18-Year Old Mike McDonald Wins EPT Dortmund

4 Feb, 2008 EPT

After 3 days of poker the Pokerstars EPT in Dortmund has come to an end with 18 year old Mike Mcdonald the winner. Macdonald (smiling on the left with a mouthful of braces) entered the poker scene only 6-months ago and in the last 5 weeks has already cashed in for over $1.5 Million Dollars.

Currently studying at the University of Waterloo (in his 3rd semester) in Ontario, Canada, Mcdonald will have to make a tough decision to continue with school, or persue a career as a professional poker player.

In the final hand German player, Andreas Gulunay, tried to bluff Mcdonald out of the hand. Unfortunately for Gulunay, Mcdonald was very strong and held the best hand. Here is the recap from the pokerstars blog:

“After a series of pots going his way the crowd were getting behind their man Andreas. On a flop of K-7-J Andreas checked and Mike bet 120k. Andreas then made it 300k which was called and it was already a big pot when on the turn, a king, Andreas made it 300k, which again Mike called. A deuce on the river - a 1.4million pot - Andreas moved all-in and with little persuasion Mike called. It was quickly clear why he did so quickly - A-K for the Canadian - the winning hand at the EPT Dortmund.”

Final table result of EPT Dortmund

1st — Mike McDonald – Canada — €933,600
2nd — Andreas Gulunay – Germany — €528,500
3rd — Torsten Haase – Germany — €307,000
4th — Diego Perez – Spain — €234,200
5th — Claudio Rinaldi – Switzerland — €193,000
6th — Johannes Strassmann – Germany — PokerStars sponsored player — €152,000
7th — Thibaut Durand – France — €120,200
8th — Christian Harder – United States – PokerStars qualifier — €85,500

You can start qualifying for the next EPT event in Copenhagen (The Scandanavian Open) today over at Pokerstars. Here is a quick video recapping the end of the event: