh Rughwani – $8.350
7. Steven Louis Radloff – $6.940
8. Nikita Myshkin – $5.550
9. Sergey Nikishov – $4.170
10. Andrey Golubev – $3.040
11. Yassin M. Y. Mahmoud – $3.040
12. Ivan Govorov – $3.040
13. Radoslav Sashov Stoyanov – $2.490
14. Petr Rakous – $2.490
15. Hossein Ensan – $2.490