Released on: April 18, 2008, 8:25 am

Press Release Author: SEMLtd

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Glenn Chorny wins the 2008 EPT and its 3.2 million dollar
purse.

Press Release Body: Glenn Chorny is victorious in this year's European Poker Tour
Grand Final, a tournament that started off with 842 hopefuls from the poker world.
In the end, it was Chorny, the chip leader going into the final day, and Denes Kalo,
who found himself in fifth going into the last day. However, Chorny's A-5 was
better than Kalo's K-Q and Chorny, a 22-year-old Canadian, became the third North
American in a row to take this European title. For his 2005 win, Rob Hollink of the
Netherlands remains the only European to win this tournament.

This year's tournament was filled with excitement and some say, the best card
playing the EPT has ever seen. Poker players from all over the world converged on
the Monte Carle Bay Hotel and Casino Resort in hopes of taking home the first place
prize of $3.2 million, but by the fifth day, only 10 remained.

Early yesterday, it was known that Antonio Esfandiari, who needed this win to go
with his World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker wins for a triple crown, busted
out in 8th. Henrik Gwinner went out in 9th and Stig Rasmussen went out in 10th,
with both earning $199,219 for their efforts.

Going out in 7th place was Valeri Ilikyan. Holding the A-Q of Spades, he moved all
in against Michael Martin, who was holding the A-K of Diamonds. The flop did not
help anyone, but fourth street brought the A of Hearts, enough to give Martin the
win and send Ilikyan home with $400,018. Luca Pagano, who had made history by being
part of the first father/son duo of poker players to make it into the money at the
EPT, went out in 6th place. His A-J could not hold up to Kalo's pocket Queens.
Pagano won $532,831, setting another record with his tenth EPT cash.

Michael Martin was eliminated in 5th place by Chorny. Martin called all in with the
Q-10 against Chorny's pocket Jacks. Fifth place brought Martin $665,643. Isaac
Baron, whom many felt was the tournament favorite, went all in with A-Q on the 215th
hand but lost to Chorny and ended up pocketing $931,268. Chorny eliminated his
fellow Canadian Maxime Villemure in 4th place. Villemure, who played great despite
fighting off a fever and stomach problems the last two days of the tournament, had a
Queen high straight, but Chorny made a King high straight and send him packing with
$1,130,487. For coming in second, Kalo took home $ 1,864,116.

This win caps off an already sweet year for Chorny, who qualified for the event
through Pokerstars, becoming yet another of the many great Internet poker stories.
A business student, Chorny won a World Poker Open pot limit Omaha event and finished
13th in the Pokerstars EPT Caribbean Adventure.

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