Benzimra eliminated PokerStars SuperNova Elite Alfio Battisti heads-up to clinch the EPT Warsaw title Sunday in Poland. Battisti, the youngest at the table at 24, walked away with $300,457 US.

Following his win Benzimra admitted that at a table full of professional players  the fact that the amateur player came out on top, might have had a little less to do with skill and more with chance.

“They were better than me,” said Benzimra. “I am not a professional player, I play just for my pleasure and let’s say today that the luck was with me.”

One of those professional players that Benzimra outran was the record holder for both cashes and final tables on the European Poker Tour. Luca Pagano, 31, recorded his 12th EPT cash and 4th EPT final table Sunday. With a fourth place finish he also recorded his best result yet, besting his sixth place finish from the 2008 Grand Final.

The five day event with a 25,000 Polish Zlotych ($9,000 US) attracted 203 players putting the total prizepool at 4,770,500 ($1,717,000 US).  The next EPT stop is in Vilamoura, Portugal November 17 - 22.

2009 EPT Warsaw Results

1. Christophe Benzimra - PLN 1,493,170
2. Alfio Battisti - PLN 834,840
3. Oleksandr Vaserfirer - PLN 500,900
4. Luca Pagano - PLN 357,790
5. Ruslan Prydryk  - PLN 295,770
6. Clayton Mozdzen - PLN 233,750
7. Alexander Klimashin - PLN 186,050
8. Anatoly Gurtovoy - PLN 133,570
9. Alexander Debus - PLN 85,870
10. Jeff Sarwer - PLN 85,870
11. Aleksey Yuzikov - PLN 66,790
12. Jani Sointula - PLN 66,790
13. Nikolay Tsanev - PLN 57,250
14. Maurice Schulmann - PLN 57,250
15. Tome Cardoso Moreira - PLN 42,940 PLN
16. Dani Vargas - PLN 42,940 PLN
17. Julian Mogensen - PLN 28,620 PLN
18. Peter Hedlund - PLN 28,620 PLN
19. Antony Lellouche - PLN 28,620 PLN
20. Vitaly Lunkin - PLN 28,620 PLN
21. Michel Abecassis - PLN 28,620 PLN
22. Shaun Deeb - PLN 28,620 PLN
23. Wojciech Polak - PLN 28,620 PLN
24. Konstantin Puchkov - PLN 28,620 PLN

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